Give a Pet a Home

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Give a Pet a Home
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Genre Factual
Presented by Amanda Holden
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerMirella Breda
ProducersJason Campion
Laura Woolf
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyInitial
Original release
Network ITV
Release15 April (2015-04-15) 
20 May 2015 (2015-05-20)
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Give a Pet a Home is a factual British television show that was presented by Amanda Holden. The series aired for six episodes from 15 April until 20 May 2015. [1]

Contents

Format

The six-part series was filmed at an RSPCA animal centre in Birmingham. The show featured celebrities who, each week aimed to find a pet a new home. [2]

The series was fronted by Amanda Holden. She said: "I'm so delighted to be hosting this new series that will look into the amazing work the RSPCA do and hopefully we'll be able to find some much needed new homes for the pets featured on the show. I am just going to have to stop myself from taking them all home with me!" [3]

Celebrities

On 20 March 2015, the full celebrity line-up for Give a Pet a Home was revealed as: [4] [5]

Ratings

Official viewing figures are from BARB. [6]

EpisodeOriginal air dateViewers
(millions)
ITV weekly rank
115 April 2015 [7] 2.5020
222 April 2015 [8] 2.2521
329 April 20152.2525
46 May 20151.8730
513 May 20152.0127
620 May 20151.8827

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References

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