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Saints and Scroungers

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.

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StatusReturning Series
Original NameSaints and Scroungers
First Air DateAugust 10, 2009
Last Air DateMarch 8, 2013
Seasons3
Episodes54
Episode Runtime NaNmin
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited Kingdom
Production CompaniesSplice Post
NetworksBBC One
S04E20

Coffey/Papworth Trust/Peake

Investigators reveal how a family who seemed to have hit hard times were hiding fraud.

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