Rip Off Britain Live - Season 4

Season 4
Episodes

Episode 1
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville present a week of live episodes of the popular consumer series. As a generation of women come to terms with a dramatic change in when they might be able to retire, former pensions minister Ros Altmann blows the whistle on why she feels thousands of women have been badly let down by the government's handling of the situation. Also, Star Wars actor Mark Hamill reveals his consumer secrets and, as the latest voice recognition technology is put to the test, is there a knack for making sure your commands have the desired effect? And there is more advice from the experts outside the studio at the programme's pop-up shop. If you'd like the team to answer a question or look into a complaint, you can email ripoffbritain@bbc.co.UK.

Episode 2
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville present a week of live episodes of the popular consumer series. As a generation of women come to terms with a dramatic change in when they might be able to retire, former pensions minister Ros Altmann blows the whistle on why she feels thousands of women have been badly let down by the government's handling of the situation. Also, Star Wars actor Mark Hamill reveals his consumer secrets and, as the latest voice recognition technology is put to the test, is there a knack for making sure your commands have the desired effect? And there is more advice from the experts outside the studio at the programme's pop-up shop. If you'd like the team to answer a question or look into a complaint, you can email ripoffbritain@bbc.co.UK.

Episode 3
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville present a week of live episodes of the popular consumer series. As a generation of women come to terms with a dramatic change in when they might be able to retire, former pensions minister Ros Altmann blows the whistle on why she feels thousands of women have been badly let down by the government's handling of the situation. Also, Star Wars actor Mark Hamill reveals his consumer secrets and, as the latest voice recognition technology is put to the test, is there a knack for making sure your commands have the desired effect? And there is more advice from the experts outside the studio at the programme's pop-up shop. If you'd like the team to answer a question or look into a complaint, you can email ripoffbritain@bbc.co.UK.

Episode 4
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville present a week of live episodes of the popular consumer series. As a generation of women come to terms with a dramatic change in when they might be able to retire, former pensions minister Ros Altmann blows the whistle on why she feels thousands of women have been badly let down by the government's handling of the situation. Also, Star Wars actor Mark Hamill reveals his consumer secrets and, as the latest voice recognition technology is put to the test, is there a knack for making sure your commands have the desired effect? And there is more advice from the experts outside the studio at the programme's pop-up shop. If you'd like the team to answer a question or look into a complaint, you can email ripoffbritain@bbc.co.UK.

Episode 5
Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville present a week of live episodes of the popular consumer series. As a generation of women come to terms with a dramatic change in when they might be able to retire, former pensions minister Ros Altmann blows the whistle on why she feels thousands of women have been badly let down by the government's handling of the situation. Also, Star Wars actor Mark Hamill reveals his consumer secrets and, as the latest voice recognition technology is put to the test, is there a knack for making sure your commands have the desired effect? And there is more advice from the experts outside the studio at the programme's pop-up shop. If you'd like the team to answer a question or look into a complaint, you can email ripoffbritain@bbc.co.UK.

Episode 6
Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville launch a special week of the popular consumer series, live from Glasgow, with reports and updates on big stories making news, and viewers' questions and problems tackled on the spot.
Among today's investigations, the team exposes how one of the world's fastest-growing scams has bagged the people behind it an estimated £25 million in the last year alone - thanks in part to
false claims that it is backed by financial guru Martin Lewis. Plus are the latest ways of paying to park your car too clever for their own good? After complaints of mistakes and unfair charges, hi-tech payment systems are put to the test. Debbie McGee reveals her consumer secrets, and there is instant advice from the experts at the Rip Off Britain pop-up shop.

Episode 7
The team unravels an elaborate fraud that uses mobile phones to gain access to bank accounts. As a frustrated homeowner uncovers the reason why her home has suddenly become impossible to sell, could other properties be affected by the same thing? Including an update on some of the stories the team has investigated in the past, and Watchdog presenter Steph McGovern reveals if she is as savvy a consumer off-screen as on.

Episode 8
An unemployed man reveals how responding to an ad for what seemed a dream opportunity led to him being conned out of hundreds of pounds. Plus a test to ascertain which plasters are most likely to stay put the longest. And athlete turned presenter Colin Jackson reveals his spending secrets.

Episode 9
As the fall-out from Monarch's collapse and Ryanair's cancellations continues, how confident can we be that a booked and paid-for flight will definitely take off? Also, why the residents of one part of the UK are furious at having to pay more than the rest of the country to have the same purchases delivered. Vicar Kate Bottley is the latest celebrity to reveal their consumer secrets, there is more on some of the stories the team has investigated in the past and the programme's experts answer questions.

Episode 10
In the last of their special week of live programmes from Glasgow, Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville get to the bottom of more stories viewers have asked them to investigate, with reports and updates on the consumer stories making news. Among today's stories, why is England the only part of the UK where you still have to pay for prescriptions? And, with sales of home CCTV kits booming, one homeowner reveals how even having the evidence caught on camera didn't help when it came to getting an unexpected drama resolved. Plus the latest on some of the programme's biggest cases and more problems are solved at the Rip Off Britain pop-up shop.
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