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Pound Shop Wars: Series 1

Caroline Aherne

Kerry Brierley

Emeka Onono

Pound Shop Wars: Series 1: Episode 3: £1 Crime Spree

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BBC One - Pound Shop Wars, Series 1, £1 Crime Spree

Poundworld CEO Chris Edwards decides to employ undercover store detectives.

Documentary series. Facing a shoplifting epidemic, Poundworld CEO Chris Edwards decides to employ undercover store detectives to catch the culprits.

Poundworld CEO Chris Edwards is facing an assault on all fronts, and it's not just from his rival stores.

Facing a £1 shoplifting epidemic, Chris decides to stop relying on his cardboard coppers and instead employ undercover store detectives to catch the culprits. Each item may only be priced at £1, but Chris believes it is costing his company up to £5 million a year.

Elsewhere, a big discount retail chain is trying to poach Chris's staff. Will the manager of Colwyn Bay's Poundworld, Sally Pritchard, be tempted by a 20 per cent pay rise? 

Chris prepares to open a new shop in Derry/Londonderry in Northern Ireland but his head of human resources, Frances Dove, makes a shocking discovery. Just around the corner from their new premises, there is another shop called Poundworld already trading. Chris discovers the store is owned by a rival company. Can he persuade them to change their name in time for Chris's new shop's big opening?

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