The Dog Ate My Homework


The Dog Ate My Homework is a British children's panel show hosted by Iain Stirling and stars Chris Lawrence as Mr Smash and Ian West, and previously Stephanie Fulton, as The Dog. The series previously starred Susan Morrison as a Dinner Lady and a School Nurse. The show is produced by CBBC Productions Scotland for CBBC that began on 17 January 2014. A panel of two celebrities and a child doing various games and tasks. Series 2 began on 23 January 2015, a Christmas special aired on 16 December 2015, series 3 began on 8 January 2016 and series 4 began on 4 November 2016. A fifth series will be filmed from 17 November to 10 December 2017. Series 6 was the first not to be aired on Fridays, with it airing from 2 February 2019 at 8.30am for 12 weeks. After this series, it was announced that Stirling was leaving the show. In series 7, four different presenters will host three episodes each. Hacker T. Dog was the first of these confirmed, Lauren Layfield was the second. Suzi Ruffell and Darren Harriott also presented three episodes each, and it was later announced that Layfield would host the show permanently from Series 8.

Format

The show features two teams, both with a CBBC star and comedian and a child. They compete in various games and tasks, and the winning team get a gold star. Stirling can take, or give, gold stars as whenever he wants. He usually gives them when an answer makes him laugh. Whoever Has The Most Gold Stars wins the game while the losers Will be in detention with Mr Smash.

Episodes

Series 1 (2014)

Series 2 (2015)

Christmas Special (2015)

Series 3 (2016)

Series 4 (2016-17)

Series 5 (2018)

Series 6 (2019)

Series 7 (2019-20)

Guest appearances

The following have all appeared multiple times as one of the guest panelists on the show.
11 appearances
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3 appearances
2 appearances
Susan Calman, Dan Wright and Dodge T. Dog are the only panelists to have featured in every series. However, none of them featured in the stand-alone Christmas special., Calman has not appeared in an episode of the show since Season 4.
The following have all made a single appearance as one of the guest panellists on the show: