Who is Britain's Favourite TV Pet?

Well, for all you dog lovers out there, it won't come as any surprise that four out of the top five of Britain's favourite TV pets are...dogs! Which is as it should be, to be honest! Cats - supposedly the UK's number one pet of choice - don't get a look in and even then it's a stuffed one who comes in at number six on this list! (Only teasing, even I know the power of Bagpuss....)

Anyway, Lassie romps home to the top spot, beating EastEnders' Wellard and seventies superstar, Shep from the children's programme Blue Peter. In fact, Blue Peter does well because Peter Purves' dog, Petra, comes in at number four and Golden Retriever, Goldie is number 10. Did you know that the first Petra met an unfortunate end and was replaced by an identical dog?

So, the full line up looks like this:

1 Lassie, 2 Wellard, 3 Shep, 4 Petra, 5 Skippy, 6 Bagpuss, 7 Garfield, 8 Bouncer, 9 Scooby Doo, 10 Goldie.

I'm glad Scooby Doo is on the list; what's not to love about Scooby? He definitely would have been the Mistress's number one choice (apart from me, obviously) but then I'm not on TV.

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