Genre: | Consumer affairs |
Presenter: | Sonia Humphrey (1985–86) Helen Wellings (1987–1995) |
Country: | Australia |
Language: | English |
Num Series: | 11 |
Company: | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Network: | ABC TV |
The Investigators is an Australian consumer affairs television series, which aired on the ABC from 1985 to 1995.
The program's host and chief reporter was Helen Wellings,[1] who replaced original host Sonia Humphrey in 1987. Other reporters who worked on the program include foreign correspondent Eric Campbell,[2] politician Sarah Henderson,[3] reporter Leigh McClusky, and radio presenter Jon Faine.[4]
The Investigators was one of the ABC's highest-rating programs, and presenter Helen Wellings claimed the program received an average of 500 complaints per week from consumers about products or services.[5]
The program won the 1993 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Achievement in Public Affairs.[6]
The program was cancelled in 1995, as a result of cost-cutting measures at the ABC which included the axing of the state-based editions of The 7.30 Report.