Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Episode 6

Alex Jones and Steph McGovern are on a mission to help families change the way they shop. In the West Midlands, they hope to help the Murphy family save some much-needed cash.

In the final episode Alex and Steph are in the West Midlands with the Murphys. CCTV fitter Jason and teaching assistant Kerry are parents to three girls, 11-year-old Sophie, eight-year-old Gracie and three-year-old Esmae. Gadget-mad Kerry is addicted to online shopping and her one click spending is out of control. With bills racking up, as well as a family holiday to Florida to pay for, Kerry needs to rein in her spending, and fast!

Alex and Steph need to show this online shopaholic a different way to shop and hopefully save the family some much-needed cash. While the family are out they take a sneaky peek inside their house and make a pop-up shop with all of family's belongings to finally get them to face up to their spending.

The family want to change their ways, so the programme puts them to the ultimate test by giving their home a bit of a makeover. Their usual products have been replaced and put in plain packaging to open their eyes to alternatives. Most will be cheaper but some will be kept the same to see just how well they know their products. But will the family like Alex and Steph's changes?

Alex travels to the largest bin bag factory in the UK to find out what we should be looking for when buying bin bags. Consumer expert Professor Avi Shankar shows us how retailers are making one-click shopping even easier for us. And we enlist the help of some water sports enthusiasts to put five toasters to the test to see if it pays to spend a bit more or if a cheaper option might come out on top.

The experiment is over, but have the Murphys embraced enough of the new products and are they willing to change their shopping and spending ways to save money for their family holiday to Florida?

58 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Jun 201703:05

More episodes

Next

You are at the last episode

See all episodes from Shop Well for Less

Clip

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:02

    Of Monsters and Men

    Little Talks

  • 00:04

    Stereophonics

    C'est La Vie

  • 00:57

    Little Mix

    Shout Out To My Ex

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterAlex Jones
PresenterSteph McGovern
ExpertAvi Shankar
Art DirectorGemma Clancey
Camera OperatorJon Boast
Camera OperatorBen Hughes
Camera OperatorJohn McDowell
Camera AssistantWarren Forster
SoundMatt Johns
SoundMartin Seweryn
SoundHarry Stanley
SoundTim Pitot
RunnerLewis Watt
CastingKaty Bigley
CastingGeorgia Harding
CastingSophia Reid
CastingHannah Walker
Production CoordinatorTasha Roche
Production CoordinatorClare Sheridan
Production ManagerClare Lloyd
ResearcherSophie-Jeanette Burton
Assistant ProducerSteph Hopgood
EditorJason Bills
ProducerKaren Walsh
DirectorKaren Walsh
Executive ProducerCatherine Catton
ProducerBeccy Evans
Series ProducerFiona Gray
Executive ProducerJo Scarratt-Jones
On-line editingAlexis Moffatt
ColouristSimon Bland
Re-recording mixerBrian Moseley
Production CompanyRDF Television West

Broadcasts