Short Change is a consumer affairs programme for children, broadcast on BBC One and later also the CBBC Channel. It is essentially a version of the prime-time show Watchdog except that it is aimed at children. The show was first aired on 20 February 1994. It had 13 series; the last episode was broadcast on 12 July 2005.
Transmission guide
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! Series !! Episodes !! Duration !! Presenter(s)
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| 1 ||rowspan=2| 6 || 20 February 1994 – 27 March 1994 ||rowspan=2| Zoe Ball
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| 2 || 19 February 1995 – 26 March 1995
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| 3 || 7 || 18 February 1996 – 31 March 1996 || Andi Peters
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| 4 || 8 || 9 February 1997 – 30 March 1997 ||rowspan=2| Tim Vincent
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| 5 || 6 || 11 January 1998 – 15 February 1998
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| 6 ||rowspan=3| 12 || 7 January 1999 – 25 March 1999 || Tim Vincent & Ortis Deley
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| 7 || 6 January 2000 – 23 March 2000 || Ortis Deley, Rhodri Owen & Alex Leam
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| 8 || 4 January 2001 – 22 March 2001 ||rowspan=5| Ortis Deley, Rhodri Owen & Angellica Bell
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| 9 || 14 || 29 March 2001 – 28 June 2001
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| 10 ||rowspan=2| 13 || 18 April 2002 – 11 July 2002
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| 11 || 24 April 2003 – 17 July 2003
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| 12 ||rowspan=2| 15 || 8 April 2004 – 15 July 2004
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| 13 || 5 April 2005 – 12 July 2005 || Ortis Deley, Rhodri Owen and Thalia Pellegrini
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Specials
- Series 3 compilation: 5 January 1997
- Fan Clubs Special: 9 November 1997
- The Fat Nation Challenge: 18 editions from 9 September 2004 – 7 November 2004
PriceBusters Competition
On each programme, viewers were challenged to find the cheapest and most expensive prices for a given product throughout the country. Two winners each week (one finding each extreme price) would win a boom-box stereo. Bill Bennett won the competition two weeks running, by finding the most expensive prices for the given products, and including Tesco.com's grocery delivery charge of £5. This made the cost of a Müller Rice around £5.40, much more expensive than prices found by any other entrant. Following the two consecutive wins, the rules were changed to omit delivery charges from the total cost for a particular product.
See also
- Street Cents, a CBC program influenced by Short Change
References
- Source: BFI/BBC Motion Gallery