Series 16 (2024)

They sold me a written-off car
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May 20, 2024 • 43m

The team investigates the seriously written-off cars patched up and put back on the road, and asks why e-bike batteries, withdrawn...Read more

Blacklisted because of my surname
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May 21, 2024 • 43m

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

Where’s my £300,000 whisky gone?
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May 22, 2024 • 43m

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

Paying £1 per mile for car insurance
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May 23, 2024 • 43m

Priced off the road: the young drivers handed a car insurance price hike in the middle of their policy.

My four-star holiday deal was anything but
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May 24, 2024 • 43m

The team investigates the holiday deal websites whose offers were very different to what was advertised.

Energy Special
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May 27, 2024 • 43m

From shockingly incorrect bills to broken smart meters, bad customer service to impossible debts, the Rip Off Britain team challen...Read more

Help – my home’s infested with beetles
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May 28, 2024 • 43m

The team meets a couple at loggerheads with a developer after finding soaked plaster and a beetle infestation in their new-build home.

The phone, the thief and the worthless insurance
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May 29, 2024 • 43m

How one tech giant’s phone insurance will only pay out if thieves don’t switch off the tracking software on your handset. And the ...Read more

Cut off from my landline
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May 30, 2024 • 43m

Could the biggest change to landlines in generations leave you without a phone or broadband? And the new plans that might bring pr...Read more

Help, they’ve hacked my holiday hotel
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May 31, 2024 • 44m

The hacked hotel emails that could cost you your holiday. Also, the team meets a woman who felt abandoned by her cruise company wh...Read more

I became a money mule by mistake
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June 3, 2024 • 44m

Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville hear from the young people who thought they were dabbling in investments but ...Read more

‘Lose a stone in a week’ – the pamphlet peddling porkies
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June 4, 2024 • 44m

The team tackle more bad practice, including debunking the claims of a slimming pill magazine that says you’ll lose a stone in a week.

Help, I don’t owe the debt you’re chasing me for
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June 5, 2024 • 44m

The dogged debt collectors who won’t give up – even when you don’t owe them anything. And the missing mail causing huge headaches ...Read more

£89,000 down... and my bank won’t listen
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June 6, 2024 • 44m

Life savings gone and no refund – why your choice of bank could make all the difference if you lose out to scammers.

My holiday coach crash nightmare
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June 7, 2024 • 44m

The tour operator that one couple say really let them down when their coach transfer took a turn for the worst.

No payout pet insurance
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November 11, 2024 • 43m

Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville are joined by Henry the Blue Peter dog, as they hear about the chihuahua owner from Oldham w...Read more

Out-of-control bamboo is destroying my driveway
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November 12, 2024 • 44m

Gloria Hunniford learns how the 1990s fashion for bamboo in our gardens is causing expensive problems for some homeowners 25 years later.

Help, my £45,000 pension is missing!
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November 13, 2024 • 44m

With millions of pounds sitting unclaimed in dormant or misplaced accounts, the team sets about helping a former bank worker track...Read more

Crumbling concrete wrecked my home
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November 14, 2024 • 44m

Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville get to grips with the lightweight construction material RAAC. Installed decades ago, it’s en...Read more

Wrong flight landed us in Lithuania!
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November 15, 2024 • 44m

Julia Somerville and Gloria Hunniford present a sun-drenched holiday edition, featuring airline passengers who were supposed to be...Read more

Bank account switch left me broke
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November 18, 2024 • 44m

Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville hear the story of a woman from Bolton who staged a protest at the local branch of her bank a...Read more

Floored by ground rent demand
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November 19, 2024 • 44m

A 90-year-old is shocked by a £17,000 ground rent bill on the flat he’s owned for 50 years. Plus the online marketplace being abused by scammers.

No win, no fee cost me £27,000
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November 20, 2024 • 44m

Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and the team hear how the promise of a no win, no fee legal action left a man from Burnley with...Read more

Thieves charged hundreds to my phone bill
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November 21, 2024 • 44m

How mobile phone theft victims are facing huge bills when crooks’ purchases are charged to them.

Airport security delays left my holiday in ruins
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November 22, 2024 • 44m

The travellers seeking answers after their getaway plans were wrecked when huge security queues at a major British airport caused ...Read more

The missing person ads that transform into scams
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November 25, 2024 • 44m

How fraudsters are using social media posts about missing people and pets to hook their victims into scams.

£226,000 crypto scam left me homeless
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November 26, 2024 • 44m

How a recently bereaved widow from Lancashire was conned out of the £226,000 proceeds of a house sale by fraudsters who claimed sh...Read more

Help, someone stole my house!
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November 27, 2024 • 44m

The team investigate the homeowners who’ve found their homes targeted by scammers who steal personal information to try and sell t...Read more

Fake weight-loss drug almost killed me
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November 28, 2024 • 44m

We reveal how fraudsters are selling counterfeit versions of a well-known weight-loss drug and the potentially devastating consequ...Read more

Ripped passport wrecked our holiday
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November 29, 2024 • 44m

In a special holiday edition, Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and the team ask how much damage is too much damage when it comes to your passport.

Doorstep raiders knocked out my doorbell camera
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January 6, 2025 • 43m

The team uncovers the shocking story of the readily available gadget that can hack your wifi and renders many doorbell video camer...Read more

Social media bank staff scam cost me £16,500
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January 7, 2025 • 43m

The team reveals how scammers are convincing victims to part with their cash by posing as senior bank staff, and pointing to their...Read more

Mistaken identity cost me thousands
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January 8, 2025 • 44m

The reveals the story of how a car finance company’s mistake led to the credit record of a man from Blackpool being merged with a ...Read more

Landed in debt… for someone else’s shopping
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January 9, 2025 • 44m

The team hears from the women from South Wales who have been hounded for hundreds of pounds worth of debt after someone else took ...Read more

The hotel with no running water
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January 10, 2025 • 44m

Julia Somerville, Louise Minchin, Gloria Hunniford and the Rip Off Britain team have with a sun-soaked holidays special focusing o...Read more

Ravenous rats destroyed my car
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January 13, 2025 • 44m

The team hear how a woman from south London says the electrical wiring in her vehicle is being repeatedly chewed by rats, causing ...Read more

Careless couriers left our parcels in pieces
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January 14, 2025 • 44m

Gloria Hunniford, Louise Minchin and Julia Somerville hear from viewers who say their carefully packaged goods are getting smashed by clumsy couriers.

When will my flood-wrecked home be fixed?
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January 15, 2025 • 44m

Louise Minchin, Julia Somerville and Gloria Hunniford hear from victims of severe flooding who’ve been forced to move out of their...Read more

Telecoms contract pushers caught on camera
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January 16, 2025 • 44m

In a special investigation, Rip Off Britain goes undercover with BBC News to show how a telecoms firm is making promises about tel...Read more

Filthy holiday cottages cut our break short!
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January 17, 2025 • 44m

The team hear from customers of a leading holiday cottages company, who say their getaways were wrecked when they found their holi...Read more