After a great weekend of Crufts TV, BBC 2 is back with more dog-related programming in the form of The Underdog Show.
The show pairs eight rescue dogs from The Dogs Trust’s West London rehoming centre with eight celebrities. Each week, the dogs and celebs undergo increasingly difficult obedience and agility tasks, with their performance rated […]

BBC 3 follows on from Dog Borstal with yet more dog-related viewing!
You Need a Dog follows Samira Akerbousse as she tries to improve her life by taking in Bob, a Cocker Spaniel who works as a therapy dog.
Bob lived with Samira, and her daughter, for three weeks, during which time she hoped he would help […]

Dog Borstal - Mondays, 9pm, BBC 3 - sees three delinquent dogs, and their owners, endure a week of intense correctional training.
Making the most of its disused air base location - high wire fences, military-style tents for the owners and cages for the mutts - the show gives the owners a short, sharp shock.
The first […]

If the last British dog film you saw was Digby the Biggest Dog in the World it’s about time you saw another.
Gone to the Dogs stars veteran British actors Tony Booth and Dora Bryan as a couple who retire to one of England’s fading south coast resorts. Endless days of promenade walks and lunches in […]

Channel 4 is starting a nationwide search for the UK’s most talented amateur dog.
Britain’s Top Dog will use four regional auditions to find the most promising dogs and owners. The lucky group will then undergo six weeks of training, including intensive one-to-one sessions with experts in:

agility
scent-work
heel-work to music (also called doggy dancing).

The winning dog will […]

Gone to the Dogs is an independent British film about Jack, an old rogue whose life is abruptly ended by a heart attack.
Recincarnated as a scruffy dog, Jack goes on to be adopted by his unwitting widow, Rose. The film tells the story of Jack’s realisation of what makes a good husband; shame he’s now […]