Animals at Work
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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.
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: 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[]
- 2000s Canadian children's television series
- 2000s British children's television series
- Television series about animals
- Canadian children's television show stubs
- United Kingdom television show stubs