Watchdog: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Watchdog is a 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 ended in 2019 but Matt Allwright continued to present segments on The One Show from this point under the Watchdog banner.

Series details

• Title: Watchdog
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1985-07-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-10-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 5174

Cast and credited roles

• Anne Robinson — Presenter
• Nicky Campbell — Presenter
• Paul Heiney — Presenter
• Alice Beer — Presenter
• Matt Allwright — Presenter
• Lynn Faulds Wood — Presenter
• John Stapleton — Presenter
• Kate Sanderson — Presenter
• Julia Bradbury — Presenter
• Nick Lawrence — Presenter
• Chris Hollins — Presenter
• Dan Penteado — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1985-07-14; final listed air date 1985-10-06.
• Season 2: premiered 1987-11-15; final listed air date 1988-05-23.
• Season 3: premiered 1988-10-03; final listed air date 1989-04-10.
• Season 4: premiered 1989-09-04; final listed air date 1989-12-18.
• Season 5: premiered 1990-10-01; final listed air date 1991-02-04.
• Season 6: premiered 1991-09-30; final listed air date 1992-04-13.
• Season 7: premiered 1992-09-07; final listed air date 1993-04-05.
• Season 8: premiered 1993-09-06; final listed air date 1994-05-23.
• Season 9: premiered 1994-09-05; final listed air date 1995-05-01.
• Season 10: premiered 1995-09-04; final listed air date 1996-03-25.
• Season 11: premiered 1996-09-05; final listed air date 1997-03-27.
• Season 12: premiered 1997-09-04; final listed air date 1998-06-04.
• Season 13: premiered 1998-09-10; final listed air date 1999-04-08.
• Season 14: premiered 1999-09-09; final listed air date 2000-05-04.
• Season 15: premiered 2000-10-05; final listed air date 2001-04-26.
• Season 16: premiered 2001-09-13; final listed air date 2002-04-09.
• Season 17: premiered 2002-09-03; final listed air date 2003-05-06.
• Season 18: premiered 2003-09-02; final listed air date 2004-04-27.
• Season 19: premiered 2004-09-07; final listed air date 2005-04-12.
• Season 20: premiered 2005-09-06; final listed air date 2006-05-09.
• Season 21: premiered 2006-10-03; final listed air date 2007-05-02.
• Season 22: premiered 2007-10-03; final listed air date 2008-05-12.
• Season 23: premiered 2008-10-13; final listed air date 2009-05-18.
• Season 24: premiered 2009-09-10; final listed air date 2009-11-12.
• Season 25: premiered 2010-05-06; final listed air date 2010-07-08.
• Season 26: premiered 2010-09-09; final listed air date 2010-11-25.
• Season 27: premiered 2011-04-07; final listed air date 2011-05-26.
• Season 28: premiered 2011-09-01; final listed air date 2011-10-20.
• Season 29: premiered 2012-03-15; final listed air date 2012-05-03.
• Season 30: premiered 2012-09-12; final listed air date 2012-10-31.

Source and licence

Adapted from Watchdog on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.