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Saints and ScroungersSeries 2 - 30 Minute Versions
Episode 5 of 20

Series looking at benefit fraud. The net closes in on a fantasist who swindled the state out of over 40,000 pounds by forging documents and weaving a web of lies.

Dominic Littlewood presents a series looking at the work of fraud investigators searching out benefit thieves, and he meets the people they are stealing from - the genuine claimants.

The net closes in on a fantasist who swindled the state out of over 40,000 pounds by forging documents and weaving a web of lies.

Plus when 44-year-old Michael Medd collapsed at work and was rushed to hospital, he feared the worst. Shortly afterwards he was diagnosed with kidney cancer, and was forced to give up work - making it almost impossible for him to support his family - but help was at hand.

30 minutes

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Mon 1 Aug 201111:45
BBC One

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Credits

Executive ProducerMatt Gordon
PresenterDominic Littlewood

Broadcasts

  • Mon 30 May 201119:30
    BBC One except Channel Islands, Northern Ireland, Oxfordshire, Scotland, South & 3 more
  • Thu 30 Jun 201102:35
    BBC One
  • Mon 1 Aug 201111:45
    BBC One