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Liza & Huey's Pet Nation
Liza, Huey and dog Wilf
Directed byStuart McDonald
Presented byHuey Morgan
Liza Tarbuck
StarringDr. Scott Miller
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes11 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyTwofour
Original release
NetworkSky1
Sky2
Release26 March (2010-03-26) –
4 June 2010 (2010-06-04)

Liza & Huey's Pet Nation is a show which shows different celebrities bringing in their pets. It is hosted by Liza Tarbuck and Huey Morgan, with their dog co-host, Wilf.

The ten-part series is an animal celebration that combines home videos with sharp, funny and jaw droppingly extreme studio based and on location features with guests including Kathy Burke, Bill Bailey, Neil Morrissey, Sue Perkins, Michelle Childerley and Ben De Lisi.

Dr. Scott Miller featured as Pet Nation's resident vet.

Episodes

After the preview show aired on 26 March 2010, it was stated by Liza Tarbuck that the show's first series would be airing for the following ten weeks. Episode 2 was aired as episode 1 on Sky1, because the preview show was not considered an episode in the series.

Episode Num Aired as Episode Title Airdate Directed by Written by Animals shown Recipe shown
Series 1 (2010)
1 N/A Preview show 26 March 2010 Stuart McDonald Parrots, cats, dogs, birds, horses, pigs, ferrets, owls, crocodiles, tortoises, rabbits, foxes, sheep, skunk, fishes, guinea pigs, goats, chickens and frogs N/A
2 1 Episode 1 2 April 2010 Stuart McDonald Dogs N/A
3 2 Episode 2 9 April 2010 Stuart McDonald Dogs, monkeys, guinea pig, snake, hamster, stick insect, parrot, cockroach, bear N/A
4 3 Episode 3 16 April 2010 Stuart McDonald N/A
5 4 Episode 4 23 April 2010 Stuart McDonald N/A
6 5 Episode 5 30 April 2010 Stuart McDonald Dogs, horses, cats N/A
7 6 Episode 6 7 May 2010 Stuart McDonald Dogs, crocodiles, meerkats, cats, parrots
8 7 Episode 7 14 May 2010 Stuart McDonald
9 8 Episode 8 21 May 2010 Stuart McDonald
10 9 Episode 9 28 May 2010 Stuart McDonald
11 10 Unknown 4 June 2010

Segments

Segment Title Parody of Plot Episode Num
"Pet Nation's Pup Idol!" Pop Idol A competition similar to The X Factor and Pop Idol, an animal and its owner try to express their singing talents in front of Liza and Huey 1 and 4
"Britain's Got Talons" Britain's Got Talent A competition similar to Britain's Got Talent, an animal tries to express its talents in front of Liza and Huey 1
"Doggy Dancing" N/A A dog and its owner perform their dancing talents in front of Liza and Huey 1 and 3
"Table of Terror" N/A If a person brings in someone else's pet, they have to forfeit the "Table of Terror" and guess what animal they are feeling 1 and 4
"News Round" Newsround News on Pet Nation 3
"Never Mind the Peacocks" N/A A person has to guess what you call a group of animals 3
"Animal Roadtest" N/A A person tests how clever and cunning an animal is; Test 1: Obiendience, Test 2: Adaptability and Test 3: Innate Behaviour 3
"Newshound" "News Round"(former segment)
Newsround
Animal news around the world 7

Recipes

Recipes from website
Episode Num Recipe Title Animal made for
Unknown Pasta Bark Dog
N/A Turkey Jurky Dog
7 Tabby Terrine Cat
Recipes in episodes
Episode Num Recipe Title Animal made for
1 N/A N/A
2 N/A N/A
3 N/A N/A
4 N/A N/A
5 N/A N/A
6 N/A N/A
7 Tabby Terrine Cat
Unknown Pasta Bark Dog

International showings

Country Premiere Date Channel Title
United Kingdom 26 March 2010 Sky1
Sky1 HD
Liza & Huey's Pet Nation
Unknown Sky2