For the Love of Dogs

Paul meets some beautiful dogs who are all still struggling to find a home - two of the dogs have already been returned to Battersea once, and they just don't seem cut out for normal homes as they're so boisterous. Paul tries his best to help them find working homes, but will they make the cut?

Paul has his work cut out this time at Battersea as he meets an elderly Chihuahua with no end of ailments. He also helps a dangerously overweight beagle-basset hound cross lose some serious weight and tries to bring a nervous Labrador cross out of his shell over at Old Windsor.

The presenter goes rogue when he's asked to help bottle-feed a pair of week-old kittens who were found abandoned on a building site - and he discovers that not everything is as they seem with these two bundles of fur. Paul and Battersea Head Vet Shaun also visit one of the few homeless shelters in the country to accept dogs.

In the first episode, Alison meets a tiny three-week old pup who was thrown away in a bin, a boisterous terrier cross who needs to put his energy to good use and a spaniel with an eye problem who Alison quickly falls in love with.

As Alison feeds tiny pup Oscar, she says: "This is the best day of my life. Honestly, it takes me back to when I was a mum feeding my baby. How you could ever throw this away?"

Next Alison meets Nelly, a nine-year-old spaniel who was brought to Battersea after her owner fell ill and could no longer take care of her. Alison helps as Nelly has her eye medication before giving her a much-needed cuddle ahead of an impending operation.

Alison then heads out to the paddocks to meet a spaniel-terrier cross who has lots of energy and is hoping to get a job as a sniffer dog.