Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs Ep.01

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs Ep.01

Season 2 • Fri 20 Sep • 30m

The comedian and chat-show host returns to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home in London. One of the first residents he meets is a British bulldog that has a mysterious problem with its hind legs and has to go for an MRI scan. The staff are also busy hand-rearing nine newborn Jack Russell-Staffy cross pups, and Paul helps wash a smelly English mastiff with a skin condition.

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs Ep.02

Season 2 • Fri 27 Sep • 30m

The comedian tries to train three enormous puppies that spent the first five months of their lives being raised by a homeless man in a garage, but things take a worrying turn when two of them are struck down by a virus. Paul also sets out to reunite a lost Jack Russell with its owner and find a new home for two inseparable Staffies (2/8).

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs Ep.04

Season 2 • Fri 11 Oct • 30m

The comedian meets a lurcher that was abandoned and left tied to a gate at Battersea's Kent branch. The dog is emaciated and cannot be re-homed until it has reached a healthy weight, but the good news is there's already a potential new owner waiting in France. Also arriving at the home is a four-month-old terrier cross with bundles of energy, and a family who are looking forward to a reunion with their pet, which went missing 18 months previously (4/8).

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs Ep.10

Season 3 • Fri 11 Oct • 30m

Paul does his very best to help train cairn terrier Teddy but it’s tough going as teddy is blind. The poshest dog to arrive at Battersea is Luke the rough collie and he’s not used to slumming it! And exhausted new mum Fifi is old before her time thanks to her many pregnancies and no one can believe she’s only two!

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs Ep.11

Season 3 • Mon 14 Oct • 30m

This is the Grand Finale for this series. Paul boosts the profile of Battersea’s ugliest dog, Bailey. The shih tzu with an underbite. With Paul’s help, Krystal the American Bulldog finds glitz and glamour with a walk on part on Britain’s biggest soap opera Coronation Street and little scallywag Jack Russell Pepe hits the jack pot when he finds a posh new home.

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs Ep.05

Season 1 • Tue 15 Oct • 30m

The staff attempt to help a chihuahua with an aggression problem, but it proves difficult to retrain, while an old Yorkshire terrier finds a new owner. Paul befriends an anxious golden retriever being cared for at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home after escaping from a house fire. (5/7)

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs Ep.06

Season 1 • Wed 16 Oct • 30m

The comedian prepares to say goodbye to his favourite dog when a couple visit Battersea hoping to adopt Carmine. Meanwhile, a family's enquiry about a lost pet could mean stressed-out Staffie Comet is about to go home, and the clinic staff battle to save a litter of puppies that have arrived in very poor health in a sealed box. (6/7)

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs Ep.07

Season 1 • Thu 17 Oct • 30m

The comedian's time at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home is coming to an end and he's finding it difficult to say goodbye to his furry friends. Little does he know that the staff are planning a surprise for him on his last day. Paul also teaches sign language to a deaf dog, and a chihuahua-cross that underwent a Caesarean section earlier in the series is reunited with two of its surviving puppies, which have been hand-reared since birth. Last in the series. (7/7)