Watchdog brings back Annie

Interestingly Watchdog itself is a spin off from Nationwide, of which the One Show is the modern equivalent. Matt Alwright has been doing some Rogue Traders style pieces on there. So it all goes full circle!

Oh bring back Dharshini David to BBC World!

Can anyone point me to an explanation of the technicalities of the filmic effect as I am trying to describe it in some detail on a related post elesewhere? It's a denegration of the video content I know but how is it done?

I *think* it's something along the lines of throwing away every alternate field so that you get a jerkiness which is similar to that caused by a film camera's shutter opening and closing. I'm sure somebody like noggin will have a fuller explanation though

Looks like the bloody awful filmic effect has gone this week

seems thhe audience is a bit happier this week

The teasers on this show at the start aren't very good, and haven't kept me watching tonight.

Nicky used to always say something like "A big energy supplier admits ripping off millions of customers. Find out who, and how to get your money back.... later on in the programme". Sneaky but kept me watching.

I'm also at a loss as to why the Annie never told the unhappy people whose PlayStations broke, that they would be covered by the Sale of Goods Act which was featured on the BBC News website this week. Is anyone on the show doing any consumer research, or do they now just accept Sony's word that the guests need to pay out of warranty costs - and get them on to whinge about it?

Also, I liked the music in the last Nicky Campbell version better.

I noticed the filmic effect was gone tonight and they seem to be making much more use of the audience.

It looks so much better without the film effect. But they don't seem to have done anything about the other problems with the show.

I know.... it just beggars belief! When Anne Robinson asked Anita Rani what PS3 owners are supposed to do if their box breaks, her authoritative reply was " you can either throw it away, or pay Sony £128 for a refurbished model ". WHAT?! It would have taken them all of 15 seconds to explain that the retailer is still liable by law to fix/replace it free of charge, long after the one year warranty has expired, so why didn't they? Sometimes I wonder whose side Watchdog is actually on.

In this case, they're on the side of sensationalising to make a better story.

Sony haven't been happy about the report, they sent a 6 page point by point breakdown of inaccuracies and misleading elements of the investigation from aspects they'd been involved in before it even aired.

Yep - no mention at all of the "Sale of Goods Act" which means the retailer (not the manufacturer) is responsible for goods sold to last a reasonable length of time. HOWEVER after 6 months it is incumbent on the purchaser to prove a manufacturing fault, not the retailer to prove lack of fault (the situation is reversed during the first 6 months). This can still let people wriggle out.

The One Show have covered this at some length - as many retailers will just accept items are at fault our of their warranty period if you quote the act at them... (Though some will require you to go and get an independent engineers report - which they only pay for if you are correct)