1987: That’s Life's singing explanation of scams
Consumer rights programme That’s Life! explains how a job advert that seem to offer a great opportunity for people to earn money working from their own home is really just a way of fleecing them of their money.
To the music of Gilbert and Sullivan the That’s Life! team perform a singing explanation of how chain letter scams - form of pyramid selling - work.
That’s Life! ran on BBC1 for 21 years during the 1970s and 1980s. The show, helmed by Esther Rantzen, at its peak pulled in audiences of over 22 million.
This programme was broadcast on 8 March 1987.
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