Rip Off Britain

The consumer series returns with a special week of programmes from Tenerife, as the Rip Off Britain team unravel the costs and complications of checking-in airline baggage.

Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville spend a day with the British Consulate in Tenerife, investigating how holiday emergencies are resolved.

The team investigate stories about holidays and travel, discovering how an airline sent one passenger backwards and forwards around the world after a missed connection.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Jennie Bond are on the trail of rip offs that have British consumers up in arms. The team takes on the UK's utility companies.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Jennie Bond expose rip offs that are costing British consumers. The team investigates the personal finance and banking industry.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Jennie Bond are on the trail of rip offs that have British consumers up in arms. The team goes shopping to expose High Street rip offs.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Jennie Bond tackle the sharp practices making viewers hot under the collar. The mail bags are full to the brim with consumer complaints, prompting the team to travel the length and breadth of the country to investigate concerns both big and small.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Jennie Bond tackle the sharp practices making viewers hot under the collar. The mail bags are full to the brim with consumer complaints, prompting the team to travel the length and breadth of the country to investigate concerns both big and small.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Jennie Bond tackle the sharp practices making viewers hot under the collar. The mail bags are full to the brim with consumer complaints, prompting the team to travel the length and breadth of the country to investigate concerns both big and small.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville travel the country tackling the rip-offs affecting consumers and investigating concerns both big and small.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville travel the country tackling the rip-offs affecting consumers and investigating concerns both big and small.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville travel the country tackling the rip-offs affecting consumers and investigating concerns both big and small.

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.

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.

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.

As the team expose the latest scams designed to trick you out of your money, Angela Rippon tracks down the fraudsters who hacked her email account.

The team tackle costly and unexpected problems viewers have had with their homes, including meeting a couple fighting to regain access to their own property.

The team investigate the daily deals websites that promise huge savings - but do not always deliver what you had bargained for. Plus a house purchase with a twist.

A shameless con that saw expensive goods stolen right from under a charity's nose, and the man renting out flats he doesn't even own.

The team reveals the fast-growing menace that can make a house virtually unsellable, and meets the homeowners worried that fracking has hit property values.

The team explore the fallout some viewers have had from extreme weather, including one couple's two-year battle to prove their home was damaged by a storm.

The team unravel the latest scams, including an elaborate con that saw a woman tricked into believing she was working undercover for the police.

The team investigate problems viewers have said they simply can't resolve, including the mysteriously flooded garden that now threatens a family's entire house.

The team meet a group of neighbours who have discovered they have been paying too much for their water for decades.

The team start with a particularly nasty case that saw one woman cheated out of £90,000.

The team meets a couple whose builders caused the entire house to collapse.

How many of the miraculous claims made for top-selling shampoos are really true?

The team meets the people who have had tens of thousands of pounds stolen from their bank accounts.

The team explores the risk people face from hackers - and the impact it can have if personal details are exploited.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville unravel the story of a man persuaded to spend his life savings on seemingly valuable pieces of art.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville meet tower block residents who have been told their homes are dangerous in the wake of Grenfell.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville ask if the tide is turning against overzealous parking firms cashing in on honest mistakes.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville investigate why fraudsters use the tactic of posing as police to con people out of their cash.

An exclusive look at how airports are trying to ensure last year's Gatwick drone chaos doesn't happen again.

The team reveal how a flaw in the system means used cars being sold by well-known dealerships are actually insurance write-offs. Plus an expose of unscrupulous pet traders.

How fraudsters are copying the websites of real companies to steal your cash, while leaving the genuine businesses to clear up the mess, and how to recognise bogus bailiffs.

Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville investigate a high street gift card scam and hear about one man's race to stop crooks taking out phone contracts in his name.

Angela Rippon, Julia Somerville and Gloria Hunniford discover how a simple mistake with your insurance claim after a car accident could leave you thousands of pounds out of pocket.

The team reveal one of the most jaw-dropping scams they have ever seen. They also see how fraudsters have made a fortune preying on pandemic paranoia during the Covid-19 crisis.

Angela Rippon investigates the green schemes that have fallen foul of the mortgage providers when owners come to sell up. And is crowdfunding a safe bet or a risky investment?

The team investigates the ransom demands being faced by small businesses hit by online hackers. Are social media firms doing enough to help victims?

Gloria Hunniford goes on the trail of some mysterious missing parcels, hearing how precious cargo can end up being sold off at auction instead of safely delivered.

Angela meets the devastated neighbours left footing the bill for flats that fell into the ground, and the team investigate the energy switch you didn't want.

Rip Off Britain tackles the scam social media listings catching people out in search of a home to rent, and the shocking results of the team’s investigation into the scale of scam ads.

In this episode, the deaf movie lovers furious at the lack of captioned screenings, insurance companies and storm damage, and top tips from the country’s leading consumer experts.

The team reveals failures in customer service at one of the country's biggest energy firms and how a driver ended up with a £5,000 bill for an accident that wasn't their fault.

Gloria Hunniford meets tenants living with damp, mould and a rat infestation in homes in one of Britain's biggest housing associations.

Customers who order one thing but receive another and then are refused a refund. And the holiday firms whose terms and conditions are almost impossible to navigate.

The team investigates the seriously written-off cars patched up and put back on the road, and asks why e-bike batteries, withdrawn for being a fire hazard, could still be on sale.

When an algorithm banned one woman from opening an online account because her surname was McManus, she asked Rip Off Britain for help!

The team meet one man worried that the £300k he spent on rare whisky might have vanished after the investment firm went bust.

The team investigate fake tenants who turned a home into a cannabis farm. And the pet microchipping database that could make it harder to track down your missing furry friend.

The team meet residents furious at water bills increasing by 47 per cent. And the energy company that incorrectly charged an 82-year-old nearly £3,000 on her winter bills.

The team help one family who narrowly escaped when their conservatory roof shattered and ask who should foot the bill.

Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin investigate the case of the homeowner who paid a company nearly £2,000 up front for garden maintenance, but has nothing to show for it

How one man has been left battling to prove his identity after fraudsters took out a Universal Credit loan in his name, with repayments automatically taken from his wages.

Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin investigate the home insurance policies refusing damage claims if the cause can be linked to events that were insured under an old policy

Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin investigate the case of the homeowner who paid a company nearly £2,000 up front for garden maintenance, but has nothing to show for it

How one man has been left battling to prove his identity after fraudsters took out a Universal Credit loan in his name, with repayments automatically taken from his wages.

Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin investigate the home insurance policies refusing damage claims if the cause can be linked to events that were insured under an old policy