6.2 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 2 First episode date 7 November 2012 Network BBC One Number of episodes 13 | 6.3/10 IMDb Original language(s) English No. of episodes 13 (list of episodes) Final episode date 27 February 2014 Narrated by Caroline Aherne Genre Factual television | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Kerry Brierley
Emeka Onono
Andrew Dedman
Tom Williams
Victoria Bell Executive producer(s) Samantha Anstiss
Cat Lewis
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Pound shop wars series 2 trailer bbc one
Pound Shop Wars is a British factual television series that was first broadcast on BBC One from 7 November 2012 until 30 September 2015. Narrated by Caroline Aherne, the series shows the competition between rival pound shops, focusing on Poundworld. The second series, comprising eight episodes, began on 12 August 2015.
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Ratings
The first one-off hour-long special episode had a 19.8% audience share. According to overnight figures, "The Battle of the Bra" had a viewing audience of 5.42 million, with 23.7% watching it. The third and fourth episodes had viewing audiences of 19.4% and 16.7% respectively.
Critical reception
Tim Dowling of The Guardian said the series "was not enhanced by Caroline Aherne's jokey narration, and it had more than its fair share of isn't-he-a-character type characters, but it was saved for me by a surprising discovery: the pound shop business is actually pretty interesting." Metro's Caroline Westbrook said it "certainly didn't disappoint". Bath Chronicle called the narration "lacklustre" and commented on how boring the series was. Andrew Billen from The Times gave the programme three stars out of five. The Sunday Times said "Full marks to the makers of this documentary, who find a clever and absorbing way to tell the story of the biggest current trend on Britain's high streets."