Call Centres Undercover

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Duration: 30 minutes

Britain is being affected by an 'epidemic' of unsolicited and unwanted calls and texts. With an estimated three billion marketing calls and messages received every year, Panorama goes undercover to expose how some firms are getting round the regulations designed to protect consumers.

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Tue 10 Jul 2012 02:20 BBC One Wales only

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    Call Centres Undercover

    It is the scourge of the dinner hour. The cold call from a telemarketer just as the family is sitting down to eat. But secret filming by the BBC's Panorama programme found that some firms are not just bending the rules meant to protect people, they are tearing up the rule book entirely. Read full story here.  

Credits

Reporter
Declan Lawn
Producer
Asif Hasan

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