NaN/100 votes#1 - They sold me a written-off car
Season 16 Episode 1 - Aired 5/20/2024
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team investigates the seriously written-off cars patched up and put back on the road, and asks why e-bike batteries, withdrawn for being a fire hazard, could still be on sale.
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NaN/100 votes#2 - Blacklisted because of my surname
Season 16 Episode 2 - Aired 5/21/2024
When an algorithm banned one woman from opening an online account because her surname was McManus, she asked Rip Off Britain for help!
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NaN/100 votes#3 - Where’s my £300,000 whisky gone?
Season 16 Episode 3 - Aired 5/22/2024
The team meet one man worried that the £300k he spent on rare whisky might have vanished after the investment firm went bust.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - Paying £1 per mile for car insurance
Season 16 Episode 4 - Aired 5/23/2024
Priced off the road: the young drivers handed a car insurance price hike in the middle of their policy.
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NaN/100 votes#5 - My four-star holiday deal was anything but
Season 16 Episode 5 - Aired 5/24/2024
The team investigates the holiday deal websites whose offers were very different to what was advertised.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - Energy Special
Season 16 Episode 6 - Aired 5/27/2024
From shockingly incorrect bills to broken smart meters, bad customer service to impossible debts, the Rip Off Britain team challenge the energy industry and the government.
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NaN/100 votes#7 - Help – my home’s infested with beetles
Season 16 Episode 7 - Aired 5/28/2024
The team meets a couple at loggerheads with a developer after finding soaked plaster and a beetle infestation in their new-build home.
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NaN/100 votes#8 - The phone, the thief and the worthless insurance
Season 16 Episode 8 - Aired 5/29/2024
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.
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NaN/100 votes#9 - Cut off from my landline
Season 16 Episode 9 - Aired 5/30/2024
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.
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NaN/100 votes#10 - Help, they’ve hacked my holiday hotel
Season 16 Episode 10 - Aired 5/31/2024
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.
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NaN/100 votes#11 - I became a money mule by mistake
Season 16 Episode 11 - Aired 6/3/2024
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.
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NaN/100 votes#12 - ‘Lose a stone in a week’ – the pamphlet peddling porkies
Season 16 Episode 12 - Aired 6/4/2024
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.
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NaN/100 votes#13 - Help, I don’t owe the debt you’re chasing me for
Season 16 Episode 13 - Aired 6/5/2024
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.
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NaN/100 votes#14 - £89,000 down... and my bank won’t listen
Season 16 Episode 14 - Aired 6/6/2024
Life savings gone and no refund – why your choice of bank could make all the difference if you lose out to scammers.
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NaN/100 votes#15 - My holiday coach crash nightmare
Season 16 Episode 15 - Aired 6/7/2024
The tour operator that one couple say really let them down when their coach transfer took a turn for the worst.
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NaN/100 votes#16 - No payout pet insurance
Season 16 Episode 16 - Aired 11/11/2024
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.
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NaN/100 votes#17 - Out-of-control bamboo is destroying my driveway
Season 16 Episode 17 - Aired 11/12/2024
Gloria Hunniford learns how the 1990s fashion for bamboo in our gardens is causing expensive problems for some homeowners 25 years later.
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NaN/100 votes#18 - Help, my £45,000 pension is missing!
Season 16 Episode 18 - Aired 11/13/2024
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.
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NaN/100 votes#19 - Crumbling concrete wrecked my home
Season 16 Episode 19 - Aired 11/14/2024
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.
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NaN/100 votes#20 - Wrong flight landed us in Lithuania!
Season 16 Episode 20 - Aired 11/15/2024
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.
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NaN/100 votes#21 - Bank account switch left me broke
Season 16 Episode 21 - Aired 11/18/2024
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.
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NaN/100 votes#22 - Floored by ground rent demand
Season 16 Episode 22 - Aired 11/19/2024
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.
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NaN/100 votes#23 - No win, no fee cost me £27,000
Season 16 Episode 23 - Aired 11/20/2024
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.
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NaN/100 votes#24 - Thieves charged hundreds to my phone bill
Season 16 Episode 24 - Aired 11/21/2024
How mobile phone theft victims are facing huge bills when crooks’ purchases are charged to them.
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NaN/100 votes#25 - Airport security delays left my holiday in ruins
Season 16 Episode 25 - Aired 11/22/2024
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.
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The Best Episodes of Rip Off Britain Season 16
Every episode of Rip Off Britain Season 16 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Rip Off Britain Season 16!
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...
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Season 16 Ratings Summary
"They sold me a written-off car" is the best rated episode of "Rip Off Britain" season 16. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/20/2024. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Blacklisted because of my surname".