OHMYGOSSIP — Anne Robinson says the BBC was right to axe ‘Watchdog’.
The 76-year-old star – who presented the series from 1993 until 2001 and again from 2009 until 2015 – has supported the broadcaster’s decision to end the consumer show after 40 years on air, as “its time had passed”.
She is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as saying: “I had a wonderful time on ‘Watchdog’. We turned it from what I felt was a protection of stupid people programme to having a real go at the travel companies, car manufacturers and the private health people.
“But with woke culture and being politically correct, it is more and more difficult to run those programmes legally.
“The money that is laid out do a consumer programme simply isn’t enough to be able to fight big companies any more. So maybe its time had passed.”
The consumer rights programme came to an end in February and was added as a segment on ‘The One Show’ presented by existing co-hosts Matt Allwright and Nikki Fox.
A TV source said at the time: “The BBC is being forced to make cuts and unfortunately the bosses have decided they cannot justify keeping ‘Watchdog’ as a full series, twice a year.
“Rather than being limited to having their concerns addressed in two limited series a year, viewers can now contact the Watchdog investigations team throughout the year.”
However, Anne believes no other channels will commission a consumer show because of money issues.
She explained: “No-one else does because of advertising. You don’t see a consumer programme on ITV because you’d have the advertising department arguing with the editorial department.”
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