Sunday 21 October 2007 9:00pm - 10:30pm on ITV1.

Kris Marshall (Sold, Love Actually, My Family), Georgia MacKenzie (Honest, Condemned, Murphy’s Law) and Diana Quick (Midsomer Murders, Poirot, Revengers Tragedy) star along side canine principals Archie the Fox Terrier and Klaus the Rottweiler in this feature length romcom which shows the lengths to which dog lovers, and lovers, will go.

Catwalk Dogs is the story of Sally (Georgia MacKenzie) and Michael (Kris Marshall) a couple who are ‘coping’ with the trauma of miscarriage. The day Michael brings home pedigree puppy Archie it changes their lives forever.

When Georgia Mackenzie realised she would have to work closely with a Rottweiler she had visions of a slobbering, growling beast. She was sorely mistaken.

“I didn’t realise how docile they could be. Klaus was like a teddy bear. He was one of those dogs who leans on you – he’d fall over if I walked away.”

Georgia laughs as she recalls: “No one actually asked me if I liked dogs when they offered me the role. The dog trainer told me she had once worked on a film about a little girl and her dog but she was allergic to dogs and no one had checked.

“Luckily I love dogs or it would have been a nightmare. Especially the times I had to smear cream cheese on my face so Archie would lick me. It was gross but if it meant we got the shot I was happy. We got most things down with the aid of sausages – the trainer Gill would be standing behind me with a piece of sausage and that was the only way Archie could gaze at me lovingly.”

“I’ve never actually owned a pet in my life – apart from a goldfish I got from a fair. I’ve never experienced an animal in the home but I did enjoy coming to work and hanging out with all these different breeds.

“I can’t say it made me want to start dog showing though. I watched a DVD of Crufts and it was quite scary. All the trimming, clipping and hair drying that goes on. These people are utterly focused.”