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.

Created By

Status

Returning Series

Original Name

Saints and Scroungers

First Air Date

August 10, 2009

Last Air Date

March 8, 2013

Seasons

3

Episodes

54

Language

English

Production Companies

Splice Post

Networks

BBC 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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