Cowboy Trap, now known as Cowboy Builders is a daytime British television show on BBC One

BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...

 presented by Clive Holland

Clive Holland

Clive Holland is an English television and radio presenter. In 2009 he presented the BBC One daytime show Cowboy Trap. He has also presented other programmes such as GMTV and Channel 4’s ‘Big Big’ Holiday Show and on stage at the Ideal Home Show, the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show and London Fashion...

. It follows homeowners who have had cowboy builders who in some cases have rendered their homes uninhabitable (two cases in each show). The team addresses the problems and usually confront the cowboy

Cowboy

A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of...

 builder

Construction worker

A construction worker or builder is a professional, tradesman, or labourer who directly participates in the physical construction of infrastructure.-Construction trades:...

 by a phone call, though this is not always successful. The show is currently in its second series (replacing To Buy or Not to Buy

To Buy or Not to Buy

To Buy or Not to Buy was a British reality television series made between 2003 and 2010 for BBC One in the UK. The final series was the eleventh and contained 90 episodes, in one of two formats—either 30 or 45 minutes in length. It aired on both BBC1 and BBC2...

).

Series overview

Two seasons comprising 40 episodes have been broadcast.

Series	Episode #	Original Broadcast		Reference
		Series premiere	Series finale
1	20	7 September 2009	2 October 2009
2	40	14 June 2010	19 November 2010