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Dominic Littlewood (born 29 March 1965), known as Dom Littlewood, is a British journalist and television presenter who specialises in
consumer protection. He is best known for his roles with
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Channel 5, presenting programmes such as ''
Fake Britain
''Fake Britain'' is a British consumer rights programme, presented by Dominic Littlewood between 2010 and 2012 and again from 2017 to 2019, and by Matt Allwright from 2013 to 2016.
The programme is broadcast on weekdays in a daytime slot, with ...
'', ''Cowboy Builders'', ''
Saints and Scroungers'' and ''
Don't Get Done, Get Dom
''Don't Get Done, Get Dom'' is a British consumer rights television series. The show is named for its presenter Dominic Littlewood. Each series is transmitted, usually daily during daytime, on BBC One and repeated on BBC Two in the UK. During Seri ...
''.
Early life and work
Littlewood was born on 29 March 1965 in
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, east of central London. It is bordered ...
,
Essex
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. He is one of four children of an air traffic controller father and teacher mother; despite his parents' second jobs, the family were not wealthy, but with his parents' encouragement Littlewood's early entrepreneurial endeavours were successful, buying his first flat in
Westcliff-on-Sea
Westcliff-on-Sea (often abbreviated to Westcliff) is an inner city area of the city of Southend-on-Sea, in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. It is on the north shore of the lower Thames Estuary, about 34 ...
, Essex aged 20. His first job was as part of an on-board team repairing Thames sailing barges; when the company relocated from
Maldon, Essex
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to
France
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, he started a
City and Guilds
The City and Guilds of London Institute is an educational organisation in the United Kingdom. Founded on 11 November 1878 by the City of London and 16 livery companies – to develop a national system of technical education, the institute has ...
apprenticeship in motor engineering.
Dom is diabetic, having been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes as a child.
Television career
Littlewood was first seen on TV as a contestant on the BBC dating show ''
The Other Half''. In 2001, Littlewood, at the time in charge of Network Cars in Leigh,
Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, east of central London. It is bordered ...
,
Essex
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, appeared on ''Faking It'', helping Somerset vicar Nigel Done succeed as a car salesman.
In 2005 Littlewood presented a show called ''
Beat the Burglar'' to protect homeowners. He employed the services of an ex-burglar who highlighted people's homes to show their lack of security and show them how it feels to have your home ransacked and personal possessions stolen. Dominic watched the break-in on a monitor along with the homeowners and at the end of the show he arranged for experts to come in and rectify all of the security flaws pointed out by the ex-con.
In 2007, Littlewood took part in the
BBC One
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's ''
Strictly Come Dancing''. Since 2010, he has co-presented ''Cowboy Builders'' on Channel 5. His most notable episode was based around a student house in
Headingley
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Leeds
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, where Dominic Stewart's house was completed to a shoddy standard. From 2010 to 2012, he presented ''
Fake Britain
''Fake Britain'' is a British consumer rights programme, presented by Dominic Littlewood between 2010 and 2012 and again from 2017 to 2019, and by Matt Allwright from 2013 to 2016.
The programme is broadcast on weekdays in a daytime slot, with ...
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