The show, which was broadcast on Channel 5, is presented by Ortis Deley, with reports from Georgie Barrat and Jon Bentley.
The show has featured Blu-rays, video cameras, MP3 players, Internet multimedia tablets and other technologies.
A recurring theme in the updated format was a regular challenge between Jason and Suzi (and occasionally Jon and/or Ortis), typically set around particular gadget(s) and their testing or use based around it.
The new version of the show saw presenters Jason Bradbury and Pollyanna Woodward travelling the world to test the latest gadgets and partake in a number of challenges.
[2] Guests in this series included musical-comedy group Jonny & The Baptists[3] as well as popular YouTube star Ali-A.
New features included profiles of YouTube creators and vloggers and a section called Gadget Help where viewers of the show can get tech help to solve their problems.
[8] On 17 February 2017, it was announced that Craig Charles and Georgie Barrat would replace Amy Williams and Jason Bradbury for the 25th series and would host alongside Ortis Deley and Jon Bentley.
[citation needed] For series 36, the format was changed so that the studio was replaced by on location filming at Gadget HQ, a residential property used by the show, and the focus of the show altered to concentrate on assisting families and households with technological solutions to help their lives including money saving with Wallop and sustainability with new experts Charlotte Williams and Bianca Foley.
In 2023, the name was changed twice further: a block of programmes airing from March amended the sub-title to The Gadget Show: Shop Smart, Save Money with a further sequence of programmes from 9 June dropped the Gadget Show name after 19 years, adopting the title The Good Gadget Guide: Shop Smart Save Money, retaining the same presenters, opening titles, theme tune and format as the preceding series and as of September 2023 it was announced that Angellica Bell would be joining the presenting team.
[12] With Bell's arrival, the Good Gadget Guide title was dropped and the show relaunched as Shop Smart, Save Money.
In 2024, Bell was replaced by Gaby Roslin, who had been a presenter of Channel 5's previous incarnation of Shop Smart, Save Money in 2018, which was otherwise unconnected to The Gadget Show.
In early 2024, the Gadget Show socials began teasing the return of Jason Bradbury and Suzi Perry.
Viewers were urged to register their support on the show's website; Jason Bradbury promised to take the issue to 10 Downing Street if the need arose, which it did, but got a reply rejecting his petition after over 30,000 names were sent in.
[citation needed] In 2015, the show (and Worth Capital) also launched a "Future Gadget" competition which gave all budding entrepreneurial tech' inventors a chance to bring their new gadgets to market, with financial backing and advert space on Channel 5 for the overall tech winner.
[21][22][23][24] This competition itself was terminated early on as the show and Worth Capital felt that the initial entries were not to the highest of standards.
(*To date, the show and Worth Capital have not provided any substantive evidence to arguably support their conclusive assessment).
The Gadget Show also has a YouTube channel which features special behind the scenes videos and Web TV episodes.
It took place annually at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre, and allowed visitors the chance to test and buy the latest technology in the market.