Rip Off Britain Live - Season 8
Season 8
Episodes
Episode 1
Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville return with a ive week of the consumer series, reporting on people who have lost tens of thousands of pounds in dormant accounts that banks say are untraceable.
Episode 2
The mystery mobile phone charges that have left many viewers out of pocket. Plus, the shocking story of a professional dog walker caught on camera mistreating a dog.
Episode 3
A report on how where you live impacts on what you can recycle, and the extraordinary story of a woman unable to get her stolen car back.
Episode 4
A look at the spiralling cost of buy-now, pay-later finance deals, and a report on who is at fault when contaminated fuel from a petrol station causes damage to a car.
Episode 5
With serious failings recently exposed at one of the organisations meant to protect people from fraud, Julia Somerville, Angela Rippon and Gloria Hunniford ask where people should turn if they fall prey to such conmen. Plus, the cost of watching television in hospital, and whether excessive profiteering is going on.
Episode 6
Just how easy is it to get through to your bank? We hear the devastating consequences for fraud victims who say they just couldn't get hold of someone on the phone quick enough.
Episode 7
The big-name holiday companies offering special cleaning services in the wake of Covid-19 - are they as pristine as they promise? And travel guru Simon Calder answers your questions.
Episode 8
Julia Somerville, Gloria Hunniford and Angela Rippon tackle a topic that drives so many drivers to distraction: parking companies. Will new rules bring them into line?
Episode 9
Why energy bills are leaving customers at their wits' end, and how fraud on a big-name internet shopping site has left some customers out of pocket.
Episode 10
The wedding woes of brides-to-be who have lost out thanks to the pandemic. Will the new government rules calling for refunds work?
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