The Underdog Show is a six-week television series presented byJulian Clary and his dog, Valerie. The series was produced by the independent production company Splash Media.[1]

The show onBBC2 featured celebritiesJulia Sawalha,Anton du Beke,Clive Anderson,Huey Morgan,Mishal Husain,Selina Scott,Kirsty Gallacher andTheo Paphitis pairing up with untrained rescue dogs for aCrufts-style competition. Every week, one duo was eliminated by a panel of three professional judgesKay Laurence,Annie Clayton andPeter Purves and the viewers via telephone voting. The outgoing dog being put up for adoption to find a new home with a viewer, although Theo, Kirsty, and Clive adopted the rescue dogs they were paired with.

Steve Mann of Alpha Dog training School was the successful trainer of eventual winners, Selina and Chump.Steve Mann, a full-time professional Dog Trainer is considered^{[by whom?]} one of the best dog trainers in the UK.

A spin off show onCBBC replaced the celebrities with eight children paired up with eight rescue dogs and eight professional dog trainers.

The numbers in brackets e.g. (8th) denote thefinal position the celebrity finished in,not the order they were eliminated.

A second series aired onLiving instead ofBBC Two. It was hosted byTara Palmer-Tomkinson andMark Durden-Smith.

Raef, Jason, Brian and Kevin all adopted the dogs that they were paired with.

The numbers in brackets e.g. (10th) denote thefinal position the celebrity finished in,not the order they were eliminated.

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