Dominic Littlewood
Dominic Littlewood (born 29 March 1965) is a British television presenter and journalist, known as Dom Littlewood, who specialises in consumer affairs. He is best known for his roles with BBC and Channel 5, presenting programmes such as Fake Britain, Cowboy Builders, Saints and Scroungers and Don't Get Done, Get Dom.
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Born | Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England | 29 March 1965
Occupation | Television presenter, journalist |
Television | Presenting: Don't Get Done, Get Dom (2006—2016) Saints and Scroungers (2009—2012) Fake Britain (2010—2012, 2017–) Cowboy Builders (2010—2014) Dom on the Spot (2016–present) |
Website | dominiclittlewood |
Career
Television
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.[1]
In 2007, Littlewood took part in the BBC One'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, Leeds, where Dominic Stewart’s house was completed to a shoddy standard. From 2010 to 2012, he presented Fake Britain on the BBC, but was replaced by Matt Allwright: he returned to the show in 2017. In 2012, Littlewood presented the Postcode Lottery draws on Channel 5. Beginning on 27 January 2015, Littlewood hosted a three-part series on ITV called Bad Builders: Bang to Rights.[2] Since 2016 he has presented Dom on the Spot on BBC One. He has appeared in other television shows including To Buy or Not to Buy, Holiday and The One Show.
In 2020, Littlewood appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Masterchef [3]
Other work
Littlewood was first seen on TV as a contestant on the BBC dating show The Other Half.[4] He contributes to the Top Gear Magazine and has written pieces for the Motoring section of The Daily Telegraph. Dominic is also an expert on used Nissan Qashqais and Jukes, and can frequently be found on Twitter advising would-be owners what to look out for in order to avoid any unwanted “lemons”.
Before he started presenting, Littlewood also made an early TV appearance applying his trade as used-car salesman in Faking It episode "Vicar to Car Dealer" where he trained a vicar to sell used cars on his forecourt on the London Road in Southend, Essex.
He was diagnosed with Type 1 Autoimmune Diabetes Mellitus in 1974, and has been dependent on injected Insulin carefully balanced with blood glucose monitoring and matching his food intake since this time.
Filmography
- Television
Year | Title | Role |
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2001 | Faking It[5] | Presenter |
2002 | Wrong Car, Right Car | Presenter |
2003–2005 | To Buy or Not to Buy | Presenter |
2004 | How I Made My Property Fortune | Presenter |
2005 | Beat the Burglar | Presenter |
2006—2016 | Don't Get Done, Get Dom | Presenter |
2007 | Strictly Come Dancing | Contestant |
2008–2009 | Dom's on the Case | Presenter |
2009–2012 | Saints and Scroungers | Presenter |
2010 | Total Wipeout: Celebrity Special | Contestant |
2010–2012, 2017– | Fake Britain | Presenter |
2010–? | Cowboy Builders | Co-presenter |
2012–? | Cowboy Traders | Co-presenter |
2012 | Postcode Lottery | Presenter |
2013— | Caught Red Handed | Presenter |
2013 | Street Patrol UK | Presenter |
2014 | Beware! Cowboy Builders Abroad | Presenter |
2015 | Bad Builders: Bang to Rights | Presenter |
2015— | Right on the Money | Co-presenter |
2016– | Dom on the Spot | Presenter |
2017 | Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief | Himself |
2017 | The Full Monty[6] | Himself |
2019 | Dom Does America | Himself |
2020 | Celebrity Masterchef | Contestant |
References
- Deans, Jason (13 September 2004). "Former burglar nicks BBC1's Kilroy slot". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- "Bad Builders Bang To Rights". ITV Press Centre. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- Darvill, Josh (28 June 2020). "Celebrity MasterChef 2020 line up of celebrity contestants revealed". TellyMix. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- "The Other Half". UKGameshows.com. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- Parkes, Diane. "TV star Dominic Littlewood in battle for life". Sunday Mercury. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- "The Full Monty celebrity line-up revealed for new ITV show". ITV Press Centre. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2018.