Food Inspectors

Food Inspectors
Genre	Investigative Journalism Food
Presented by	Chris Hollins Matt Allwright Gaby Roslin (2014)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	12
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	29 February 2012 (2012-02-29) – 5 June 2014 (2014-06-05)

Food Inspectors is a BBC television series that investigates the health and hygiene surrounding 'food'. The show, which is a spin-off from Watchdog began airing in February 2012, is presented by Chris Hollins and Matt Allwright of Watchdog and in 2014, Gaby Roslin joined the presenting team.

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally aired
		Series premiere	Series finale
1	4	29 February 2012 (2012-02-29)	28 March 2012 (2012-03-28)
2	4	9 January 2013 (2013-01-09)	30 January 2013 (2013-01-30)
3	4	15 May 2014 (2014-05-15)	5 June 2014 (2014-06-05)

Episodes

Series 1

The first series consisted of four episodes, beginning on 29 February and ending on 28 March 2012 on BBC One.

No. in series	Episode title	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
1	Bootleg Booze	29 February 2012 (2012-02-29)	—
2	Food Fraud	7 March 2012 (2012-03-07)	—
3	Takeaway Terrors	14 March 2012 (2012-03-14)	—
4	Infestation	28 March 2012 (2012-03-28)	—

Series 2

The second series ran from 9–30 January 2013 and lasted for four episodes on BBC One.

No. in series	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
1	9 January 2013 (2013-01-09)	4.05 [1]
2	16 January 2013 (2013-01-16)	3.93 [2]
3	23 January 2013 (2013-01-23)	3.5 [3]
4	30 January 2013 (2013-01-30)	3.52 [4]

Series 3

The third series began airing on 15 May 2014 on BBC One. Once again the series consists of four episodes each of an hour in length.

No. in series	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
1	15 May 2014	2.9 [5]
2	23 May 2014	2.63 [6]
3	29 May 2014	2.3 [7]
4	5 June 2014	2.29 [8]

References

1. "Celebrity Big Brother: First eviction show watched by 2.2m", Digital Spy , 10 January 2013. Retrieved on 22 June 2014.
2. "'One Born Every Minute' trumps Celebrity Big Brother in ratings", Digital Spy , 18 January 2013. Retrieved on 22 June 2014.
3. "National Television Awards 2013 dazzle 5.6m on ITV", Digital Spy , 24 January 2013. Retrieved on 22 June 2014.
4. "Ricky Gervais's Channel 4 sitcom 'Derek' watched by 1.4m", Digital Spy , 31 January 2013. Retrieved on 22 June 2014.
5. "MasterChef penultimate episode up to 5.2m on Thursday", Digital Spy , 16 May 2014. Retrieved on 22 June 2014.
6. "ITV's Tonight expo on discount supermarkets tops Friday ratings", Digital Spy , 24 May 2014. Retrieved on 22 June 2014.
7. "Britain's Got Talent continues with 8 million on ITV", Digital Spy , 30 May 2014. Retrieved on 22 June 2014.
8. "Big Brother: Power Trip opens with 2 million viewers on Channel 5", Digital Spy , 6 June 2014. Retrieved on 22 June 2014.

External links

• Food Inspectors at IMDb
• Food Inspectors at BBC Online