Saints and Scroungers
TV series
Saints and Scroungers
2009–, English, on BBC One.
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.
- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes
- 54
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Status
- Still running
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Latest episode
S4 E20: Coffey/Papworth Trust/Peake
Aired 8 March 2013
Seasons 3
Cast & crew
Details
- First aired
- 10 August 2009
- Network
- BBC One
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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Saints and Scroungers has 3 seasons and 54 episodes, about 60 minutes each.
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