One Man and His Dog

One Man and His Dog is a BBC television series in the United Kingdom featuring sheepdog trials, originally presented by Phil Drabble, with commentary by Eric Halsall and, later, by Ray Ollerenshaw. It was first aired on 17 February 1976 and continues today (since 2013) as a special annual edition of Countryfile. In 1994, Robin Page replaced Drabble as the main presenter. Gus Dermody took over as commentator until 2012.

One Man and His Dog
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30–60 minutes
Release
Original network
Original release17 February 1976 (1976-02-17) –
present
Related

At its peak, in the early 1980s, it attracted audiences in excess of eight million.[1]

History

The last regular series aired in 1999 on BBC Two; however, the same year also saw the first of a series of Christmas specials, which continued annually until 2011 and were contested by teams of shepherds from the four nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, in the three categories of Single, Brace and Young Handlers. The main hosts have been Clarissa Dickson Wright, followed by Ben Fogle (initially with co-host Shauna Lowry), and Kate Humble.

Matt Baker joined the programme as a co-commentator (alongside Dermody) in 2006, and additionally became the main host in 2011. In 2012, the show was broadcast in two parts (the first of which was shown live) in September, and Baker was joined as a main presenter by Michaela Strachan. Dermody remained as a commentator until 2012.

The BBC has continued to broadcast sheepdog trials in a standalone series on BBC Alba – the programme Farpaisean Chon-Chaorach[2] has covered the Scottish National Sheep Dog Trial, International Sheep Dog Trial and triennial World Trial in its 13 series since 2008.[3]

Cancellation and merger with Countryfile

In July 2013, it was announced that One Man and His Dog was to cease being a programme in its own right, but the competition would become part of the rural affairs show Countryfile[4] on BBC One.

The first broadcast within Countryfile was on 27 October 2013, presented by Baker (who also continued as co-commentator) and Julia Bradbury. The Brace round was discontinued. Dermody was credited in 2013 as a consultant to the programme, but was no longer one of the commentators (replaced by Andy Jackman). For the 2014 competition, broadcast within the 28 September edition of Countryfile,[5] Baker co-presented with Helen Skelton. The 2015 competition was broadcast on 27 September 2015 and presented by Baker and Ellie Harrison. The 2017 competition, presented by Baker and Charlotte Smith, was broadcast on 24 September 2017, and saw the reinstatement of the Brace round.[6]

Comedians Tim Vine and Kiri Pritchard-McLean competed in a special celebrity version entitled One Red Nose and Their Dog. Training footage featured in Countryfile on 6 March 2022, with the competition broadcast on Comic Relief night (18 March 2022).

The competition was held at Goodwood in 2023, presented by Adam Henson.[7]

Presenters and commentators

Transmissions

Main series
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
117 February 19766 April 19768
21 October 197619 November 19768
312 January 19772 March 19778
429 December 197716 February 19788
516 October 197827 October 19788
613 January 197924 February 19797
717 April 198029 May 19807
83 March 198121 April 19818
92 February 198223 March 19828
1019 January 19839 March 19838
118 May 19843 July 19848
1210 May 19855 July 19858
1321 February 198618 April 19868
1410 February 198731 March 19878
151 March 198819 April 19888
1625 June 198920 August 19898
1715 July 19902 September 19908
1814 July 19911 September 19918
1916 August 19924 October 19928
2031 October 199312 December 19937
2125 September 199413 November 19948
2211 November 199513 January 19968
2327 September 199615 November 19968
243 January 199821 February 19988
252 January 199913 March 199911

Specials
DateEntitle
27 December 1999[23]
29 December 2000[24]
29 December 2001[25]
28 December 2002[26]
27 December 2003[27]
18 December 2004[28]The Heats
19 December 2004[29]The Final
17 December 2005[30][31]The Heats
The Final
16 December 2006[32]The Heats
17 December 2006[33]The Final
22 December 2007[34]
7 December 2008[35]
14 December 2008[36]

Seasonal series
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
115 December 200918 December 20094
218 December 201019 December 20102
310 December 201117 December 20112
415 September 201222 September 20122

References
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  2. "BBC ALBA - Farpaisean Chon-Chaorach". BBC. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. "Farpaisean Chon-Chaorach: Episode 1, Series 1". BBC. 24 October 2008.
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  8. "All you need to know about... One Man and His Dog". Countryfile Magazine. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  9. "How Eric became top dog on TV show". Lancashire Telegraph. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  10. "Ray Ollerenshaw". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  11. "Columnist arrested over 'race' speech". BBC News. 20 November 2002. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  12. Hayward, Anthony (18 March 2014). "Obituary - Clarissa Dickson Wright: Broadcaster, cook and former barrister who found worldwide fame as one of television's 'Two Fat Ladies'". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022.
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  18. "One Man and His Dog Live! 2012". BBC iPlayer. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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  21. "Countryfile 2015". BBC iPlayer. 5 October 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  22. "Countryfile 2016". BBC iPlayer. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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