Episode 3
Chris Packham hosts as owners and their dogs compete. This episode's challenges are all designed to test the owners' ability to immerse themselves in their dog's world.
This physical and mental competition plays out in the Lake District where eight owners and their dogs compete together in a series of challenges - all in a bid to make it to the grand final. Only one pair can win but experts are on hand to help them all unlock the full potential of their partnerships. Chris Packham hosts and unveils the science behind the incredible bond between human and dog.
Owners hail from all over the UK and the canine competitors come in all shapes and sizes, from an energetic border terrier called Betty to a stoic labrador named Flapjack. This episode's challenges are all designed to test the owners' ability to immerse themselves in their dog's world.
The eight pairs are split into two groups, the reds and the yellows, and it's the yellows who have the first chance to score points in scent-based orienteering. Owners must use their navigation skills, allowing their dogs to sniff out buried cheese. For Josh, it's a great opportunity to see what labrador springer cross Doug is capable of, but there's no cheese for one dog when its owner gets thoroughly lost. The reds take on a woodland obstacle course where owners test the theory that dogs can learn just by looking.
The final challenge is an open water swim, and one pair blows the rest of the competition out the water. There are tears for others when they realise just how much their dogs mean to them.
Final scores reveal that while some are contenders for the final, others have too few points to stay in the contest.
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:01Nathaniel Rateliff
S.O.B.
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00:03Mike Posner
Jade
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00:03Izzy Bizu
Adam & Eve
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00:03Kongos
I Don't Mind
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00:04Bastille
Good Grief
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00:05Izzy Bizu
Adam & Eve
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00:05Rizzle Kicks
Happy That You're Here
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00:05Jagwar Ma
Batter Up
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00:08Formation
Young Ones
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00:09Youth Lagoon
Daydream
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00:12Clean Cut Kid
Pick Me Up
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00:14Clean Cut Kid
Pick Me Up
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00:15KT Tunstall
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
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00:16CHVRCHES
Empty Threat
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00:17CHVRCHES
Empty Threat
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00:20Beth Orton
Shopping Trolley
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00:20I Am Kloot
Fingerprints
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00:21I Am Kloot
Fingerprints
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00:21Kwabs
Wrong Or Right
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00:22Kwabs
Wrong Or Right
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00:24Bastille
Blame
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00:26Clean Cut Kid
Vitamin C
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00:26Tiggs da Author
Run (feat. Lady Leshurr)
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00:31Seinabo Sey
Hard Time
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00:31Seinabo Sey
Hard Time
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00:33Eugene McGuinness
I Drink Your Milkshake
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00:33Seinabo Sey
Hard Time
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00:35The Lumineers
Classy Girls
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00:37Kygo
Not Alone
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00:38Passenger
Everything
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00:38Foals
My Number
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00:39Skye and Ross
Light of Gold
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00:40Foals
My Number
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00:41José González
Cycling Trivialities
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00:42Kimberly Anne
Liar
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00:44Alice Jemima
Liquorice (Radio 1's Big Weekend 2016)
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00:44Grimes
Easily
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00:44Ed Sheeran
Bloodstream
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00:46Ed Sheeran & Rudimental
Bloodstream
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00:47Tiggs da Author
Georgia
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00:47Feeder
Eskimo
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00:50Midlake
Chasing After Deer
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00:51Jungle
Busy Earnin'
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00:53James Vincent McMorrow
Cavalier
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00:52Mystery Jets
On My Feet
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00:54Lykke Li
Heart Of Steel
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00:54James Arthur
Can I Be Him
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00:56James Arthur
Can I Be Him
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00:57Sia
Alive
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00:59Lissie
Together Or Apart
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Chris Packham |
| Dog Trainer and Behaviourist | Sian Ryan |
| Consultant | Emily Blackwell |
| Participant | Andrew Paterson |
| Participant | Antonia Pugh-Thomas |
| Participant | Colin Edwards |
| Participant | Daisy Cheng |
| Participant | Ellie Sheedy |
| Participant | Jake Binnington |
| Participant | Jennie Routley |
| Participant | Joshua Rice |
| Executive Producer | Cate Hall |
| Series Producer | Jeremy Daldry |
| Director | Barny Revill |
| Production Company | Wall to Wall Media |
| Production Company | Ten66 Television |
Competitors
Meet the four-legged contestants and their humans competing in this ultimate contest.
