Rip Off Britain
Rip Off Britain is a TV show on BBC1. The Rip Off Britain team is ready to tackle the issues that most matter to you - from bills and bad customer service, to holidays and food. The most recent episode is from 2 October 2026.
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The British tourists conned out of thousands of pounds when scammers struck during a spot of holiday shopping – and how Spanish police busted a crime ring making millions.
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The devastating story of how one man's search for romance left him distraught and broke after he fell for a megascam. Plus, the money-flip con that hit social media with devastating consequences.
September 2026
How fraudsters are using social media to pull on our heartstrings before changing the posts for more sinister ends, and the story of a dramatic dog rescue that was cruelly manipulated in a viral con.
The women from south Wales who’ve been hounded for hundreds of pounds' worth of debt after someone else took out a buy-now-pay-later account in their names.
This time, the woman who discovered her name and data on a list belonging to an international crime ring described as the largest scam of its kind.
How building material RAAC installed decades ago is decimating housing estates. Homeowners say they had no idea when they bought their homes and are demanding justice.
The man who paid thousands for his solar panels but was left with a botched job and no answers. And the devastated neighbours left footing the bill for flats that fell into the ground.
The team investigate how the 1990s fashion for bamboo in our gardens is causing expensive problems for some homeowners 25 years later.
The doorstep callers trying to charge thousands of pounds for roof repair jobs that simply weren’t needed while hijacking the name of a well-respected local company to con householders.
A look back at some of the most shocking property stories, including the curse of knotweed as one couple discovers it in their garden shortly after they move in.
The team help one couple left with an undriveable car, an £11,000 repair bill and an insurance claim against them after an airport meet-and-greet operator crashed their car.
The team investigate the online marketplace sellers who say they are local and seem trustworthy, but turn out to be murky businesses selling dodgy goods.
The team investigate after a property developer chopped down a row of trees despite the council rejecting an earlier planning application that would have destroyed them.
The team are asked to help a couple struggling to keep up finance payments totalling £1,900 a month for two cars, even though one of them had been sold on.
How one man learned that the African dog shelter charity he had raised thousands of pounds for was in fact a scam, and that animals had been mistreated to encourage more donations.
The team meet the couple who say their stay in a holiday villa turned out to be a health risk. So why won’t the major travel company they booked with refund them?
The team look into the postcode lottery behind electric vehicle home charging. Why one man says he had no option but to sell his EV because the council won't let him run a cable in front of his house.
The team investigate why residents living next to a landfill site are kicking up a stink. And the woman given a parking ticket while taking her neighbour to a wake.
Julia Somerville, Louise Minchin and Gloria Hunniford meet the homeowner left questioning a trusted comparison site after a builder's botched work on her home.
Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville and Louise Minchin investigate how scammers stole thousands from one woman after she had died. Why did the bank leave her account wide open to fraudsters?