Dominic Littlewood
Saints and Scroungers (2012)
Season 4
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.
Released Jan. 2, 2012
Episode 45 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.benefit-fraud, imdb.investigator, imdb.theft
Production Companies: Splice Post
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S4E1 - Sesay/UBU/Barnes
Matt 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.
Feb. 11, 2013, midnight
S4E2 - Raymont/Red Cross/Dhindsa
After 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.
Feb. 12, 2012, midnight
S4E3 - Ogunsanya/Family Mosaic/Power
Fraud investigators look into the case of a new father who was left holding the baby.
Feb. 13, 2013, midnight
S4E4 - Nicholson/Camelia Botnar/Breach
An investigation into a council department head unearths a number of ghost employees.
Feb. 14, 2013, midnight
S4E5 - Lounnas/Family Fund/Jones
Ealing Council discover a cache of false identities, forged documents and benefit claims.
Feb. 15, 2013, midnight
S4E6 - Arwo/Macmillan/Connor
A five-year investigation by West Midlands Police reveals a sophisticated fraud.
Feb. 18, 2013, midnight
S4E7 - Crane/Action for Blind/Goatley
Matt meets the Croydon fraud investigators hot on the trail of a £47,000 benefit cheat.
Feb. 19, 2013, midnight
S4E8 - Burrell and Hoyle/Ascend/Couchman
Investigators discover the truth behind a jet-setting couple's lavish lifestyle.
Feb. 20, 2013, midnight
S4E9 - Kemp/Reach Out/Brown
Havering Council discover a £168,000 fraud behind a seemingly single mum.
Feb. 22, 2013, midnight
S4E10 - Ikem/Hardwick/Esfandmozd
Croydon Council learn they have been paying out claims for empty or derelict homes.
Feb. 23, 2013, midnight
S4E11 - Dantas/Canine Partners/Lindsell
Fraud investigators at Brent uncovering a carousel of benefit fraud amounting to £190,000.
Feb. 25, 2013, midnight
S4E12 - Glanister/Homestart/Barber
The story of a finance manager who used taxpayer money to fund her lifestyle.
Feb. 26, 2013, midnight
S4E13 - Harrison/Access to Work/Aboutarik
Croydon Council follows up on a tip-off about a benefit claimant using a stolen identity.
Feb. 27, 2013, midnight
S4E14 - Sewell/Disability Dynamics/Iqbal
Investigators for the NHS discover a financial analyst siphoning off taxpayers' money.
Feb. 28, 2013, midnight
S4E15 - 20 Maxwell/Turn 2 Us/Alexander
Fraud investigators catch a tax dodger who avoided paying hundreds of thousands of pounds.
March 1, 2013, midnight
S4E16 - Mooney/Abilitynet/Page
Matt meets fraud investigators who were on the trail of a Jaguar-driving benefit cheat.
March 4, 2013, midnight
S4E17 - Wright/Bibic/Smith
A benefit cheat tries to avoid paying back what he owes a council.
March 5, 2013, midnight
S4E18 - Adogbeji/Enthusiasm/Hussein
Officers at Southwark Council unwittingly uncover evidence of benefit fraud.
March 6, 2013, midnight
S4E19 - Mohamedy/Contact a Family/Careswell
The fraud team at Ealing call on a handwriting expert to help convict two benefit cheats.
March 7, 2013, midnight
S4E20 - Coffey/Papworth Trust/Peake
Investigators reveal how a family who seemed to have hit hard times were hiding fraud.
March 8, 2013, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 45 min.
Released: Jan. 2, 2012
Last Air Date: March 8, 2013, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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