Buyer Beware!

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Buyer Beware!
Genre Investigative journalism
Starring Philip Boucher-Hayes
Country of origin Ireland
Original language(s) English, Irish
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 5
Broadcast
Original channel RTÉ One
Original run 6 November 2008 – present?[1]
External links
Website

Buyer Beware! is an Irish television consumer affairs series. The show, hosted by Philip Boucher-Hayes, is broadcast on Thursdays at 20:30 on RTÉ One. It follows a similar format to BBC's Watchdog. The first episode aired on 6 November 2008.[2] Enable Ireland responded to the feature in the first episode on bogus plastic bag collectors by issuing a press release.[3]

Episodes

Date Features Link
6 November 2008 Charity clothes bags raids, gutter replacement company [4]
13 November 2008 False modelling agency, Euro Business Guide [5]
20 November 2008 Community Concepts, online shopping [6]
27 November 2008 n/a [7]
4 December 2008 The Pure H20 Company (Ireland) Ltd [8]

Missing episodes

The final episode was cited for 11 December 2008 but mysteriously failed to air, being replaced by a repeat episode of Killinaskully. All reference to the missing episode (and episode four) have been removed from the show's site.

The text removed originally stated:

We look at one specific very low calorie diet (VLCD) - Lipotrim, available over-the-counter in over 120 Irish pharmacies. We interview several people who have taken it, and ask whether closer medical monitoring of patients and sales regulation of these types of diets is needed. Reporter Philip Boucher-Hayes looks at water safety and tests lifejackets and other types of personal flotation devices (PFDs), and discovers that a relatively new device, costing only €5-should probably be added to the list of must haves for all of us when we head out onto the water.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Has vanished from the television schedule for no apparent reason.
  2. ↑ "Buyer Beware - RTE 1 Thursday 8pm". ValueIreland.com. 6 November 2008. . Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  3. ↑ "Enable Ireland respond to RTE's 'Buyer Beware'". Enable Ireland. 6 November 2008. . Retrieved 2008-12-13.
  4. ↑ 6 November 2008. RTÉ. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  5. ↑ 13 November 2008. RTÉ. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  6. ↑ 20 November 2008. RTÉ. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  7. ↑ 27 November 2008. RTÉ. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  8. ↑ 4 December 2008. RTÉ. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
  9. ↑ "Buyer Beware - Last in the Series - Tonight RTE1, 8.30pm". ValueIreland.com. 11 December 2008. . Retrieved 2008-12-13.
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