''The Ferret'' is a long-running

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television programme that is broadcast on

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. The programme was first broadcast in 1996 on HTV Wales. It is currently presented by

Chris Segar Chris Segar is a Welsh television presenter best known for presenting the consumer affairs programme '' The Ferret'' since 1996. Career Chris Segar started his career as a daily newspaper reporter and from 1963 (maybe) worked for Radio Clwyd ...

and Hannah Thomas. Previous presenters include

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, Sarah Hibbard and Juliet Piper. In 2011 the Ferret held its first Ferret Roadshow, in

Pontypridd () (colloquially: Ponty) is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Geography comprises the electoral wards of , Hawthorn, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan ( Rhydfelen), Trallwng (Trallwn) and Treforest (). The ...

, to celebrate 15 years of the programme.ITV Wales
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