ITV1 is to air a special tribute to Paul O'Grady who died suddenly this week aged 67.

For The Love Of Paul O’Grady will feature highlights from his career and interviews with those who knew him best.

It will be broadcast on Sunday, April 9 at 8pm.

A new series of O'Grady's for The Love of Dogs will start on April 13 on ITV1. In the first episode Paul falls head over heels with a gorgeous Newfoundland who needs major life changing surgery on her back legs. He meets a lab cross who’s totally obsessed with water and keeps flooding her kennel, and helps a terrified bichon frise, who was found wandering around a forest, become less scared of the world.

Paul O’Grady For The Love Of Dogs, Thursday, April 13, 8.30pm.

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