Rip Off Britain (TV programme)

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Rip Off Britain
Genre Factual
Presented by Julia Somerville (2011—)
Angela Rippon (2009—)
Gloria Hunniford (2009—)
Jennie Bond (2009—10)
Theme music composer Martin Medina
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series15 (Regular)
11 (Holidays)
5 (Food)
10 (Live)
No. of episodes292 (Regular)
115 (Holidays)
50 (Food)
95 (Live)
Production
Running time45 minutes
Production company BBC Studios Documentary Unit
Original release
Network BBC One
Release30 November 2009 (2009-11-30) –
present

Rip Off Britain is a BBC One series which exposes Britain's rip-offs and helps consumers. It began on 30 November 2009, presented by former news journalists Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Jennie Bond. Newsreader Julia Somerville replaced Bond from series three. It has two spin-off series, Rip Off Britain Food and Rip Off Britain: Holidays. Rip Off Britain Live is shown for a week twice a year.

Contents

Format

The presenters investigate viewers' stories of being ripped-off, expose some of the rip-offs, and seek answers and, where appropriate, refunds or compensation. Numerous consumer experts advise consumers on their rights in short films within the programmes and at "Pop Ups" around the country. Experts include Simon Calder, David McClelland, Kate Hardcastle, Sylvia Rook, Helen Dewdney, Adam French, Gary Rycroft, Sarah Pennels, Paul Lewis and Martyn James.

Transmissions

Regular

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodesNotes
130 November 2009 [1] 4 December 2009 [2] 5 [2] Daytime
222 November 2010 [3] 17 December 2010 [4] 20 [4]
5 January 2011 [5] 8 April 2011 [6] 11 [6] Primetime
328 November 2011 [7] 23 December 2011 [8] 20 [8] Daytime
18 January 2012 [9] 30 May 2012 [10] 8 [10] Primetime
43 September 2012 [11] 28 September 2012 [12] 20 [12] Daytime
7 January 2013 [13] 5 August 2013 [14] 8 [14] Primetime
52 September 2013 [15] 27 September 2013 [16] 20 [16] Daytime
615 September 2014 [17] 10 October 2014 [18] 20 [18]
714 September 2015 [19] 9 October 2015 [20] 20 [20]
812 September 2016 [21] 7 October 2016 [22] 20 [22]
91 May 2017 [23] 13 October 2017 [24] 20 [24]
1011 June 2018 [25] 12 October 2018 [26] 20 [26]
116 May 2019 [27] 11 October 2019 [28] 20 [28]
126 July 2020 [29] 16 October 2020 [30] 20 [30]
133 May 2021 [31] 15 October 2021 [32] 20 [32]
142 May 2022 [33] 14 October 2022 [34] 20 [34]
1515 May 2023 [35] 22 January 2024 [36] 40 [36]
1620 May 2024 [37] TBC [38] 15 [38]

Holidays

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
17 January 2013 [39] 11 January 2013 [40] 5 [40]
26 January 2014 [41] 10 January 2014 [42] 5 [42]
35 January 2015 [43] 16 January 2015 [44] 10 [44]
44 January 2016 [45] 15 January 2016 [46] 10 [46]
52 January 2017 [47] 20 January 2017 [48] 15 [48]
62 January 2018 [49] 22 January 2018 [50] 15 [50]
77 January 2019 [51] 25 January 2019 [52] 15 [52]
86 January 2020 [53] 17 January 2020 [54] 10 [54]
94 January 2021 [55] 15 January 2021 [56] 10 [56]
1017 January 2022 [57] 28 January 2022 [58] 10 [58]
112 January 2023 [59] 13 January 2023 [60] 10 [60]

Food

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
117 March 2014 [61] 28 March 2014 [62] 10 [62]
213 April 2015 [63] 24 April 2015 [64] 10 [64]
325 April 2016 [65] 6 May 2016 [66] 10 [66]
429 May 2017 [67] 9 June 2017 [68] 10 [68]
523 April 2018 [69] 4 May 2018 [70] 10 [70]

Live

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
120 October 2014 [71] 24 October 2014 [72] 5 [72]
219 October 2015 [73] 23 October 2015 [74] 5 [74]
310 October 2016 [75] 14 October 2016 [76] 5 [76]
415 May 2017 [77] 20 October 2017 [78] 10 [78]
525 June 2018 [79] 19 October 2018 [80] 10 [80]
620 May 2019 [81] 18 October 2019 [82] 10 [82]
720 January 2020 [83] 23 October 2020 [84] 10 [84]
818 January 2021 [85] 22 October 2021 [86] 15 [86]
931 January 2022 [87] 21 October 2022 [88] 15 [88]
1016 January 2023 [89] 20 October 2023 [90] 10 [90]

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