The Dog Ate My Homework

This article is about the CBBC panel show. For the phrase, see The dog ate my homework.

The Dog Ate My Homework
Genre
Developed by
  • Victoria Coker
  • Ed Morrish
Directed byPati Marr
Presented by
Starring
  • Chris Lawrence
  • Stephanie Fulton (2014)
  • Susan Morrison (2015)
  • Ian West (2015–)
  • Adam B (2019–2020)
  • Reis Daniel (2020–)
Narrated by
  • Charles Donnelly (2015–2016)
  • Neil Macgillivray (2016–)
ComposerSyncbox
Country of originScotland
No. of series8
No. of episodes97
Production
Executive producers
  • Sara Harkins (2014–2015, 2016–)
  • Yvonne Jennings (2016)
Producers
  • Richard Grocock (2014)
  • David Noble (2014)
  • Margaret Anne Docherty (2014–2015)
  • Chris Hulme (2016–present)
Running time28 minutes
Production companyCBBC Productions Scotland
Original release
NetworkCBBC
Release17 January 2014 (2014-01-17) –
present
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The Dog Ate My Homework[1] is a British children's panel show hosted by Lauren Layfield. It was first broadcast on 17 January 2014[2] and was originally hosted by the comedian Iain Stirling. The show is produced by CBBC Productions Scotland for CBBC.[2]

Series 2 began on 23 January 2015, with 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 was 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 hosted three episodes each. Hacker T Dog was the first of these confirmed. Lauren Layfield, Suzi Ruffell and Darren Harriott also presented three episodes each. It was later announced that Layfield would host the show permanently from Series 8, joined by Reis Daniel playing the lovable Mr. Learner.

  1. ^ "The Dog Ate My Homework". IMDb. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "The Dog Ate My Homework Series 1 episode guide". British Comedy Guide.
  3. ^ "The Dog Ate My Homework Series 4 episode guide". British Comedy Guide.
  4. ^ "BBC Shows and Tours - Shows - The Dog Ate My Homework". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017.