Lost Dog, Found Dog with Clare Balding

In this live TV first, Clare rallies public support to help reunite lost dogs with their owners. Plus, Dr Amir Kahn discusses the importance of bonding with a new puppy.

Clare rallies the support of the British public to help reunite lost dogs with their owners. Plus daring dog rescues, and the facts and myths about microchipping.

Clare enlists more help in tracking down missing dogs. Dougie Vipond meets volunteers with clever techniques for finding missing canines. Plus, the tale of rescue dog Pip.

The presenter celebrates the unbreakable bond between people and their dogs, sharing emotional stories of missing pooches, their dramatic rescues and joyful reunions with their owners. This edition features the tale of spaniel Figgy, who fell over 300 feet down a cliff and survived, and the owner who resorted to desperate measures to bring back her beloved French bulldog Daisy.

Clare is given advice on the best places to find a dog, in particular older pooches. JB Gill follows the tale of a Hungarian vizsla that went missing for 11 days and required emergency surgery after being trapped in a dense hedge. Chloe Fuller meets Lulu, a Bichon Frise that was found as a stray, struggling to walk, and blind and deaf, but is now happily in her forever home with a retiree. And Rav Wilding reveals the latest way of protecting a dog - by storing their DNA profile.

Clare learns clever tricks for enticing a lost dog home. Storm Huntley learns how social media, TV appearances and the press were used to retrieve a stolen Border Terrier.

Clare shares advice for keeping your dog safe. Dougie Vipond meets a Jack Russell who changed her owner's life. And there's an exploration of dogs' powerful sense of smell.