was exposed by Watchdog after secret filming revealed it was encouraging members of the public to make bogus claims for personal injury compensation. As a result, The Accident Group went out of business, sacking its staff by sending them text messages. Direct Kitchens, Kitchens and Maple Industries Direct Kitchens, Kitchens and Maple Industries are all companies that are or have been based at Maple Mill, in Oldham, Greater Manchester and headed by controversial entrepreneur Vance Miller. The companies have been investigated by Watchdog on several occasions. Miller, who has a string of convictions in several countries, has been branded by the media as the "Kitchen Gangster", became the first person in Britain to be handed a 'Stop Now' order by the Office of Fair Trading after consistently supplying kitchens which were not sold as advertised. Clarks Shoes Clarks Shoes were exposed by Watchdog in successive programmes in November 2018 after receiving large numbers of complaints from viewers about shoes which had been put away brand new but were subsequently found to be falling apart because of the poor quality of the materials used in their manufacture. Transmissions Spin-offs Watchdog Healthcheck – 1995 to 2002, about health matters Weekend Watchdog – 1997 to 2001, presented by Robinson (Allwright and Hudson for the final series) Value for Money – 1995 to 2000, mainly about shopping, presented by Vanessa Feltz and Charlotte Hudson Face Value – about the fashion industry, presented by Alice Beer The Big Dinner – about the food industry, presented by Jonathan Maitland On the House – first presented by Sankha Guha and Anne McKevitt, later Adrian Chiles Watchdog: Are You Being Served? – 15 April 1999, presented by Alice Beer Watchdog Daily – live and interactive series in which Sophie Raworth takes on the big household-names, getting results and showing viewers how they can fight back Watchdog Test House – testing of household products, presented by Sophie Raworth; aired in 2014 and 2015 Specials How To Save £1000 (15 January 2015) – BBC One Pension Special (5 November 2015) – BBC Red Button Related programmes Short Change – about consumer affairs aimed at children between 7-16-year-olds, originally presented by Zoë Ball, then Andi Peters, Tim Vincent, and up until 2003, Angellica Bell. It was then presented by Thalia Pellegrini, Rhodri Owen and Ortis Deley. Many complaints included problems with service, bad deals, and being generally ripped-off. Finished in 2005.