Short Change

{{Short description|1994–2005 British TV series}}

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{{Infobox television

| genre = Consumer affairs

| presenter = Zoe Ball (1994–1995)
Andi Peters (1996)
Tim Vincent (1997–1999)
Ortis Deley (1999–2005)
Rhodri Owen (2000–2005)
Angellica Bell (2001–2004)
Thalia Pellegrini (2005)

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| num_series = 13

| num_episodes = 139

| channel = BBC One
CBBC

| first_aired = {{Start date|1994|2|20|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2005|7|12|df=yes}}

}}

Short Change was 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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SeriesEpisodesDurationPresenter(s)
1rowspan=2| 620 February 1994 – 27 March 1994rowspan=2| Zoe Ball
219 February 1995 – 26 March 1995
3718 February 1996 – 31 March 1996Andi Peters
489 February 1997 – 30 March 1997rowspan=2| Tim Vincent
5611 January 1998 – 15 February 1998
6rowspan=3| 127 January 1999 – 25 March 1999Tim Vincent & Ortis Deley
76 January 2000 – 23 March 2000Ortis Deley & Rhodri Owen
84 January 2001 – 22 March 2001rowspan=5| Ortis Deley, Rhodri Owen & Angellica Bell
91429 March 2001 – 28 June 2001
10rowspan=2| 1318 April 2002 – 11 July 2002
1124 April 2003 – 17 July 2003
12rowspan=2| 158 April 2004 – 15 July 2004
135 April 2005 – 12 July 2005Ortis Deley, Rhodri Owen and Thalia Pellegrini

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

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