Series 17

Series 17

2025-04-14
40 Episodes

Overview

The Rip Off Britain team is ready to tackle the issues you feel affect you the most.

Episodes

Tenants turned my family home into a cannabis farm

1. Tenants turned my family home into a cannabis farm

2025-04-14

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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.

Water bills are going up, but what’s it all being spent on?

2. Water bills are going up, but what’s it all being spent on?

2025-04-15

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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.

My conservatory roof shattered, but no-one’s taking responsibility

3. My conservatory roof shattered, but no-one’s taking responsibility

2025-04-16

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

I paid for a smartphone but received a lump of clay

4. I paid for a smartphone but received a lump of clay

2025-04-17

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The team help people stuck with paying a monthly contract for smartphones that were never delivered. And the SUV drivers left fearing for their safety when the cars developed a fault.

Timeshare nightmare

5. Timeshare nightmare

2025-04-18

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The team help a couple who paid thousands to terminate their timeshare membership. As another suspicious operator offers to help, the team are there to challenge his claims.

I cancelled my card, but scammers kept spending

6. I cancelled my card, but scammers kept spending

2025-04-21

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The team investigate the mysterious transactions made via mobile phone payments – even after the customer had cancelled their bank card.

Brazen car scam caught on camera

7. Brazen car scam caught on camera

2025-04-22

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The team expose a shocking trick caught on camera during a private car sale that’s left some drivers thousands of pounds out of pocket.

Nail glue took my daughter’s skin off

8. Nail glue took my daughter’s skin off

2025-04-23

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The team investigate the case of a girl who suffered severe burns after using a nail glue she bought online and expose the other products that pose a risk.

Super-scam cost me nearly £500,000

9. Super-scam cost me nearly £500,000

2025-04-24

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How a grandmother was groomed into cashing in her entire pension. Even her own family and the police couldn’t break the spell.

Dream holiday left me with gastric infection

10. Dream holiday left me with gastric infection

2025-04-25

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The team investigate the cases of holidaymakers left suffering from debilitating gastric illnesses after a luxury five-star trip to Cape Verde.

Addicted to shopping app

11. Addicted to shopping app

2025-04-28

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The team investigate the shopping app that one woman found so addictive, she asked her bank to cancel her cards in order to stop her spending.

Fire safety upgrades – who should foot the bill?

12. Fire safety upgrades – who should foot the bill?

2025-04-29

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The team take on the case of residents who were billed by their managing agent for fire safety upgrades to their front doors.

Gift experience voucher left me £200 out of pocket

13. Gift experience voucher left me £200 out of pocket

2025-04-30

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The team reveal the gift voucher blunders that left one customer with only two theme park tickets for her family of six.

Scammer posed as my mum – while she sat next to me

14. Scammer posed as my mum – while she sat next to me

2025-05-01

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How a scammer took over one woman’s WhatsApp account in a bid to defraud her friends and family.

Luxury resort turned out to be a building site

15. Luxury resort turned out to be a building site

2025-05-02

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The team investigate the cases of holidaymakers who say their relaxing breaks were ruined by noisy building work.

New home knotweed no-one told us about

16. New home knotweed no-one told us about

2025-11-10

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The team investigate who is responsible for the costly surprise of knotweed facing one couple when they bought their dream home.

£1,000 to send a parcel

17. £1,000 to send a parcel

2025-11-11

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How sending a parcel cost one man more than £1,000 because the courier said he got the measurements wrong.

I had to do the maths to prove my energy company wrong

18. I had to do the maths to prove my energy company wrong

2025-11-12

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The team investigate who is responsible for the mystery cracks in laptop screens that left a trail of angry customers.

I took out a family trust to protect my kids, but now I regret it

19. I took out a family trust to protect my kids, but now I regret it

2025-11-13

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The families unravelling the family trusts set up decades ago to protect an inheritance, but which are now proving complex and costly.

My holiday was cancelled at hotel check-in

20. My holiday was cancelled at hotel check-in

2025-11-14

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The team investigate the cases of holidaymakers left stranded when their travel company went bust, even though it appeared to be ATOL-protected.

Insurer says I’m wrong about having cancer

21. Insurer says I’m wrong about having cancer

2025-11-17

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The team investigate the life insurance policies that have left some customers in the lurch, including the woman whose insurer doesn’t accept she has cancer.

Broadband firm has trapped my car with a telegraph pole

22. Broadband firm has trapped my car with a telegraph pole

2025-11-18

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The team take on the case of the homeowner who claims a broadband company installed a new telegraph pole without warning, which left their car stuck in the lane behind their home.

The Scottish lodge I invested in didn’t exist

23. The Scottish lodge I invested in didn’t exist

2025-11-19

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The investment scheme that went wrong, after nearly 200 victims believed they were buying a holiday lodge connected to a well-known brand.

Excluded from cheap energy tariffs because of where I live

24. Excluded from cheap energy tariffs because of where I live

2025-11-20

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The team take on the case of electric vehicle drivers who say their energy provider couldn’t connect them to the best tariffs because of where they live.

Our holiday was not as advertised

25. Our holiday was not as advertised

2025-11-21

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The team investigate the cases of holidaymakers who say the reality of their trips was far from what was advertised by the travel company.

Scammers used our street to open fake accounts

26. Scammers used our street to open fake accounts

2025-11-24

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In the first of five special episodes for BBC Scam Safe week, the team investigate the fake bank accounts all registered in one Cheshire street.

AI romance scammer broke my heart

27. AI romance scammer broke my heart

2025-11-25

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In another special episode for BBC Scam Safe week, the team hear the incredible story of one Edinburgh woman left devastated when an online romance turned out to be a scam.

Help! Is my online job a scam?

28. Help! Is my online job a scam?

2025-11-26

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A viewer contacts the team after suspecting the online task work he’s been completing could be a scam.

I was part of the world’s largest scam

29. I was part of the world’s largest scam

2025-11-27

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A victim of a huge international investment scam network meets one of the investigative journalists who uncovered it.

Fake Michael Jackson brought bailiffs to my door

30. Fake Michael Jackson brought bailiffs to my door

2025-11-28

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A man whose home address is hijacked by a fraudster using the name Michael Jackson receives traffic fines and a visit from a bailiff but says the authorities won’t help.

Banned from 500 shops by facial recognition

31. Banned from 500 shops by facial recognition

2026-01-05

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The team investigate the use of facial recognition software on Britain's high streets after a woman from Salford is falsely identified as a toilet roll thief.

The banned online pet store still taking your money

32. The banned online pet store still taking your money

2026-01-06

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The team sniffs out the truth about the glossy online pet store selling treats for dogs, which despite been banned from trading is still taking pet owners’ money

I’m blind - but my bank sends letters I can’t read

33. I’m blind - but my bank sends letters I can’t read

2026-01-07

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The team reveal shocking failings at a high street bank after it sent crucial communications to a blind customer by letter.

Roof repair rogues took aim at our homes

34. Roof repair rogues took aim at our homes

2026-01-08

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The team visit a Portsmouth suburb that has been repeatedly targeted by doorstep cold callers trying to charge thousands of pounds for roof repair jobs that simply weren’t needed.

Slimed by sludge pipe leak during our dream cruise

35. Slimed by sludge pipe leak during our dream cruise

2026-01-09

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A couple from the Wirral say their dream cruise holiday was ruined when a leaky pipe above their cabin covered them in foul-smelling liquidised food waste.

Elvis event left me all shook up

36. Elvis event left me all shook up

2026-01-12

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The team takes on the case of an Elvis superfan who says an immersive experience with the 'King' was far from what was advertised.

Owed thousands by my energy company

37. Owed thousands by my energy company

2026-01-13

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The team investigate the case of the energy company that still refused to pay back £3,000 to its customer despite two ombudsman rulings in his favour.

I won in court – but I’m still out of pocket

38. I won in court – but I’m still out of pocket

2026-01-14

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The team investigates why court rulings aren’t being enforced against the businesses that owe their customers money – and what can be done about it.

Next door up in flames - but I had to pay

39. Next door up in flames - but I had to pay

2026-01-15

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The team investigate why an insurance company declined a no-fault claim after a fire spread from the house next door.

Holiday hotel blaze left me fearing for my life

40. Holiday hotel blaze left me fearing for my life

2026-01-16

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The team hear from holidaymakers caught up in a major hotel fire in Turkey, who say their travel company hasn’t done enough – and won’t accept responsibility.