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Pound Shop Wars (2012)

Pound Shop Wars poster
Genre
documentary
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 12 episodes
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series follows the rivalry between budget pound shops in the UK. It focuses on the staff and customers of these discount stores as they compete for business.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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