Animal lover extraordinaire Paul O'Grady is back for more festive fun at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, ready to celebrate the season of goodwill by falling in love with a new group of adorable stray and abandoned pooches.

Paul is determined to bring some Christmas spirit to Battersea by helping more dogs find a new forever home.  He meets a Patterdale puppy called Pudding who undergoes a life changing operation, and a cross breed called Boo who has zero table manners due to his over excitement and enthusiasm. But is Paul the person to teach Boo some patience?!

Plus, Paul is reunited with Bella, an eight-year-old Beagle who was seen arriving at Battersea from a puppy farm in the Christmas 2018 episode. Bella went to a new home but is back at Battersea after the dog she lived with passed away and she couldn't cope. Now all she wants for Christmas is a new best friend…

Filled with laughter, uplifting and moving moments, Paul will be getting stuck in as always with feeding, walking and preparing festivities for the Battersea residents.

This week at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, Paul O'Grady helps a vocal and sound sensitive Staffie overcome his dislike of loud noises, and a Maine Coon cat who has got an extreme new makeover. Plus, Paul helps a lonely springer spaniel who's off her food to eat again.

At Battersea this week, Paul attempts to train an overly eager German Shepherd puppy who doesn't know how, or when to calm down, and has to gain the trust of a terrified West Highland Terrier who's too scared to even set foot on Battersea soil. Paul works his magic to help the petrified pooch come out of her shell and attempts to convince her to have a bath.

Paul O'Grady For the Love of Dogs returns to our screens as Paul heads back into Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to meet more of the canine residents who are looking for love, help, understanding and ultimately, a new home of their own.

Paul meets a gentle giant Great Dane who's looking for love, a feisty Dachshund whose enormous bark makes up for his compact stature, and a pair of bickering Lakeland Terrier buddies who need to be taught how to share and reign in their mischievous behaviour.  

Paul O'Grady For the Love of Dogs returns to our screens as Paul heads back into Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to meet more of the canine residents who are looking for love, help, understanding and ultimately, a new home of their own.

Paul O'Grady falls in love with a four-month-old shi-tzu with a serious health condition, helps a nervous pair of chihuahua's come out of their shell, and struggles to contain a boisterous mutt who doesn't know her own strength.

Paul O'Grady meets some beautiful dogs who are all still struggling to find a home.

He meets a gorgeous golden retriever with an incontinence problem and a boisterous border collie with a bad hip who needs Paul's help in the hydrotherapy centre.

He also calls in on a tiny pregnant mongrel, and spends time with an OAP Patterdale who just needs a bit of company in her twilight years.

This week, Paul meets dogs who really need him to go the extra mile in their quest to find a home, including an American Bulldog heartbroken to leave her owner and a pair of Shih Tzu sisters from a puppy farm, who need to learn all about domestic life.

He also meets a Staffie who's not keen on the ladies, and a stray who's been at Battersea for two years and is not a fan of kennel life but has a penchant for peanut butter.

This week at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, Paul O'Grady trains a lively beagle cross pup, and spends the day keeping a bichon company who's used to a busy home.

Plus, he helps a shell shocked old staffy who was left tied to the gates and subsequently gets caught up in an outbreak of parvo virus which all the Battersea staff battle to contain.

In episode two, Paul meets a dog that won't go near people, a dog that won't go for a walk and a dog who has been at Battersea for five months because she just won't calm down.

Staffie-cross Roxi is five years old but has the energy of a puppy. After attempting to take her on her daily walk, Paul says: "You need roller-skates on, you go 90 miles an hour!"

Paul tries some dog massage on Roxi to see if she will calm down long enough to meet a potential new owner…

Also this week, Paul meets Floyd, a rare West African Azawakh who is just a year old and very subdued and unhappy.  Paul gently tries to communicate with him through the bars of his kennel, but Floyd walks the other way. Not one to give up lightly, Paul is determined to lift his spirits:

"He is a beautiful dog isn't he? Floyd, come on fella…You're such a good boy. Shall we be pals? Shall we?"

In episode one, Paul meets two Maltese Terrier puppies who staff suspect may have come from a puppy farm in Romania, having been sold to a family in the UK for an eye-watering £4000. They were brought into Battersea after the family struggled to cope with looking after them.

Paul also meets a three-month-old Spaniel-cross who was taken to the Brands Hatch branch of Battersea by his owners. He is covered head-to-toe in mites and staff believe he might also be the result of puppy farming.

In this special episode, Paul returns to Battersea Dogs & Cats Home to see how staff coped during one of the most extraordinary and dramatic periods in its history - the Coronavirus pandemic. Before Battersea closes its doors to the public for the first time in 160 years, Paul spends one last day at the centre helping in whatever way he can, as the team goes all out against the clock to rehome more than 150 dogs and cats, puppies and kittens. Paul offers to foster a dog, but when he meets an adorable litter of puppies - and one crawls into his coat - can he hold his resolve, or will she become a permanent member of the O'Grady family?