Rip Off Britain - Season 16 Episode 17 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.
Year: 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: BBC One
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Cast: Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford, Louise Minchin
Crew: Chris Walker (Editor), Lizz Martin (Producer), Rowland Stone (Executive Producer)
First Air Date: Nov 30, 2009
Last Air date: Jan 24, 2025
Season: 17 Season
Episode: 377 Episode
Runtime: 44 minutes
IMDb: 3.00/10 by 2.00 users
Popularity: 37.9719
Language: English
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Blacklisted because of my surname
Where’s my £300,000 whisky gone?
Paying £1 per mile for car insurance
My four-star holiday deal was anything but
Energy Special
Help – my home’s infested with beetles
The phone, the thief and the worthless insurance
Cut off from my landline
Help, they’ve hacked my holiday hotel
I became a money mule by mistake
‘Lose a stone in a week’ – the pamphlet peddling porkies
Help, I don’t owe the debt you’re chasing me for
£89,000 down... and my bank won’t listen
My holiday coach crash nightmare
No payout pet insurance
Out-of-control bamboo is destroying my driveway
Help, my £45,000 pension is missing!
Crumbling concrete wrecked my home
Wrong flight landed us in Lithuania!
Bank account switch left me broke
Floored by ground rent demand
No win, no fee cost me £27,000
Thieves charged hundreds to my phone bill
Airport security delays left my holiday in ruins
The missing person ads that transform into scams
£226,000 crypto scam left me homeless
Help, someone stole my house!
Fake weight-loss drug almost killed me
Ripped passport wrecked our holiday
Doorstep raiders knocked out my doorbell camera
Social media bank staff scam cost me £16,500
Mistaken identity cost me thousands
Landed in debt… for someone else’s shopping
The hotel with no running water
Missing £400,000 put my mum’s care at risk
Ravenous rats destroyed my car
Careless couriers left our parcels in pieces
When will my flood-wrecked home be fixed?
Filthy holiday cottages cut our break short!
Filthy takeaways posting incorrect hygiene ratings
Telecoms contract pushers caught on camera
Tainted tap water left us in agony
Scammed by fake AI celebrities
Forced to take five flights to board our cruise