Rip Off Britain: Series 7
Angela Rippon and the team expose some of the rip-offs that are costing British consumers. The series, broadcast on BBC One, is designed to expose Britain's rip-offs and help consumers. Angela Rippon leads the team as presenter alongside other former news journalists to investigate unfair practices affecting the public.
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Rip Off Britain is a BBC One daytime and television series that began on 30 November 2009.
- The programme is presented by former news journalists including Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford, and Jennie Bond.
- Newsreader Julia Somerville replaced Bond starting from the third series.
- The series focuses on exposing Britain's rip-offs and helping consumers.
Season overview
Angela Rippon and the team expose some of the rip-offs that are costing British consumers. The series, broadcast on BBC One, is designed to expose Britain's rip-offs and help consumers. Angela Rippon leads the team as presenter alongside other former news journalists to investigate unfair practices affecting the public.
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Sep 14, 2015 · 45 min
The team unravel the latest scams, including an elaborate con that saw a woman tricked into believing she was working undercover for the police.
Episode 2
Sep 15, 2015 · 45 min
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.
Episode 3
Sep 16, 2015 · 45 min
The team meet a group of neighbours who have discovered they have been paying too much for their water for decades.
Episode 4
Sep 17, 2015 · 45 min
The team investigate the story of a couple who paid to put their belongings into storage but have never seen them since.
Episode 5
Sep 18, 2015 · 45 min
The team investigate property nightmares and disastrous building work, with a report on a company that's taken thousands of pounds for jobs left unfinished.
Episode 6
Sep 21, 2015 · 45 min
The team explore whether enough is done to contact customers when a product is recalled for safety reasons and reveal new ways to check if products are safe.
Episode 7
Sep 22, 2015 · 45 min
Unwanted calls - and how to stop them - are under investigation as the team meet people plagued by a barrage of nuisance calls.
Episode 8
Sep 23, 2015 · 45 min
The team are on the trail of whoever is behind a fake shopping site that uses the details and addresses of genuine businesses to lure people into ordering.
Episode 9
Sep 24, 2015 · 45 min
The team uncover a new twist to the problems hundreds of viewers have had with passport websites that aren't what they seem.
Episode 10
Sep 25, 2015 · 45 min
The team meet viewers caught out by the small print - including a family whose holiday was almost grounded by a simple but very costly mistake.
Episode 11
Sep 28, 2015 · 45 min
The team expose all-too-plausible scams that have cost viewers hundreds of thousands of pounds and share advice to help viewers avoid being stung the same way.
Episode 12
Sep 29, 2015 · 45 min
The team reveal easy ways to avoid losing either money or personal details online, investigating the darkest corners of the web.
Episode 13
Sep 30, 2015 · 45 min
The team talk to a man whose bank refused to believe he wasn't dead, in an error that ended up costing him hundreds of pounds.
Episode 14
Oct 1, 2015 · 45 min
The team investigate situations where viewers have been left frustrated by the customer service they have received.
Episode 15
Oct 2, 2015 · 45 min
A tragic event highlights a common mistake made with holiday cover, and the team open up a pet clinic after a rise in complaints about insurance.
Episode 16
Oct 5, 2015 · 45 min
The team investigate houses under attack from plants and trees and what happened to one woman's family silver after she trusted an expert to sell it.
Episode 17
Oct 6, 2015 · 45 min
The team investigate the spiralling costs of energy and heating and share advice on how to bring bills down without switching supplier.
Episode 18
Oct 7, 2015 · 45 min
As the team investigate whether we always get value for money, there's an exclusive peek at the tough tests designed to identify which products are the best.
Episode 19
Oct 8, 2015 · 45 min
The team investigate complaints about big-name brands, including a sofa store whose new furniture didn't please one woman in the way she'd expected.
Episode 20
Oct 9, 2015 · 45 min
The team expose bogus celebrity endorsements that tempt you into handing over cash for something you may later regret.