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Season 1 - NHS

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • February 4, 2019
    • BBC One

    Investigators are on the case of a hospital worker who has stolen vital surgical equipment worth over £1 million to sell online. Elsewhere, a student nurse swindles thousands of pounds from the NHS to splash out on plastic surgery and foreign holidays.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • February 5, 2019
    • BBC One

    Investigators are on the trail of a global scam that has conned a series of NHS hospitals out of over £12.5 million, and a hospital cashier leads the high life - taking money meant for patients and putting it in to her own bank account.

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • February 6, 2019
    • BBC One

    A locksmith sees pound signs when he is put in charge of a London hospital - and pockets nearly half a million pounds by overcharging the hospital for supplies. Elsewhere, an NHS manager dreams up a scam to siphon over £800,000 of NHS money into his own account.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • February 7, 2019
    • BBC One

    Investigators uncover an abuse of public money when an NHS manager and his friends conspire to take a quarter of a million pounds - money meant to pay for dialysis equipment for patients. Plus the case of a man who for six years claimed the NHS pension of his dead aunt.

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • February 8, 2019
    • BBC One

    An accounts worker siphons £642,000 of NHS money into personal bank accounts, and a GP practice manager fakes emails to award himself a pay rise.

Season 2 - The Hunt

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • February 3, 2020
    • BBC One

    The Fraud Squad are on the hunt for a manager who treats the NHS like a cash machine, and an organised crime gang try to swindle the public purse of £13 million.

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • February 4, 2020
    • BBC One

    The hunt is on for a ruthless fantasist who has defrauded our NHS of thousands, and a cold-hearted insurance cheat exploits the horror of the Manchester bombing.

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • February 5, 2020
    • BBC One

    Join the UK’s fraud specialists as they investigate a wealthy manager taking the NHS for a ride, a million-pound tax fraudster claiming to be a spy, and an organised crime gang who prey on the innocent in order to launder their dirty cash.

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • February 6, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fraud investigators hunt a reckless hoaxer faking accidents for fun, a high-living couple claiming benefits and dodging hundreds of thousands in tax, and a random roadside stop-and-search unearths the UK’s biggest ever Blue Badge fraud.

  • S02E05 Episode 5

    • February 7, 2020
    • BBC One

    Fraud specialists investigate a devious dentist who fleeces the NHS to pay for holiday homes and luxury cars, and a con artist making thousands by pretending to know Hilary Clinton. Plus the race to stop £17 million of unpaid tax going up in smoke.

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • February 10, 2020
    • BBC One

    Investigators uncover a senior manager taking a gamble with an NHS credit card, and an exotic dance troupe boss goes AWOL after stripping the public purse of thousands of pounds. Plus the cowards targeting vulnerable elderly women for their life savings.

  • S02E07 Episode 7

    • February 11, 2020
    • BBC One

    The Fraud Squad investigates a nurse ripping off thousands of pound from the NHS, a lying and cheating boss of a recycling company who helped himself to £2 million of government cash, and a millionaire racing driver who was happy to let the public purse pay for his hobby.

  • S02E08 Episode 8

    • February 12, 2020
    • BBC One

    The fraud investigators chase a GP surgery manager who has blown NHS cash at the bookies and a serial insurance fraudster who tried to cash in on horrific terror attacks. Plus a former taxman with a scam to empty our public purse of nearly £7 million.

  • S02E09 Episode 9

    • February 13, 2020
    • BBC One

    The Fraud Squad hunt down an IT support worker shamelessly helping himself to hospital computers, a gang illegally fly-tipping on an industrial scale, and a duplicitous father-and-son duo living a life of luxury paid for by the public purse.

  • S02E10 Episode 10

    • February 14, 2020
    • BBC One

    The Fraud Squad hunts down a serial scam artist faking disability to claim thousands in insurance payouts, and uncovers the most prolific dental fraudster they've ever come across. Plus a preacher turns prisoner when he is caught with his hand in the public purse.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Episode 1

    • May 10, 2021
    • BBC One

    A council worker splurges £200,000 of public funds on horse riding and holidays, and a woman pretends she can barely move in order to pocket half a million pounds in benefits.

  • S03E02 Episode 2

    • May 12, 2021
    • BBC One

    A conwoman brazenly steals £1 million from the public purse to fund her lavish lifestyle, and a trusted parish clerk secretly transfers the entire council budget to himself.

  • S03E03 Episode 3

    • May 13, 2021
    • BBC One

    A supposedly trustworthy local pharmacist doctors prescriptions to earn himself £76,000, and corrupt council workers steal £1 million of public cash in a sophisticated inside job.

  • S03E04 Episode 4

    • May 14, 2021
    • BBC One

    An amateur actress puts on a performance to evade justice for a showstopping £750,000 fraud, and investigators hunt down a school business manager who has embezzled over £200,000.

  • S03E05 Episode 5

    • May 17, 2021
    • BBC One

    Hidden cameras expose a web of deceit from a greedy council tenant. And police foil a criminal gang running a sophisticated £8 million fake transport ticket fraud.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Episode 1

    • January 31, 2022
    • BBC One

    A head teacher and her secretary steal £500,000 to fund shopping sprees, a former NHS worker books expensive flights and hotels, and a benefits cheat is caught on camera.

  • S04E02 Episode 2

    • February 1, 2022
    • BBC One

    A senior doctor steals £70,000 from the NHS and colleagues, a family of fraudsters commit a decade of benefits fraud, and we join the fight against Blue Badge fraud.

  • S04E03 Episode 3

    • February 2, 2022
    • BBC One

    A charity treasurer steals £270,000 to fund first-class travel, and a finance manager goes on a spending spree with school money.

  • S04E04 Episode 4

    • February 3, 2022
    • BBC One

    An NHS veteran steals equipment worth £15,000, a fraudster launches a campaign of hoax 999 calls, and a benefits cheat claims to have 19 kids, ten of whom are blind!

  • S04E05 Episode 5

    • February 21, 2022
    • BBC One

    HMRC track down the tax-dodging owner of BHS, fraudsters take advantage of the Grenfell Tower disaster to line their pockets, and an illegal dump costs the public purse thousands.

  • S04E06 Episode 6

    • February 22, 2022
    • BBC One

    An academic steals millions meant for environmental research, a council fights back against fraudulent compensation claims, and a conman steals £10,000 meant for Covid-19 support.

  • S04E07 Episode 7

    • February 23, 2022
    • BBC One

    A fraudster steals thousands of pounds from a children’s charity, a conman pretends to work for the NHS to fleece an elderly victim, and we join the fight against fly-tippers.

  • S04E08 Episode 8

    • February 24, 2022
    • BBC One

    A fraudster hands out public contracts for kickbacks, a benefit cheat is caught out on camera, and a nurse scams thousands by working a second job while off sick.

  • S04E09 Episode 9

    • February 25, 2022
    • BBC One

    HMRC face the biggest tax fraud investigation in UK history, with over a £100 million of public money on the line. An NHS manager abuses his position, authorising fake invoices for fictional work and pocketing the money, and a newlywed claims she has been jilted, to scam thousands in benefits.

  • S04E10 Episode 10

    • February 28, 2022
    • BBC One

    An NHS accountant triples-up on lucrative jobs, HMRC busts the UK’s biggest counterfeit cigarette factory, and a benefits cheat is caught cleaning houses.

Season 5

  • S05E01 Episode 1

    • September 18, 2023
    • BBC One

    A removals boss films himself smuggling two million cigarettes into the UK, a fraudster poses as a single mum for £100,000 of benefits, and a GP practice manager defrauds the NHS.

  • S05E02 Episode 2

    • September 19, 2023
    • BBC One

    A golf pro cheats the public purse out of thousands, a benefits cheat is caught performing as an Elvis impersonator, and a conman invents 188 fake kids to steal nearly £2 million.

  • S05E03 Episode 3

    • September 20, 2023
    • BBC One

    A former Inland Revenue employee steals £7 million from HMRC, a woman claims a council flat while letting her home, and a benefit scrounger fakes single status to max her claims.

  • S05E04 Episode 4

    • September 21, 2023
    • BBC One

    A gang steal £16 million smuggling booze into the UK, a fraudster ditches the crutches to walk home with his benefits, and a dentist fabricates patients to steal thousands.

  • S05E05 Episode 5

    • September 22, 2023
    • BBC One

    A couple overcharge the council £400,000 in a care home staffing scam, a man illegally sublets his council house to his children, and a woman claiming she can't work has two jobs.

  • S05E06 Episode 6

    • September 25, 2023
    • BBC One

  • S05E07 Episode 7

    • September 26, 2023
    • BBC One

  • S05E08 Episode 8

    • September 27, 2023
    • BBC One

  • S05E09 Episode 9

    • September 28, 2023
    • BBC One

  • S05E10 Episode 10

    • September 29, 2023
    • BBC One