Lynn Faulds Wood (25 March 1948 – 24 April 2020) was a Scottish television presenter and journalist. She co-presented the British television programme Watchdog with her husband John Stapleton. Early life and career Faulds Wood was born on 25 March 1948 in Glasgow and grew up on Loch Lomond side. She gained an MA in languages from Glasgow University. She taught French at Holland Park School for two years. Her early career in journalism involved periods at IPC Magazines' Woman (1977–79), the Daily Mail (1979–80) then "Lynn's Action Line" at The Sun. When breakfast television began in the early 1980s, Faulds Wood joined TV-am as their "Consumer Champion" from 1983–84 then moved to the BBC's Breakfast Time from 1984 to 1986. She is best known for turning Watchdog into a peak time BBC One series, presenting the programme from 1985 to 1993 with her husband John Stapleton. In 1991, Faulds Wood was diagnosed with level three bowel cancer. Five years after surgery, she was found to be clear. (She also survived skin cancer.) Meanwhile, with a programme entitled "Doctor Knows Best", she contributed in 1993 to ITV's World In Action series. Faulds Wood found the symptoms for bowel cancer were different from those taught in GP training in medical schools. This edition of World In Action achieved the programmes highest audience with 10.2 million viewers. In her 1996 investigation into bowel cancer, "Bobby Moore & Me", she interviewed the widow of footballer Bobby Moore, who said he had been misdiagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome and treated for the condition instead of the bowel cancer from which he died aged 51. It had 6.5 million viewers and 28,000 letters. A series on cervical cancer in 1995, The Lady Killers, led the British Medical Association to name Faulds Wood medical broadcaster of the year. She also helped to create the world's first evidence-based guide to symptoms of her cancer, officially adopted by the Department of Health in 2000. In 1990, Faulds Wood guest starred on an episode of French and Saunders as herself. In 1993 she was gunged on an episode of Noel Edmonds' BBC One programme Noel's House Party. From 2003 to 2009, she was "Consumer Champion" on GMTV. In 2006, she teamed up with presenter Esther Rantzen and series producer Rob Unsworth to present the BBC consumer investigation series Old Dogs, New Tricks. In 2014, Faulds Wood returned to Watchdog,