Saints and Scroungers (2009)
Saints and Scroungers is a British television programme about welfare benefits. It is broadcast on BBC One and is currently presented by Matt Allwright since 2013, although the show was originally presented by Dominic Littlewood from 2009-2012. It focuses on two groups of people: the vulnerable who need help and those who help them 'saints' and fraudulent claimants 'scroungers'. The series is repeated in the UK on Crime & Investigation Network.
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Episode 1 - Sesay/UBU/Barnes
Release Date: 2013-02-11Matt Allwright looks into the work of fraud investigators determined to catch those who steal from the public purse. And he meets the genuine claimants who deserve government help. Matt meets the fraud investigators who are on the trail of one woman who they believe is using various identities to work illegally in the UK as a nurse and claim benefits to the tune of £180,000.
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Episode 2 - Raymont/Red Cross/Dhindsa
Release Date: 2012-02-12After 30 years living abroad, Sandra Forshaw returns to the UK and claims benefits, but suspicions are soon raised. And when Oxford City Council launch an investigation, they uncover the real identity of the woman, amid decades of lies. And Matt meets the people who stepped in to help 84-year-old Dorothy during her hospital stay.
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Episode 3 - Ogunsanya/Family Mosaic/Power
Release Date: 2013-02-13Fraud investigators look into the case of a new father who was left holding the baby.
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Episode 4 - Nicholson/Camelia Botnar/Breach
Release Date: 2013-02-14An investigation into a council department head unearths a number of ghost employees.
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Episode 5 - Lounnas/Family Fund/Jones
Release Date: 2013-02-15Ealing Council discover a cache of false identities, forged documents and benefit claims.
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Episode 6 - Arwo/Macmillan/Connor
Release Date: 2013-02-18A five-year investigation by West Midlands Police reveals a sophisticated fraud.
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Episode 7 - Crane/Action for Blind/Goatley
Release Date: 2013-02-19Matt meets the Croydon fraud investigators hot on the trail of a £47,000 benefit cheat.
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Episode 8 - Burrell and Hoyle/Ascend/Couchman
Release Date: 2013-02-20Investigators discover the truth behind a jet-setting couple's lavish lifestyle.
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Episode 9 - Kemp/Reach Out/Brown
Release Date: 2013-02-22Havering Council discover a £168,000 fraud behind a seemingly single mum.
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Episode 10 - Ikem/Hardwick/Esfandmozd
Release Date: 2013-02-23Croydon Council learn they have been paying out claims for empty or derelict homes.
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Episode 11 - Dantas/Canine Partners/Lindsell
Release Date: 2013-02-25Fraud investigators at Brent uncovering a carousel of benefit fraud amounting to £190,000.
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Episode 12 - Glanister/Homestart/Barber
Release Date: 2013-02-26The story of a finance manager who used taxpayer money to fund her lifestyle.
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Episode 13 - Harrison/Access to Work/Aboutarik
Release Date: 2013-02-27Croydon Council follows up on a tip-off about a benefit claimant using a stolen identity.
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Episode 14 - Sewell/Disability Dynamics/Iqbal
Release Date: 2013-02-28Investigators for the NHS discover a financial analyst siphoning off taxpayers' money.
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Episode 15 - 20 Maxwell/Turn 2 Us/Alexander
Release Date: 2013-03-01Fraud investigators catch a tax dodger who avoided paying hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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Episode 16 - Mooney/Abilitynet/Page
Release Date: 2013-03-04Matt meets fraud investigators who were on the trail of a Jaguar-driving benefit cheat.
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Episode 17 - Wright/Bibic/Smith
Release Date: 2013-03-05A benefit cheat tries to avoid paying back what he owes a council.
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Episode 18 - Adogbeji/Enthusiasm/Hussein
Release Date: 2013-03-06Officers at Southwark Council unwittingly uncover evidence of benefit fraud.
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Episode 19 - Mohamedy/Contact a Family/Careswell
Release Date: 2013-03-07The fraud team at Ealing call on a handwriting expert to help convict two benefit cheats.
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Episode 20 - Coffey/Papworth Trust/Peake
Release Date: 2013-03-08Investigators reveal how a family who seemed to have hit hard times were hiding fraud.