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

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