Pound Shop Wars
| Pound Shop Wars | |
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| Genre | Factual |
| Directed by |
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| Narrated by | Caroline Aherne |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Kerry Brierley |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Nine Lives Media |
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| Release | 7 November 2012 |
Pound Shop Wars is a British factual television series that was first broadcast on BBC One on 7 November 2012. Narrated by Caroline Aherne, the series shows the competition between rival pound shops, focusing on Poundworld.
Episode list
| # | Title | Directed by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions)[1] |
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| 1 | "07/11/2012" | Kerry Brierley | 7 November 2012 | 4.80 |
| 2 | "The Battle of the Bra" | Emeka Onono | 6 February 2014 | 5.42 (overnight) |
| 3 | "David and Goliath" | Emeka Onono | 13 February 2014 | TBA |
| 4 | "£1 Crime Spree" | Emeka Onono | 19 February 2014 | TBA |
| 5 | TBA | Emeka Onono | TBA | TBA |
Reception
Ratings
The first one-off special episode had a 19.8% audience share.[2] According to overnight figures, "The Battle of the Bra" had a viewing audience of 5.42 million, with 23.7% watching it.[3]
Critical reception
Tim Dowling of The Guardian said the series "was not enhanced by Caroline Aherne's jokey narration, and it had more than its fair share of isn't-he-a-character type characters, but it was saved for me by a surprising discovery: the pound shop business is actually pretty interesting."[4] Metro's Caroline Westbrook said it "certainly didn't disappoint".[5] Bath Chronicle called the narration "lacklustre" and commented on how boring the series was.[6] Andrew Billen from The Times gave the programme three stars out of five.[7] The Sunday Times said "Full marks to the makers of this documentary, who find a clever and absorbing way to tell the story of the biggest current trend on Britain's high streets."[8]
References
- ^ "BARB Top 30s".
- ^ Kanter, Jake (7 February 2014). "Pound Shop Wars fights off competition". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ Eames, Tom (7 February 2014). "Pound Shop Wars top on Thursday night with 5.4m". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ Dowling, Tim (7 February 2014). "Big Ballet; Pound Shop Wars – TV review". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ Westbrook, Caroline (6 February 2014). "The six best bargains which were up for sale in Pound Shop Wars". Metro. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "TV review: Poundshop Wars, BBC 1". Bath Chronicle. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ Billen, Andrew (7 February 2014). "TV review: Pound Shop Wars". The Times. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "Pound Shop Wars (4 x 30' Series)". Zodiak Rights. Retrieved 8 February 2014.