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ITV expects Animal Births series

ITV in the UK has commissioned a series about animal births and has renewed a raft of shows from Shiver, the factual arm of its in-house studio.

Animal Births (6×60’) follows animal behaviourist Lucy Cooke as she becomes the birthing partner to expectant animal mothers as they go through labour, birth and then the crucial first few weeks as new mums.

Countrywise will return for a seventh season, accompanied by two 60-minute specials, Countrywise: Britain’s Wildest Places and Countrywise Winter Special.

Comedian Paul O’Grady will return to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home for the fourth season (8×30’) of Paul O’Grady’s For The Love of Dogs. The presenter will also be going back into the wild for the third 2×60’ run of Paul O’Grady’s Animal Orphans.

Meanwhile, ITV has commissioned a third season of cooking travel format Gino’s Italian Escape: Islands in the Sun (6×30’).

Mark Robinson, creative director of popular factual at Shiver, said: “It’s our aim to develop and grow Shiver’s popular factual division, and this collection of new series and recommissions is testament to this ambition, covering everything from the great British countryside to animals here and abroad and travelogues, all of which make ideal viewing for an early evening audience.”

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