The Dog Ate My Homework
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| The Dog Ate My Homework | |
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| Directed by | Pati Marr |
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| Composer | Syncbox |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 7+1special |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
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| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Production company | CBBC Productions Scotland |
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| Network | CBBC |
| Release | 17 January 2014 – present |
The Dog Ate My Homework[1] is a British children's panel show hosted by Iain Stirling and stars Chris Lawrence as Mr Smash and Ian West, and previously Stephanie Fulton, as The Dog. The series previously starred Susan Morrison as a Dinner Lady and a School Nurse. The show is produced by CBBC Productions Scotland for CBBC that began on 17 January 2014.[2] A panel of two celebrities who are comedians And CBBC stars and a child doing various games and tasks. Series 2 began on 23 January 2015, a Christmas special aired on 16 December 2015, series 3 began on 8 January 2016 and series 4 began on 4 November 2016.[3] A fifth series will be filmed from 17 November to 10 December 2017.[4] Series 6 was the first not to be aired on Fridays, with it airing from 2 February 2019 at 8.30am for 12 weeks. After this series, it was announced that Stirling was leaving the show. In series 7, four different presenters will host three episodes each. Hacker T. Dog was the first of these confirmed, Lauren Layfield was the second. Suzi Ruffell and Darren Harriott also presented three episodes each, and it was later announced that Layfield would host the show permanently from Series 8.
Format
The show features two teams, both with a CBBC star a comedian and a child. They compete in various games and tasks, and the winning team get a gold star. Stirling can take, or give, gold stars as whenever he wants. He usually gives them when an answer makes him laugh. Whoever Has The Most Gold Stars wins the game while the losers Will be in detention with Mr Smash.
Episodes
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| Series 1 | 10 | 17 January 2014 | 28 March 2014 | |
| Series 2 | 11 | 23 January 2015 | 17 April 2015 | |
| Christmas Special | 1 | 16 December 2015 | ||
| Series 3 | 14 | 8 January 2016 | 28 March 2016 | |
| Series 4 | 13 | 4 November 2016 | 24 February 2017 | |
| Series 5 | 8 | 5 January 2018 | 23 February 2018 | |
| Series 6 | 13 | ? Feb 2019 | 15 April 2019 | |
Series 1 (2014)
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No. in season |
Title | Director | Original air date[5] | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Episode One" | Pati Marr | 17 January 2014 | |
| 2 | 2 | "Episode Two" | Pati Marr | 24 January 2014 | |
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Celebrity Panelists: Sam & Mark, Victoria Cook and Paul McCaffrey | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Episode Three" | Pati Marr | 31 January 2014 | |
| 4 | 4 | "Episode Four" | Pati Marr | 7 February 2014 | |
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Celebrity Panelists: Oyiza Momoh, Charlie Baker, Katie Mulgrew and Paul McCaffrey | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Episode Five" | Pati Marr | 21 February 2014 | |
| 6 | 6 | "Episode Six" | Pati Marr | 28 February 2014 | |
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Celebrity Panelists: Bobby Lockwood, Louisa Connolly-Burnham, Katie Mulgrew and Paul McCaffrey | |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Episode Seven" | Pati Marr | 7 March 2014 | |
| 8 | 8 | "Episode Eight" | Pati Marr | 14 March 2014 | |
| 9 | 9 | "Episode Nine" | Pati Marr | 21 March 2014 | |
| 10 | 10 | "Episode Ten" | Pati Marr | 28 March 2014 | |
Series 2 (2015)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Original air date | |
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| 11 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Pati Marr | 23 January 2015 | |
| 12 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Pati Marr | 30 January 2015 | |
| 13 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Pati Marr | 6 February 2015 | |
| 14 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Pati Marr | 20 February 2015 | |
| 15 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Pati Marr | 27 February 2015 | |
| 16 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Pati Marr | 6 March 2015 | |
| 17 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Pati Marr | 13 March 2015 | |
| 18 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Pati Marr | 20 March 2015 | |
| 19 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Pati Marr | 27 March 2015 | |
| 20 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Pati Marr | 3 April 2015 | |
| 21 | 11 | "Compilation Show" | Pati Marr | 17 April 2015 | |
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In this special episode, Iain Stirling takes on the role of Stirling Holmes. As the world's greatest detective, he is trying to solve the strange case of the missing homework... which has been stolen by evil genius Professor Dogiarty. | |||||
Christmas Special (2015)
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Title | Directed by | Original air date | |
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| 22 | 1 | "Christmas Special" | Pati Marr | 16 December 2015 | |
Series 3 (2016)
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Original air date | |
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| 23 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Pati Marr | 8 January 2016 | |
| 24 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Pati Marr | 15 January 2016 | |
| 25 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Pati Marr | 22 January 2016 | |
| 26 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Pati Marr | 5 February 2016 | |
| 27 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Pati Marr | 12 February 2016 | |
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Celebrity Panelists: Bec Hill, Victoria Cook, Chris Martin and Charlie Baker | |||||
| 28 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Pati Marr | 19 February 2016 | |
| 29 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Pati Marr | 26 February 2016 | |
| 30 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Pati Marr | 4 March 2016 | |
| 31 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Pati Marr | 11 March 2016 | |
| 32 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Pati Marr | 18 March 2016 | |
| 33 | 11 | "Episode 11" | Pati Marr | 25 March 2016 | |
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Celebrity Panelists: Sam Fletcher, Grace Mandeville, Tom Craine and Dan Antopolski | |||||
| 34 | 12 | "Episode 12" | Pati Marr | 26 March 2016 | |
| 35 | 13 | "Episode 13" | Pati Marr | 27 March 2016 | |
| 36 | 14 | "Episode 14" | Pati Marr | 28 March 2016 | |
Series 4 (2016-17)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Original air date | |
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| 37 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Pati Marr | 4 November 2016 | |
| 38 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Pati Marr | 11 November 2016 | |
| 39 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Pati Marr | 18 November 2016 | |
| 40 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Pati Marr | 25 November 2016 | |
| 41 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Pati Marr | 2 December 2016 | |
| 42 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Pati Marr | 9 December 2016 | |
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Celebrity Panelists: Johnny & Inel, Steve Bugeja and Katia Kvinge | |||||
| 43 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Pati Marr | 13 January 2017 | |
| 44 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Pati Marr | 20 January 2017 | |
| 45 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Pati Marr | 27 January 2017 | |
| 46 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Pati Marr | 3 February 2017 | |
| 47 | 11 | "Episode 11: Sports Day Special" | Pati Marr | 10 February 2017 | |
| 48 | 12 | "Episode 12" | Pati Marr | 17 February 2017 | |
| 49 | 13 | "Episode 13" | Pati Marr | 24 February 2017 | |
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Celebrity Panelists: Saima Chowdhury, Ahir Shah, Charlie Baker and Rory Crawford | |||||
Series 5 (2018)
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Original air date | |
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| 50 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Pati Marr | 5 January 2018 | |
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Celebrity Panelists: Johnny & Inel, Charlie Baker and Suzi Ruffell | |||||
| 51 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Pati Marr | 12 January 2018 | |
| 52 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Pati Marr | 19 January 2018 | |
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Celebrity Panelists: Sam & Mark, Yuriko Kotani and Charlie Baker | |||||
| 53 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Pati Marr | 26 January 2018 | |
| 54 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Pati Marr | 2 February 2018 | |
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Celebrity Panelists: Steve Bugeja, Tom Allen, Martin Dougan and Athena Kugblenu | |||||
| 55 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Pati Marr | 9 February 2018 | |
| 56 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Pati Marr | 16 February 2018 | |
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Celebrity Panelists: Sam & Mark, Suzi Ruffell and Ray Bradshaw | |||||
| 57 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Pati Marr | 23 February 2018 | |
Series 6 (2019)
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Original air date | |
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| 58 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Pati Marr | 3 February 2019 | |
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Celebrity Panelists: tbd | |||||
Series 7 (2019-20)
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Original air date | |
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| -- | 1 | "Episode 1" | Unknown | 24 November 2019 | |
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| -- | 2 | "Episode 2" | Unknown | 24 November 2019 | |
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| -- | 3 | "Episode 3" | Unknown | 24 November 2019 | |
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| -- | 4 | "Episode 4" | Unknown | 24 November 2019 | |
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| -- | 5 | "Episode 5" | Unknown | 24 November 2019 | |
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| -- | 6 | "Episode 6" | Unknown | 24 November 2019 | |
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| -- | 7 | "Episode 7" | Unknown | 12 January 2020 | |
| -- | 8 | "Episode 8" | Unknown | 19 November 2020 | |
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Guest appearances
The following have all appeared multiple times as one of the guest panelists on the show.
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11 appearances 9 appearances 7 appearances 6 appearances
5 appearances
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4 appearances 3 appearances
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2 appearances
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Susan Calman, Dan Wright and Dodge T. Dog are the only panelists to have featured in every series. However, none of them featured in the stand-alone Christmas special. As of April 2019[update], Calman has not appeared in an episode of the show since Season 4.
The following have all made a single appearance as one of the guest panellists on the show:[6]
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References
- ^ "The Dog Ate My Homework". Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "The Dog Ate My Homework Series 1 episode guide". British Comedy Guide.
- ^ "The Dog Ate My Homework Series 4 episode guide". British Comedy Guide.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/dog_ate_homework_2017 [dead link]
- ^ "The Dog Ate My Homework - CBBC Panel Show". British Comedy Guide.
- ^ "The Dog Ate My Homework series and episodes list". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
External links
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