Short Change

*Short Change*
Short Change
Genre	Consumer affairs
Presented by	Zoe Ball (1994-1995); Andi Peters (1996); Tim Vincent (1997-1999); Ortis Deley (1999-2005); Alex Leam (2000); Rhodri Owen (2000-2005); Angellica Bell (2001-2004); Thalia Pellegrini (2005)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	13
No. of episodes	139
Original release
Network	BBC One; CBBC
Release	20 February 1994 –; 12 July 2005

Short Change is a UK consumer affairs programme for children, broadcast on BBC One and later on CBBC. It ran for 13 series from 1994 to 2005.

Episode guide

Series	Episodes	Duration	Presenter(s)
1	6	20 February 1994 - 27 March 1994	Zoe Ball
2	6	19 February 1995 - 26 March 1995	Zoe Ball
3	7	18 February 1996 - 31 March 1996	Andi Peters
Series 3 compilation	1	5 January 1997	Andi Peters
4	8	9 February 1997 - 30 March 1997	Tim Vincent
Fan Clubs Special	1	9 November 1997	Tim Vincent
5	6	11 January 1998 - 15 February 1998
6	12	7 January 1999 - 25 March 1999	Tim Vincent & Ortis Deley
7		6 January 2000 - 23 March 2000	Ortis Deley, Rhodri Owen & Alex Leam
8		4 January 2001 - 22 March 2001	Ortis Deley, Rhodri Owen & Angellica Bell
9	14	29 March 2001 - 28 June 2001
10	13	18 April 2002 - 11 July 2002
11	13	24 April 2003 - 17 July 2003
12	15	8 April 2004 - 15 July 2004
Fat Nation Challenge – The Big Challenge	18	9 September 2004 - 7 November 2004	Matt Allwright^[1]
13	15	5 April 2005 - 12 July 2005	Ortis Deley, Rhodri Owen & Thalia Pellegrini

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'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.

References

↑ "Fat Nation - The Big Challenge" (Press release). BBC Press Office. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 26 September 2026.

External links

Short Change at IMDb

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Organizations	ANEC Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now BEUC CableHell Center for Auto Safety Chamber for Workers and Employees Choice Citizens Advice Citizens Advice Edinburgh Citizens Advice International Citizens Advice Scotland Citizens Advice outside the United Kingdom Connecticut Citizen Action Group Consumentenbond ConsumerLab.com Consumer Alert Consumer Council of Fiji Consumer Direct Consumer Federation of California Consumer NZ Consumer organization Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan Consumer Rights Directive 2011 Consumers Council of Canada Consumers' Association Consumers' Federation of Australia Consumers International Consumers' Coalition Consumers' Research Consumers Union CU Japan Consumer Watchdog Consumer Watchdog (Botswana) Konsumentenbund Euroconsumers Foodwatch Franchisees and Dealers ICRT Labdoor National Anti-Scam Centre Open Food Facts Option consommateurs Stiftung Warentest StopBadware Swedish Consumers' Association Swiss Alliance of Consumer Organisations Testachats Truth in Advertising UFC-Que Choisir
Magazines	Akher Saa Beobachter Choice Consumer Reports Consumers' Checkbook dTest Ethical Consumer Finanztest Guter Rat Pirkka Spendere Meglio Stiftung Warentest Which?
Television	The Checkout Don't Get Done, Get Dom Fair Go Fake Britain Fight Back! with David Horowitz Food Inspectors Gruen The Investigators JE Joe Lycett's Got Your Back Marketplace Rip–Off Britain Rogue Traders Short Change Street Cents Target That's Life! Watchdog
Lists	List of consumer organizations ICRT Members Consumer organization
Issues	Airline complaints Anti-competitive practices Antitrust Better Business Bureau Class action Competition regulator Consumer complaint Consumer organization Cooling-off period Credit and debt Extended warranty Fair-trade certification Food safety List of food labeling regulations Mandatory labelling Ombudsman Planned obsolescence Product recall Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 Transparency (market)
People	Pamela B. Gilbert Joanna Guy Ted Halstead Arshad Hasan Tom Hucker Jim Jontz Gene Karpinski Florence Kelley James Love Ralph Nader Anthony Pollina Phil Radford Joyce Elaine Roop Donald Kemp Ross Gene Russianoff Celeste Thorson Michael Vernon
Governmental entities	Banking Standards Board Bureau of Consumer Protection Consumer Financial Protection Bureau European Consumer Centres Network Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety INDEPABIS National Homelessness Advice Service Office of Fair Trading Office for Fair Trading (Malta) Office for Fair Trading (Isle of Man) Pension Wise Water Industry Commission for Scotland Witness Service
Current competition regulators	Administrative Council for Economic Defense Antimonopoly Committee Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Autoridade da Concorrência Autorité de la concurrence Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia Commerce Commission Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Competition and Markets Authority Competition Appeal Tribunal Competition Bureau Competition Commission Competition Commission Competition Commission Competition and Consumer Commission Directorate-General for Competition Fair Trade Commission Fair Trade Commission Fair Trade Commission Federal Antimonopoly Service Federal Cartel Office Federal Trade Commission Financial Markets Authority International Competition Network Financial Services Commission Italian Competition Authority Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China Netherlands Competition Authority Norwegian Competition Authority Philippine Competition Commission Queensland Competition Authority Superintendency of Industry and Commerce United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division
Historic competition regulators	Channel Islands Competition and Regulatory Authorities Industrial Commission National Board for Prices and Incomes Securities Commission of New Zealand
Public Interest Research Group (PIRG)	Alaska PIRG Arizona PIRG California PIRG Colorado PIRG Connecticut PIRG Georgia PIRG Illinois PIRG Iowa PIRG Maryland PIRG Massachusetts PIRG Minnesota PIRG Missouri PIRG New Jersey PIRG New Mexico PIRG New York PIRG North Carolina PIRG Ohio PIRG Ontario PIRG Pennsylvania PIRG Michigan PIRG Rhode Island PIRG Vermont PIRG Washington PIRG Wisconsin PIRG
Environmental	Bioscience Resource Project Environmental Action League of Conservation Voters Green Corps Environment America

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Short Change

Episode guide

PriceBusters competition

References

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