Rip Off Britain Season 17

Season 17

The Rip Off Britain team is ready to tackle the issues you feel affect you the most.

Air date: 2025-04-14

Episodes: 30

Episodes

E1: Tenants turned my family home into a cannabis farm

The team investigate fake tenants who turned a home into a cannabis farm. And the pet microchipping database that could make it harder to track down your missing furry friend.

Air date: 2025-04-14

E2: Water bills are going up, but what’s it all being spent on?

The team meet residents furious at water bills increasing by 47 per cent. And the energy company that incorrectly charged an 82-year-old nearly £3,000 on her winter bills.

Air date: 2025-04-15

E3: My conservatory roof shattered, but no-one’s taking responsibility

The team help one family who narrowly escaped when their conservatory roof shattered and ask who should foot the bill.

Air date: 2025-04-16

E4: I paid for a smartphone but received a lump of clay

The team help people stuck with paying a monthly contract for smartphones that were never delivered. And the SUV drivers left fearing for their safety when the cars developed a fault.

Air date: 2025-04-17

E5: Timeshare nightmare

The team help a couple who paid thousands to terminate their timeshare membership. As another suspicious operator offers to help, the team are there to challenge his claims.

Air date: 2025-04-18

E6: I cancelled my card, but scammers kept spending

The team investigate the mysterious transactions made via mobile phone payments – even after the customer had cancelled their bank card.

Air date: 2025-04-21

E7: Brazen car scam caught on camera

The team expose a shocking trick caught on camera during a private car sale that’s left some drivers thousands of pounds out of pocket.

Air date: 2025-04-22

E8: Nail glue took my daughter’s skin off

The team investigate the case of a girl who suffered severe burns after using a nail glue she bought online and expose the other products that pose a risk.

Air date: 2025-04-23

E9: Super-scam cost me nearly £500,000

How a grandmother was groomed into cashing in her entire pension. Even her own family and the police couldn’t break the spell.

Air date: 2025-04-24

E10: Dream holiday left me with gastric infection

The team investigate the cases of holidaymakers left suffering from debilitating gastric illnesses after a luxury five-star trip to Cape Verde.

Air date: 2025-04-25

E11: Addicted to shopping app

The team investigate the shopping app that one woman found so addictive, she asked her bank to cancel her cards in order to stop her spending.

Air date: 2025-04-28

E12: Fire safety upgrades – who should foot the bill?

The team take on the case of residents who were billed by their managing agent for fire safety upgrades to their front doors.

Air date: 2025-04-29

E13: Gift experience voucher left me £200 out of pocket

The team reveal the gift voucher blunders that left one customer with only two theme park tickets for her family of six.

Air date: 2025-04-30

E14: Scammer posed as my mum – while she sat next to me

How a scammer took over one woman’s WhatsApp account in a bid to defraud her friends and family.

Air date: 2025-05-01

E15: Luxury resort turned out to be a building site

The team investigate the cases of holidaymakers who say their relaxing breaks were ruined by noisy building work.

Air date: 2025-05-02

E16: New home knotweed no-one told us about

The team investigate who is responsible for the costly surprise of knotweed facing one couple when they bought their dream home.

Air date: 2025-11-10

E17: £1,000 to send a parcel

How sending a parcel cost one man more than £1,000 because the courier said he got the measurements wrong.

Air date: 2025-11-11

E18: I had to do the maths to prove my energy company wrong

The team investigate who is responsible for the mystery cracks in laptop screens that left a trail of angry customers.

Air date: 2025-11-12

E19: I took out a family trust to protect my kids, but now I regret it

The families unravelling the family trusts set up decades ago to protect an inheritance, but which are now proving complex and costly.

Air date: 2025-11-13

E20: My holiday was cancelled at hotel check-in

The team investigate the cases of holidaymakers left stranded when their travel company went bust, even though it appeared to be ATOL-protected.

Air date: 2025-11-14

E21: Insurer says I’m wrong about having cancer

The team investigate the life insurance policies that have left some customers in the lurch, including the woman whose insurer doesn’t accept she has cancer.

Air date: 2025-11-17

E22: Broadband firm has trapped my car with a telegraph pole

The team take on the case of the homeowner who claims a broadband company installed a new telegraph pole without warning, which left their car stuck in the lane behind their home.

Air date: 2025-11-18

E23: The Scottish lodge I invested in didn’t exist

The investment scheme that went wrong, after nearly 200 victims believed they were buying a holiday lodge connected to a well-known brand.

Air date: 2025-11-19

E24: Excluded from cheap energy tariffs because of where I live

The team take on the case of electric vehicle drivers who say their energy provider couldn’t connect them to the best tariffs because of where they live.

Air date: 2025-11-20

E25: Our holiday was not as advertised

The team investigate the cases of holidaymakers who say the reality of their trips was far from what was advertised by the travel company.

Air date: 2025-11-21

E26: Scammers used our street to open fake accounts

In the first of five special episodes for BBC Scam Safe week, the team investigate the fake bank accounts all registered in one Cheshire street.

Air date: 2025-11-24

E27: AI romance scammer broke my heart

In another special episode for BBC Scam Safe week, the team hear the incredible story of one Edinburgh woman left devastated when an online romance turned out to be a scam.

Air date: 2025-11-25

E28: Help! Is my online job a scam?

A viewer contacts the team after suspecting the online task work he’s been completing could be a scam.

Air date: 2025-11-26

E29: I was part of the world’s largest scam

A victim of a huge international investment scam network meets one of the investigative journalists who uncovered it.

Air date: 2025-11-27

E30: Fake Michael Jackson brought bailiffs to my door

A man whose home address is hijacked by a fraudster using the name Michael Jackson receives traffic fines and a visit from a bailiff but says the authorities won’t help.

Air date: 2025-11-28