Kathy Burke, Ads and Banks
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2019 (30 min)
Celebrity guest Kathy Burke assists Joe as he battles with a big bank and puts advertising slogans to the test.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2019 (30 min)
Celebrity guest Kathy Burke assists Joe as he battles with a big bank and puts advertising slogans to the test.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2019 (30 min)
Celebrity guest Richard Madeley helps Joe pull back the covers on slack hotels and give low budget airlines a bumpy ride.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2019 (30 min)
Joe and celebrity guest Shirley Ballas dish the dirt on unhygienic takeaways and together they send holiday booking sites packing.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2019 (30 min)
Joe Lycett and Prue investigate private parking firms, car parks and keyless car theft.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: May 3, 2019 (30 min)
Joe is joined by Stacey Dooley as they take a car rental company for a spin and send a gold-digging scammer all around the houses.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: May 10, 2019 (30 min)
Comedian Joe Lycett and celebrity guest Liza Tarbuck take on the housing market and also send a letting agent packing.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2020
Celebrity guest Katherine Ryan joins Joe as we see the full story behind his infamous Hugo Boss name change. Plus, fast fashion's filthiest secrets are unwrapped.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2020
Scarlett Moffatt shares her thrifty fast food tips. Joe takes on toll road fines with Atomic Kitten and Kim Woodburn. Plus, car insurance bad practice and disabled access in gyms.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2020
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen helps Joe deliver justice to a parcel delivery company. Joe and Anneka Rice hunt for the UK's disappearing cash machines. Plus, unethical beauty products.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: May 1, 2020
Jamie Laing helps Joe launch the UK's first ever consumer rights rave. Joe also infiltrates hackable smart tech and launches a musical raid on the world's largest online retailer.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: May 8, 2020
Guz Khan helps Joe tackle fly-tippers and council rubbish collections, Rosie Jones exposes a cinema's recycling shame and Mark Silcox tests out Pizza Hut's all-you-can-eat buffet.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: May 15, 2020
MP Jess Phillips helps Joe as he investigates budget flights and tracks down Airbnb scammers. Plus, reducing our carbon footprint and ingenious ways to save money on train travel.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: May 22, 2020
Joe exposes a money-making scheme and turns the tables on nuisance callers, Katherine Ryan brings some celeb hype to a struggling business and Mark Silcox investigates Black Friday deals.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: May 29, 2020
Alison Hammond helps Joe discover how trustworthy Trustpilot is. Joe takes aim at a paintballing company's dubious practices and takes on the Google Play Store. Plus, bags for life.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Jun 5, 2020
Joe presents a special episode featuring behind-the-scenes insights, never-before-seen moments, and his most outrageous victories to date.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2021
The comedian returns to investigate consumer rights and fight for justice. In this first edition of a new run, guest AJ Odudu shares her tips for how to be a good complainer and helps Joe as he takes on the massive issue of plastic waste. Plus, comedian Sophie Duker investigates rat-run traffic fines and regular contributor Mark Silcox pits Coke against Pepsi in the ultimate scientific test.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2021
The comedian gets fast and furious as he takes on black box car insurance. Regular contributor Mark Silcox and guest Stephen Mulhern go head to head in some Poundland bargain hunting, and ITV Political Editor Robert Peston delivers a special report on the rising price of Freddos. Plus, comedian Rosie Jones investigates the lack of diversity in children's toys.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Sep 2, 2021
Joe is joined by celebrity guest Lorraine Kelly to take on dodgy puppy dealers, and goes on a special mission in Wales to make British wool cool again with the help of some celebrity pals. Rosie Jones investigates faux fur being sold by online retailers and Mark Silcox puts the Whopper and the Big Mac head-to-head in his test lab.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Sep 9, 2021
Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo joins the host as he bags up a massive financial victory with the Co-op. Plus, with the help of the SAS, Joe travels to Scotland to look into deliveries in the Highlands, and comedian Rosie Jones ramps up the pressure on accessible renting.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Sep 16, 2021
Stand-up comic Sarah Millican joins Joe as he takes on Virgin Media's Ts and Cs, and with the help of a beloved boyband registers a national day in the name of "rubbish" broadband. Plus, comedian Sophie Duker investigates the scammers who are selling people's data on the dark web.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Sep 23, 2021
This week's celebrity guest Kirsty Wark joins Joe as he annoys the boss of Samuel Smiths pubs. The team also take on Sports Direct over a broken bike and comedian Joanne McNally investigates greenwashing in fashion.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2021
Joe is joined by Sara Pascoe as he explores some of the dubious practices of the gambling industry. Joe opens a betting shop aimed at kids with the help of street artist Foka Wolf, gets thrown out of a casino with an honest advert for his own VIP club and looks at the effects of online gambling on assistant Mark Silcox's brain.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2021
Jo Brand joins Joe as he goes on a mission to make Britain's beaches more eco-friendly by banning cheap polystyrene bodyboards. Plus, comedian Joanne McNally investigates diet fads and the team explores online shopping fraud loopholes. As usual, tech specialist Mark Silcox offers support to the host's quests.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Dec 15, 2022
The presenter locks horns with David Beckham - one of the world's most famous footballers - to highlight the true cost of the Qatar World Cup. Cameras observe him on the nerve-shredding days leading up to his biggest headline hijacking stunt to date - the apparent destruction of £10,000. Joe also brings the good fight to one of the UK's biggest sellers of Christmas cards and reunites the cast of a TV classic.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Feb 20, 2024
Comedian and television presenter, Joe Lycett, investigates the excessive quantities of untreated sewage that are discharged into the rivers and seas every day. Travelling the country to meet experts and people affected by the issue, Joe makes some shocking discoveries about how this has been allowed to happen and how the situation might be improved - before taking the fight to the water companies in the most Joe Lycett way possible.