{"id":21772,"date":"2024-07-25T11:20:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/pete-wicks-fronting-new-dog-doc-for-uw\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T11:20:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T15:20:27","slug":"pete-wicks-fronting-new-dog-doc-for-uw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/pete-wicks-fronting-new-dog-doc-for-uw\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Wicks Fronting New Dog Doc for U&#038;W"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TV star, podcaster and animal welfare advocate Pete Wicks is set to front <em>Pete Wicks: For Dogs\u2019 Sake<\/em> for UKTV\u2019s U&amp;W and U.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by BBC Studios Entertainment, the new docuseries will see Wicks work with Dogs Trust to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome vulnerable dogs. It will give viewers behind-the-scenes access to the everyday happenings of the U.K.\u2019s leading dog welfare charity.<\/p>\n<p>The series will air on U&amp;W and U later this year. It joins U&amp;W\u2019s factual entertainment roster, which includes <em>The Young Midwives of Essex<\/em>,<em> At Home with Katherine Ryan<\/em> and <em>Emma Willis: Delivering Babies<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who knows me knows that I prefer animals to people, so this show is a real passion project for me!\u201d Wicks said. \u201cWith two rescue dogs of my own, animal welfare is close to my heart, and I am super excited to be teaming up with U&amp;W for this amazing opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d be barking mad to turn down the opportunity to work with Pete Wicks and witness firsthand his passion for dogs and their welfare,\u201d said Helen Nightingale, head of factual and factual entertainment at UKTV. \u201cIt\u2019s a huge privilege being granted such unique access to Dogs Trust to see how the charity operates. I\u2019m delighted that BBC Studios Entertainment has brought us this exciting new series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so excited to welcome Pete Wicks and the Dogs Trust team to U&amp;W,\u201d added Adam Collings, U&amp;W channel director. \u201cThis heartwarming series sheds light on how hard these charities work to give vulnerable dogs a safe space and shows the incredibly popular Pete in a fresh, totally compassionate, and potentially unexpected way to our viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pete Ogden, executive producer for BBC Studios Entertainment, commented, \u201cPete and his love of dogs makes him the perfect guy to take us behind the scenes of this wonderful charity. We\u2019re thrilled to be shining a spotlight on what they do, and we can\u2019t wait for audiences to see the show.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV star, podcaster and animal welfare advocate Pete Wicks is set to front Pete Wicks: For Dogs\u2019 Sake for UKTV\u2019s U&#038;W and U.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[7733,6452,6825,9788,9789,9790,9744,9750,309],"class_list":["post-21772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-adam-collings","tag-bbc-studios-entertainment","tag-helen-nightingale","tag-pete-ogden","tag-pete-wicks","tag-pete-wicks-for-dogs-sake","tag-u","tag-uw","tag-uktv","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pete Wicks Fronting New Dog Doc for U&amp;W - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/pete-wicks-fronting-new-dog-doc-for-uw\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pete Wicks Fronting New Dog Doc for U&amp;W - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TV star, podcaster and animal welfare advocate Pete Wicks is set to front Pete Wicks: For Dogs\u2019 Sake for UKTV\u2019s U&amp;W and U.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/pete-wicks-fronting-new-dog-doc-for-uw\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-25T15:20:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-25T15:20:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/UKTV-PeteWicksForDogsSake-0724.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/pete-wicks-fronting-new-dog-doc-for-uw\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/pete-wicks-fronting-new-dog-doc-for-uw\/\",\"name\":\"Pete Wicks Fronting New Dog Doc for U&W - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-25T15:20:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-25T15:20:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/pete-wicks-fronting-new-dog-doc-for-uw\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/pete-wicks-fronting-new-dog-doc-for-uw\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/pete-wicks-fronting-new-dog-doc-for-uw\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pete Wicks Fronting New Dog Doc for U&#038;W\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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