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{{quote|''Your Money, Your Show.''}}
''[[Watchdog]]'' is a [[The BBC|BBC]] television series that investigates viewers' reports of problematic experiences with traders, retailers, and other companies around the UK. It has had great success in changing the awareness consumers have of their purchasing rights and in changing policies of companies, closing businesses down and pushing for law changes.
''Watchdog'' was first shown in 1980 as a weekly slot on [[BBC 1]]'s news magazine program Nationwide. It became popular when in the second episode an MFI manager [[Too Dumb to Live|threw the presenter physically out of the shop, whilst being filmed.]] ''Nationwide'' ended in 1983, but ''Watchdog'' continued with its successor, ''Sixty Minutes''. ''Sixty Minutes'' only lasted 9 months but ''Watchdog'' returned in 1985 as a stand-alone weekly evening program. In 1986 it program was presented by the first husband and wife team on UK television, beating Richard And Judy by two years. They made the show even more forceful, investigating big businesses and conducting more investigative journalism, and it quickly returned to a weekly evening slot.
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* Hoover free flights
** In 1992 and 1993, The Hoover Company introduced a "free flights" offer whereby any customer spending over £100 would receive two free flights to New York. Due to an overwhelming response, many people did not receive their tickets and were denied the opportunity to take their free flights. After hundreds of complaints to Watchdog, an investigation revealed that the company in charge of processing applications was trying to deny customers their free flights in an effort to stem the rising costs. This quickly became headline news and Hoover were forced to give all customers the flights, costing them an estimated £40 million and the jobs of all the board members.
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* [[Ambulance Chaser|The Accident Group]]
** This company was exposed by Watchdog after secret filming revealed it was encouraging members of the public to make bogus claims for personal injury compensation. As a result "The Accident Group" went out of business, sacking its staff by sending them text messages. The understandably irate workers looted the offices, and TV audiences rejoiced at no longer being exposed to their adverts.
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* ''Rogue Traders''-- Undercover series examining con artists and cowboy workers.
** ''Rogue Restaurants''-- A spin-off of ''Rogue Traders'', dealing with the food industry.
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