Rip Off Britain

Series 4

28 episodes · premiered Sep 3, 2012

Angela Rippon and the team expose some of the rip offs that are costing British consumers.

Where to watch Rip Off Britain

  1. E1 Episode 1

    Sep 3, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville return with the series exposing rip-off raw deals and poor service. They test the claims of a cash for gold company.

  2. E2 Episode 2

    Sep 4, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet people angry about being left out of pocket, and investigate a big name high street store letting customers down.

  3. E3 Episode 3

    Sep 5, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet a family devastated by a catch in the small print that could force them out of their home.

  4. E4 Episode 4

    Sep 6, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville Gloria investigate problems to do with the home. Plus, a woman who is worried that her boiler may not meet current standards.

  5. E5 Episode 5

    Sep 7, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet people fighting to get out of contracts they say are expensive or unfair.

  6. E6 Episode 6

    Sep 10, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville hear how a heating system in thousands of homes has left some families with unexpectedly high bills.

  7. E7 Episode 7

    Sep 11, 2012 · 45m

  8. E8 Episode 8

    Sep 12, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville help some residents fighting an annual charge. Plus, the villagers who cannot get a decent broadband connection.

  9. E9 Episode 9

    Sep 13, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate how an error has made it almost impossible for one couple to sell their home.

  10. E10 Episode 10

    Sep 14, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet a meet a football fan who never received his paid-for tickets. And the company taking advantage of people's dreams.

  11. E11 Episode 11

    Sep 17, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate complaints about the banks. And more consumer issues are resolved at the Pop-Up Shop.

  12. E12 Episode 12

    Sep 18, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville look into the companies dealing with mis-sold PPI payments, and reveal how a company was taped lying to prospective customers.

  13. E13 Episode 13

    Sep 19, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville investigate energy companies, meeting a man who was sent a £7,000 electricity bill for the year. Plus, how to lower bills.

  14. E14 Episode 14

    Sep 20, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville help a woman forced to pay someone else's loan and explore problems with websites offering bargain deals.

  15. E15 Episode 15

    Sep 21, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet a couple who were bitterly disappointed by a luxury holiday experience. Plus the true value of one store's gift vouchers.

  16. E16 Episode 16

    Sep 24, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville visit a housing estate where a problem has dragged on for years, and look at the rising cost of parking at train stations.

  17. E17 Episode 17

    Sep 25, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville ask if online comparison sites really do offer the best deals and investigate the price of being loyal to big companies.

  18. E18 Episode 18

    Sep 26, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville expose rip-offs, raw deals and poor service.

  19. E19 Episode 19

    Sep 27, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville reveal how confusion over road signs in a single spot has earned one council hundreds of thousands of pounds.

  20. E20 Episode 20

    Sep 28, 2012 · 45m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet the woman who learned that she owes her bank more than six times the amount she thought she had borrowed.

  21. E21 Episode 1 (Evening)

    Jan 7, 2013 · 27m

    Consumer show. The team ask who will end up paying the price for the recent floods, and help a couple whose insurance company refuse to pay out following a fire.

  22. E22 Episode 2 (Evening)

    Jan 14, 2013 · 27m

    The team investigate complaints about the banks, meeting a woman angry no-one can tell her what has happened to the £25,000 she left in her account.

  23. E23 Episode 3 (Evening)

    Mar 8, 2013 · 27m

    Consumer show. The team meet the families who were promised cheaper electricity, but who instead have been hit with bills four times higher than they should have been.

  24. E24 Episode 4 (Evening)

    Mar 22, 2013 · 27m

    Consumer show. The team investigate the companies who have taken hundreds, or even thousands, of pounds from customers but provided absolutely nothing in return.

  25. E25 Episode 5 (Evening)

    Mar 25, 2013 · 27m

    Consumer show. The team want answers from a company taking hundreds of pounds for flight tickets they haven't supplied, and meet a woman who's ended up losing her identity.

  26. E26 Episode 6 (Evening)

    May 13, 2013 · 30m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet the woman conned out of her bank details. Plus the companies taking advantage of an easy way to make payments.

  27. E27 Episode 7 (Evening)

    Jun 21, 2013 · 30m

    Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville test the claims of a cash-for-gold company - how much will they really pay out for unwanted jewellery?

  28. E28 Episode 8 (Evening)

    Aug 5, 2013 · 30m

    A look at the care home contracts that come with a costly sting in the tail, and how buying a second hand car led to one woman being woken in the middle of the night.