Rip Off Britain - Season 17

Rip Off Britain - Season 17

Season 17

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Episodes45
DatesMay 20, 2024 - Jan 21, 2025
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Episodes

They sold me a written-off car
Season 17Episode 145 min

They sold me a written-off car

The team investigates the seriously written-off cars patched up and put back on the road, and asks why e-bike batteries, withdrawn for being a fire hazard, could still be on sale.

May 20, 2024
Blacklisted because of my surname
Season 17Episode 245 min

Blacklisted because of my surname

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

May 21, 2024
Where's my £300,000 whisky gone?
Season 17Episode 345 min

Where's my £300,000 whisky gone?

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

May 22, 2024
Paying £1 per mile for car insurance
Season 17Episode 445 min

Paying £1 per mile for car insurance

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

May 23, 2024
My four-star holiday deal was anything but
Season 17Episode 545 min

My four-star holiday deal was anything but

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

May 24, 2024
Energy Special
Season 17Episode 645 min

Energy Special

May 27, 2024
Help – my home's infested with beetles
Season 17Episode 745 min

Help – my home's infested with beetles

May 28, 2024
The phone, the thief and the worthless insurance
Season 17Episode 845 min

The phone, the thief and the worthless insurance

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 people forced to pay for items that never arrived.

May 29, 2024
Cut off from my landline
Season 17Episode 945 min

Cut off from my landline

Could the biggest change to landlines in generations leave you without a phone or broadband? And the new plans that might bring private parking operators into line.

May 30, 2024
Help, they've hacked my holiday hotel
Season 17Episode 1045 min

Help, they've hacked my holiday hotel

The hacked hotel emails that could cost you your holiday. Also, the team meets a woman who felt abandoned by her cruise company when illness struck on board.

May 31, 2024
I became a money mule by mistake
Season 17Episode 1145 min

I became a money mule by mistake

Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville hear from the young people who thought they were dabbling in investments but instead ended up unwittingly money laundering.

Jun 3, 2024
‘Lose a stone in a week' – the pamphlet peddling porkies
Season 17Episode 1245 min

‘Lose a stone in a week' – the pamphlet peddling porkies

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.

Jun 4, 2024
Help, I don't owe the debt you're chasing me for
Season 17Episode 1345 min

Help, I don't owe the debt you're chasing me for

The dogged debt collectors who won't give up – even when you don't owe them anything. And the missing mail causing huge headaches and leaving you out of pocket.

Jun 5, 2024
£89,000 down... and my bank won't listen
Season 17Episode 1445 min

£89,000 down... and my bank won't listen

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

Jun 6, 2024
My holiday coach crash nightmare
Season 17Episode 1545 min

My holiday coach crash nightmare

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

Jun 7, 2024
No payout pet insurance
Season 17Episode 1645 min

No payout pet insurance

Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville are joined by Henry the Blue Peter dog, as they hear about the chihuahua owner from Oldham whose pet insurer refused to pay out.

Nov 11, 2024
Out-of-control bamboo is destroying my driveway
Season 17Episode 1745 min

Out-of-control bamboo is destroying my driveway

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

Nov 12, 2024
Help, my £45,000 pension is missing!
Season 17Episode 1845 min

Help, my £45,000 pension is missing!

With millions of pounds sitting unclaimed in dormant or misplaced accounts, the team sets about helping a former bank worker track down her pension pot, which has been missing since the 1990s.

Nov 13, 2024
Crumbling concrete wrecked my home
Season 17Episode 1945 min

Crumbling concrete wrecked my home

Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville get to grips with the lightweight construction material RAAC. Installed decades ago, it's ended up decimating housing estates across Scotland.

Nov 14, 2024
Wrong flight landed us in Lithuania!
Season 17Episode 2045 min

Wrong flight landed us in Lithuania!

Julia Somerville and Gloria Hunniford present a sun-drenched holiday edition, featuring airline passengers who were supposed to be travelling to Barcelona but got put on a flight to Lithuania.

Nov 15, 2024
Bank account switch left me broke
Season 17Episode 2145 min

Bank account switch left me broke

Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville hear the story of a woman from Bolton who staged a protest at the local branch of her bank after being left penniless and with no access to her money.

Nov 18, 2024
Floored by ground rent demand
Season 17Episode 2245 min

Floored by ground rent demand

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.

Nov 19, 2024
No win, no fee cost me £27,000
Season 17Episode 2345 min

No win, no fee cost me £27,000

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 a £27,000 legal bill after a firm of solicitors went bust.

Nov 20, 2024
Thieves charged hundreds to my phone bill
Season 17Episode 2445 min

Thieves charged hundreds to my phone bill

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

Nov 21, 2024
Airport security delays left my holiday in ruins
Season 17Episode 2545 min

Airport security delays left my holiday in ruins

The travellers seeking answers after their getaway plans were wrecked when huge security queues at a major British airport caused them to miss their flights.

Nov 22, 2024
The missing person ads that transform into scams
Season 17Episode 2645 min

The missing person ads that transform into scams

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

Nov 25, 2024
£226,000 crypto scam left me homeless
Season 17Episode 2745 min

£226,000 crypto scam left me homeless

How a recently bereaved widow from Lancashire was conned out of the £226,000 proceeds of a house sale by fraudsters who claimed she was investing in cryptocurrency.

Nov 26, 2024
Help, someone stole my house!
Season 17Episode 2845 min

Help, someone stole my house!

The team investigate the homeowners who've found their homes targeted by scammers who steal personal information to try and sell their homes from under their feet.

Nov 27, 2024
Fake weight-loss drug almost killed me
Season 17Episode 2945 min

Fake weight-loss drug almost killed me

We reveal how fraudsters are selling counterfeit versions of a well-known weight-loss drug and the potentially devastating consequences for one woman who suffered a seizure after injecting it.

Nov 28, 2024
Ripped passport wrecked our holiday
Season 17Episode 3045 min

Ripped passport wrecked our holiday

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.

Nov 29, 2024
Doorstep raiders knocked out my doorbell camera
Season 17Episode 3145 min

Doorstep raiders knocked out my doorbell camera

The team uncovers the shocking story of the readily available gadget that can hack your wifi and renders many doorbell video cameras useless as security devices.

Jan 6, 2025
Social media bank staff scam cost me £16,500
Season 17Episode 3245 min

Social media bank staff scam cost me £16,500

The team reveals how scammers are convincing victims to part with their cash by posing as senior bank staff, and pointing to their social media pages as evidence.

Jan 7, 2025
Mistaken identity cost me thousands
Season 17Episode 3345 min

Mistaken identity cost me thousands

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 man from South Wales who shared his name.

Jan 8, 2025
Landed in debt… for someone else's shopping
Season 17Episode 3445 min

Landed in debt… for someone else's shopping

The team hears from the women from South Wales who have been hounded for hundreds of pounds worth of debt after someone else took out a ‘buy now, pay later' account in their names.

Jan 9, 2025
The hotel with no running water
Season 17Episode 3545 min

The hotel with no running water

Julia Somerville, Louise Minchin, Gloria Hunniford and the Rip Off Britain team have with a sun-soaked holidays special focusing on your travel traumas.

Jan 10, 2025
Ravenous rats destroyed my car
Season 17Episode 3645 min

Ravenous rats destroyed my car

The team hear how a woman from south London says the electrical wiring in her vehicle is being repeatedly chewed by rats, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage.

Jan 13, 2025
Careless couriers left our parcels in pieces
Season 17Episode 3745 min

Careless couriers left our parcels in pieces

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

Jan 14, 2025
When will my flood-wrecked home be fixed?
Season 17Episode 3845 min

When will my flood-wrecked home be fixed?

Louise Minchin, Julia Somerville and Gloria Hunniford hear from victims of severe flooding who've been forced to move out of their homes for months because of delays in carrying out repairs.

Jan 15, 2025
Telecoms contract pushers caught on camera
Season 17Episode 3945 min

Telecoms contract pushers caught on camera

In a special investigation, Rip Off Britain goes undercover with BBC News to show how a telecoms firm is making promises about telecoms contracts that business owners say it didn't keep.

Jan 16, 2025
Filthy holiday cottages cut our break short!
Season 17Episode 4045 min

Filthy holiday cottages cut our break short!

The team hear from customers of a leading holiday cottages company, who say their getaways were wrecked when they found their holiday homes covered in grime.

Jan 17, 2025
Filthy takeaways posting incorrect hygiene ratings
Season 17Episode 4145 min

Filthy takeaways posting incorrect hygiene ratings

Jan 20, 2025
Telecoms contract pushers caught on camera
Season 17Episode 4245 min

Telecoms contract pushers caught on camera

Jan 21, 2025

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