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  • 2013-07-23T20:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 2h (2 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary, Special Interest
Hunting the Doorstep Conmen is a documentary series which takes a look at the murky world of rip-off merchants and follows those are tasked with catching them as the series goes behind the scenes with Britain’s trading standards departments.

2 episodes

Series Premiere

2013-07-23T20:00:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2013-07-23T20:00:00Z1h

Conor Woodman follows trading standards officers in Oxfordshire and North Yorkshire as they track down people suspected of tricking the elderly and vulnerable out of their savings. He meets those who have been defrauded and their relatives to gain an insight into how the doorstep con artists prey on their victims' trust and age-related conditions such as dementia.

2013-07-30T20:00:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2013-07-30T20:00:00Z1h

Conor Woodman follows more trading standards officers across the UK. In Surrey, Raith Bennett accompanies police as they arrest someone suspected of conning a vulnerable man, and 26-year-old trafficking victim Mark Ovenden talks about his experience as a labourer held in appalling conditions by a group of travellers. Meanwhile, an offender who previously escaped justice is tracked down in Dudley in the West Midlands after swindling homeowners out of thousands of pounds.

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