Animals at Work

Animals at Work, also called Frisky Business, is a British-Canadian children's television series presented by John Barrowman on CITV. CBBC from 2009 and for Series 3-4.,^[1]^[2] Discovery Channel, and Primo TV. Each episode features 3 or 4 animals in different parts of the world that do weird jobs.

Episode Transmission Dates:

Series 1 - 25 January 2005 to 19 April 2005 CITV on ITV1

Series 2 - 5 January 2006 to 30 March 2006 CITV on ITV1

Series 3 - 22 July 2010 to 7 October 2010 CBBC on BBC1

Series 4 - 9 June 2011 to 11 August 2011 CBBC on BBC1

Legal conflict[]

In 2012, Merrily Weisbord, who originated the show Dogs with Jobs, sued Cineflix and series producer Glen Salzman in Quebec Superior Court for $400,000 over Animals at Work. Weisbord alleged that the program was a knockoff or sequel of Dogs with Jobs, having the same structure and featuring at least 15 of the same dogs.^[3]

References[]

^ Barrowman to meet talented animals
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Swaby, Nickeesha (23 August 2012). "$400,000 Demand for Dog Show Sequel". Courthouse News Service. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

External links[]

Episode list

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[1] Barrowman to meet talented animals

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[swaby-3] Swaby, Nickeesha (23 August 2012). "$400,000 Demand for Dog Show Sequel". Courthouse News Service. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

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