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The Dog Ate My Homework
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Genre
  • Children's
  • Panel game
Developed by
  • Victoria Coker
  • Ed Morrish
Directed by Pati Marr
Presented by
  • Iain Stirling (2014–2019)
  • Guest Presenters (2019–2020)
  • Lauren Layfield (2020-)
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–)
Composer(s) Syncbox
Country of origin Scotland
No. of series 7+1special
No. of episodes 50
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Sara Harkins (2014–2015, 2016–)
  • Yvonne Jennings (2016)
Producer(s)
  • Richard Grocock (2014)
  • David Noble (2014)
  • Margaret Anne Docherty (2014–2015)
  • Chris Hulme (2016–present)
Running time 28 minutes
Production company(s) CBBC Productions Scotland
Release
Original network CBBC
Picture format 1080i
Audio format Stereo
Original release 17 January 2014 (2014-01-17) – present

The Dog Ate My Homework is a fun British children's television series. It's a panel show where teams play games and do challenges. The show first started on January 17, 2014. It's made by CBBC Productions Scotland for CBBC.

The show has had different hosts over the years. Iain Stirling was the host from 2014 to 2019. After he left, different guest presenters took over for a while. Now, Lauren Layfield is the main host.

You'll also see some funny characters on the show. Chris Lawrence plays Mr. Smash, and Ian West plays The Dog. Stephanie Fulton and Susan Morrison also used to be on the show as other characters.

How the Show Works

The Dog Ate My Homework is all about friendly competition. Each episode features two teams. Each team has a CBBC star, a comedian, and a child. They play different games and challenges to earn gold stars.

The host, Iain Stirling (and later other presenters), decides when to give or take away gold stars. They often give stars for funny answers or clever ideas. The team with the most gold stars at the end of the show wins!

Series and Episodes

The show has had many exciting series and a special episode. Here's a quick look at how many episodes each series had and when they first aired:

Series Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
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 8 3 March 2019 15 April 2019
Series 7 8 24 November 2019 12 January 2020

Who Has Appeared on the Show?

Many famous faces from CBBC and the comedy world have been guests on The Dog Ate My Homework. Here are some of the people who have appeared multiple times:

Susan Calman, Dan Wright, and Dodge T. Dog are the only guests who have been on every series of the show. However, they didn't appear in the special Christmas episode. As of April 2019, Susan Calman hasn't been on the show since Series 4.

Many other celebrities have also made a single appearance as a guest on the show.

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