''Watchdog Test House'' is a

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television series that was first broadcast on

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from 10 March 2014 until 20 March 2015. The series shows

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explaining how

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are tested and how to get the best value for money. In the first series,

Lynn Faulds Wood Lynn Faulds Wood (25 March 1948 – 24 April 2020) was a Scottish television presenter and journalist. She co-presented the British television programme '' Watchdog'' with her husband John Stapleton. Early life and career Faulds Wood was born ...

investigates product safety and reveals previous ''

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'' campaigns that have saved lives.

Production

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featured in four episodes of the first series, testing domestic cookers, windows and doors security, washing machines and cycle helmets. Filming took place at two of BSI's Testing Centres of Excellence;

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and

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. The

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featured in every episode of ''Watchdog Test House''.

Episode list

Series 1 (2014)

Series 2 (2015)

References

External links

* * {{BBC programme, id=b0556xzb 2014 British television series debuts 2015 British television series endings Television shows set in the United Kingdom Television series by BBC Studios BBC high definition shows BBC One original programming British non-fiction television series British English-language television shows