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One Man and His Dog

5.5(2)
First Aired:February 17, 1976
Seasons:26 seasons
Episodes:194
Status:Returning Series

One Man and His Dog is a television series in the United Kingdom featuring sheepdog trials, originally presented by Phil Drabble, with commentary by Eric Halsall and, later, by Ray Ollerenshaw. In 1994, Robin Page replaced Drabble as the main presenter. Gus Dermody took over as commentator. At its peak, in the early 1980s, it attracted audiences in excess of eight million. The last regular series aired in 1999; however, the same year also saw the first of a series of Christmas specials, which continued annually until 2011, which have been contested by teams of shepherds from the four nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, in the three categories of Singles, Brace and Young Handlers. Dermody has remained as a commentator ever since. The main hosts have been Clarissa Dickson Wright, followed by Ben Fogle with co-host Shauna Lowry, and Kate Humble. Matt Baker joined the programme as a co-commentator in 2006, and additionally became the main host in 2011. In 2012, the show was broadcast in two parts in September, and Baker was joined as a main presenter by Michaela Strachan. In July 2013, it was announced that One Man and His Dog is to have a new home on BBC One, as part of rural affairs show Countryfile.

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Cast

Clarissa Dickson Wright

Clarissa Dickson Wright

Ben Fogle

Ben Fogle

Shauna Lowry

Seasons

E1Series 1, Episode 1

35m

Feb 17, 1976

E2Series 1, Episode 2

35m

Feb 24, 1976

E3Series 1, Episode 3

35m

Mar 2, 1976

E4Series 1, Episode 4

35m

Mar 9, 1976

E5Series 1, Episode 5

35m

Mar 16, 1976

E6Series 1, Episode 6

35m

Mar 23, 1976

E7Series 1, Episode 7

35m

Mar 30, 1976

E8Series 1, Final

35m

Apr 6, 1976

E1Series 2, Episode 1

35m

Jan 12, 1977

E2Series 2, Episode 2

35m

Jan 19, 1977

E3Series 2, Episode 3

35m

Jan 26, 1977

E4Series 2, Episode 4

35m

Feb 2, 1977

E5Series 2, Episode 5

35m

Feb 9, 1977

E6Series 2, Episode 6

35m

Feb 16, 1977

E7Series 2, Final

35m

Feb 23, 1977

E8Champion Of Champions

35m

Mar 2, 1977

E1Series 3, Episode 1

35m

Dec 29, 1977

E2Series 3, Episode 2

35m

Jan 5, 1978

E3Series 3, Episode 3

35m

Jan 12, 1978

E4Series 3, Episode 4

35m

Jan 19, 1978

E5Series 3, Episode 5

35m

Jan 26, 1978

E6Series 3, Episode 6

35m

Feb 2, 1978

E7Series 3, Final

35m

Feb 9, 1978

E8Supreme Champion, The Ultimate Prize

35m

Feb 16, 1978

E1Series 4, Episode 1

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Apr 17, 1980

E2Series 4, Episode 2

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Apr 24, 1980

E3Series 4, Episode 3

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May 1, 1980

E4Series 4, Episode 4

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May 8, 1980

E5Series 4, Episode 5

35m

May 15, 1980

E6Series 4, Episode 6

35m

May 22, 1980

E7Series 4, Final

35m

May 29, 1980

E1Series 5, Episode 1

35m

Mar 3, 1981

E2Series 5, Episode 2

35m

Mar 10, 1981

E3Series 5, Episode 3

35m

Mar 17, 1981

E4Series 5, Episode 4

35m

Mar 24, 1981

E5Series 5, Episode 5

35m

Mar 31, 1981

E6Series 5, Episode 6

35m

Apr 7, 1981

E7The Junior Championship

35m

Apr 14, 1981

E8Series 5, The Final

35m

Apr 21, 1981

E1Series 6, Episode 1

35m

Feb 2, 1982

E2Series 6, Episode 2

35m

Feb 9, 1982

E3Series 6, Episode 3

35m

Feb 16, 1982

E4Series 6, Episode 4

35m

Feb 23, 1982

E5Series 6, Episode 5

35m

Mar 2, 1982

E6Series 6, Episode 6

35m

Mar 9, 1982

E7The Junior Championships

35m

Mar 16, 1982

E8Series 6, The Final

35m

Mar 23, 1982

E1Series 7, Episode 1

35m

Jan 19, 1983

E2Series 7, Episode 2

35m

Jan 26, 1983

E3Series 7, Episode 3

35m

Feb 2, 1983

E4Series 7, Episode 4

35m

Feb 9, 1983

E5Series 7, Episode 5

35m

Feb 16, 1983

E6Series 7, Episode 6

35m

Feb 23, 1983

E7The Junior Championships

35m

Mar 2, 1983

E8Series 7, The Final

35m

Mar 9, 1983

E1Series 8, Episode 1

35m

May 8, 1984

E2Series 8, Episode 2

35m

May 15, 1984

E3Series 8, Episode 3

35m

May 29, 1984

E4Series 8, Episode 4

35m

Jun 5, 1984

E5Series 8, Episode 5

35m

Jun 12, 1984

E6Series 8, Episode 6

35m

Jun 19, 1984

E8The Junior Championships 1984

35m

Jun 26, 1984

E9Series 8, The Finals

35m

Jul 3, 1984

E1Series 9, Episode 1

35m

May 10, 1985

E2Series 9, Episode 2

35m

May 17, 1985

E3Series 9, Episode 3

35m

May 24, 1985

E4Series 9, Episode 4

35m

May 31, 1985

E5Series 9, Episode 5

35m

Jun 14, 1985

E6Series 9, Episode 6

35m

Jun 21, 1985

E7The Junior Championships 1985

35m

Jun 28, 1985

E8Series 9, The Final

35m

Jul 5, 1985

E1Series 10, Episode 1

35m

Feb 21, 1986

E2Series 10, Episode 2

35m

Feb 28, 1986

E3Series 10, Episode 3

35m

Mar 7, 1986

E4Series 10, Episode 4

35m

Mar 14, 1986

E5Series 10, Episode 5

35m

Mar 21, 1986

E7Series 10, Episode 6

35m

Apr 4, 1986

E8The Young Handlers' Championships 1986

35m

Apr 11, 1986

E9Series 10, The Final

35m

Apr 18, 1986

E1Series 11, Episode 1

35m

Feb 10, 1987

E2Series 11, Episode 2

35m

Feb 17, 1987

E3Series 11, Episode 3

35m

Feb 24, 1987

E4Series 11, Episode 4

35m

Mar 3, 1987

E5Series 11, Episode 5

35m

Mar 10, 1987

E6Series 11, Episode 6

35m

Mar 17, 1987

E7The Young Handlers' Championships 1987

35m

Mar 24, 1987

E8Series 11, The Final

35m

Mar 31, 1987

E1Series 12, Episode 1

35m

Mar 1, 1988

E2Series 12, Episode 2

35m

Mar 8, 1988

E3Series 12, Episode 3

35m

Mar 15, 1988

E4Series 12, Episode 4

35m

Mar 22, 1988

E5Series 12, Episode 5

35m

Mar 29, 1988

E6Series 12, Episode 6

35m

Apr 5, 1988

E7The Young Handlers' Championships 1988

35m

Apr 12, 1988

E8Series 12, The Final

35m

Apr 19, 1988

E1Series 13, Episode 1

35m

Jun 25, 1989

E2Series 13, Episode 2

35m

Jul 2, 1989

E3Series 13, Episode 3

35m

Jul 9, 1989

E4Series 13, Episode 4

35m

Jul 16, 1989

E5Series 13, Episode 5

35m

Jul 30, 1989

E6Series 13, Episode 6

35m

Aug 6, 1989

E7The Young Handlers' Championship 1989

35m

Aug 13, 1989

E8Series 13, The Final

35m

Aug 20, 1989

E1Series 14, Episode 1

35m

Jul 15, 1990

E2Series 14, Episode 2

35m

Jul 22, 1990

E3Series 14, Episode 3

35m

Jul 29, 1990

E4Series 14, Episode 4

35m

Aug 5, 1990

E5Series 14, Episode 5

35m

Aug 12, 1990

E6Series 14, Episode 6

35m

Aug 19, 1990

E7The Young Handlers' Championships 1990

35m

Aug 26, 1990

E8Series 14, The Final

35m

Sep 2, 1990

E1Series 15, Episode 1

35m

Jul 14, 1991

E2Series 15, Episode 2

35m

Jul 21, 1991

E3Series 15, Episode 3

35m

Jul 28, 1991

E4Series 15, Episode 4

35m

Aug 4, 1991

E5Series 15, Episode 5

35m

Aug 11, 1991

E6Series 15, Episode 6

35m

Aug 18, 1991

E7The Young Handlers' Championship 1991

35m

Aug 25, 1991

E8Series 15, The Final

35m

Sep 1, 1991

E1Series 16, Episode 1

35m

Aug 16, 1992

E2Series 16, Episode 2

35m

Aug 23, 1992

E3Series 16, Episode 3

35m

Aug 30, 1992

E4Series 16, Episode 4

35m

Sep 6, 1992

E5Series 16, Episode 5

35m

Sep 13, 1992

E6Series 16, Episode 6

35m

Sep 20, 1992

E7The Young Handlers' Championships 1992

35m

Sep 27, 1992

E8Series 16, The Final

35m

Oct 4, 1992

E1Series 17, Episode 1

35m

Oct 24, 1993

E2Series 17, Episode 2

35m

Oct 31, 1993

E3Series 17, Episode 3

35m

Nov 7, 1993

E4Series 17, Episode 4

35m

Nov 14, 1993

E5Series 17, Episode 5

35m

Nov 21, 1993

E6Series 17, Episode 6

35m

Nov 28, 1993

E7The Young Handlers' Championships 1993

35m

Dec 5, 1993

E8Series 17, The Final

35m

Dec 12, 1993

E1Series 18, Episode 1

35m

Sep 25, 1994

E2Series 18, Episode 2

35m

Oct 2, 1994

E3Series 18, Episode 3

35m

Oct 9, 1994

E4Series 18, Episode 4

35m

Oct 16, 1994

E5Series 18, Episode 5

35m

Oct 23, 1994

E6Series 18, Episode 6

35m

Oct 30, 1994

E7The Young Handlers' Championships 1994

35m

Nov 6, 1994

E8Series 18, Final

35m

Nov 13, 1994

E1Series 19, Episode 1

35m

Nov 11, 1995

E2Series 19, Episode 2

35m

Nov 18, 1995

E3Series 19, Episode 3

35m

Nov 25, 1995

E4Series 19, Episode 4

35m

Dec 2, 1995

E5Series 19, Episode 5

35m

Dec 9, 1995

E6Series 19, Episode 6

35m

Dec 16, 1995

E7The Young Handlers' Championships

35m

Jan 6, 1996

E8Series 19, The Final

35m

Jan 13, 1996

E1Series 20, Episode 1

35m

Sep 27, 1996

E2Series 20, Episode 2

35m

Oct 4, 1996

E3Series 20, Episode 3

35m

Oct 11, 1996

E4Series 20, Episode 4

35m

Oct 18, 1996

E5Series 20, Episode 5

35m

Oct 25, 1996

E6Series 20, Episode 6

35m

Nov 1, 1996

E7The Young Handlers' Championships 1996

35m

Nov 8, 1996

E8Series 20, The Final

35m

Nov 15, 1996

E1Series 21, Episode 1

35m

Jan 3, 1998

E2Series 21, Episode 2

35m

Jan 10, 1998

E3Series 21, Episode 3

35m

Jan 17, 1998

E4Series 21, Episode 4

35m

Jan 24, 1998

E5Series 21, Episode 5

35m

Jan 31, 1998

E6Series 21, Episode 6

35m

Feb 7, 1998

E7The Young Handlers' Championships

35m

Feb 14, 1998

E8Series 21, The Final

35m

Feb 21, 1998

E1Series 22, Episode 1

35m

Jan 2, 1999

E2Series 22, Episode 2

35m

Jan 9, 1999

E3Series 22, Episode 3

35m

Jan 16, 1999

E4Series 22, Episode 4

35m

Jan 23, 1999

E5Series 22, Episode 5

35m

Jan 30, 1999

E6Series 22, Episode 6

35m

Feb 6, 1999

E7Series 22, Episode 7

35m

Feb 13, 1999

E8Series 22, Episode 8

35m

Feb 20, 1999

E9Series 22, Episode 9

35m

Feb 27, 1999

E10Series 22, The Brace Final

35m

Mar 6, 1999

E11Series 22, The Singles Final

35m

Mar 13, 1999

E6The Heats 2004

35m

Dec 18, 2004

E7The 2004 Final

35m

Dec 19, 2004

E8The Heats 2005

35m

Dec 17, 2005

E9The 2005 Final

35m

Dec 17, 2005

E10The Heats 2006

35m

Dec 16, 2006

E11The 2006 Final

35m

Dec 17, 2006

E12The 2007 Championships

35m

Dec 22, 2007

E1The Heats 2008

35m

Dec 7, 2008

E22008 Championships

35m

Dec 14, 2008

E12009 Championships - 1

35m

Dec 15, 2009

E22009 Championships - 2

35m

Dec 15, 2009

E32009 Championships - 3

35m

Dec 16, 2009

E42009 Championships - 4

35m

Dec 18, 2009

E130 Years of One Man and His Dog

35m

Dec 10, 2011

Celebration of Over 30 Years of One Man and His Dog.

E2The Best of One Man and His Dog

35m

Dec 17, 2011

The Heats and Finals from One Man and His Dog

E3Heats and Finals

35m

Storyline

One Man and His Dog is a television series in the United Kingdom featuring sheepdog trials, originally presented by Phil Drabble, with commentary by Eric Halsall and, later, by Ray Ollerenshaw. In 1994, Robin Page replaced Drabble as the main presenter. Gus Dermody took over as commentator. At its peak, in the early 1980s, it attracted audiences in excess of eight million. The last regular series aired in 1999; however, the same year also saw the first of a series of Christmas specials, which continued annually until 2011, which have been contested by teams of shepherds from the four nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, in the three categories of Singles, Brace and Young Handlers. Dermody has remained as a commentator ever since. The main hosts have been Clarissa Dickson Wright, followed by Ben Fogle with co-host Shauna Lowry, and Kate Humble. Matt Baker joined the programme as a co-commentator in 2006, and additionally became the main host in 2011. In 2012, the show was broadcast in two parts in September, and Baker was joined as a main presenter by Michaela Strachan. In July 2013, it was announced that One Man and His Dog is to have a new home on BBC One, as part of rural affairs show Countryfile.

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