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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Aaron Levene
as Barry Mcnoughton
Chandru Bhojwani
as Mohamed Choudhry
Chris Cowlin
as Benefit Officer
Dean Kilbey
as Craig Miles
Dominic Littlewood
as Self - Presenter
Simon Desilva
as Alfred William Wells
James Pimenta
as Conman Husband
Nigel Genis
as 4.2
Simon Britton
as Dr. Werner Muller
Roger Sansom
as Dr. Atkinson
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