About this season
Clare Balding and Sophie Morgan host coverage of Crufts, featuring live judging and highlights and a look at the serious side of dog breeding and ownership, with an emphasis on health and welfare.
Episodes (12)
1. 2025 Day 1 - Part 1
Aired 6 March 2025 • 47 min
Clare Balding presents live from the world's greatest dog show. There's breathless competition from the Flyball heats and hot-dog topics with Ed Jackson, Ellie Simmonds and the public.
2. 2025 Day 1 - Part 2
Aired 6 March 2025 • 45 min
Clare Balding presents live coverage from the 121st Crufts. The first Agility final is guaranteed to generate excitement. Plus: dancing and discipline softly collide in Heelwork to Music.
3. 2025 Day 1 - Part 3
Aired 6 March 2025 • 69 min
Clare Balding presents more live action from Crufts. The cheeky terriers face the judges first. Then it's the Hound Group - from the miniature dachshund to the enormous Irish wolfhound.
4. 2025 Day 2 - Part 1
Aired 7 March 2025 • 47 min
Clare Balding presents live coverage from Birmingham. The fast and the furriest kick off their campaigns in the Flyball. Ed Jackson hosts topical discussions surrounded by the NEC crowds.
5. 2025 Day 2 - Part 2
Aired 7 March 2025 • 49 min
Clare Balding presents further live coverage from Birmingham. Canine athletes of all shapes and sizes bob and weave over the obstacles of the Agility course. Plus: vulnerable breeds.
6. 2025 Day 2 - Part 3
Aired 7 March 2025 • 69 min
Clare Balding presents live coverage of the evening's judging. Utility Group dogs range from black-tongued chow chows to poodles. The Toy Group has the smallest dogs at Crufts... bless 'em.
7. 2025 Day 3 - Part 1
Aired 8 March 2025 • 94 min
Ed Lambert presents live from the world's best dog show. The large dogs show off their agility. And the fast and the furriest step up for the Flyball quarter-finals. Plus: canine health.
8. 2025 Day 3 - Part 2
Aired 8 March 2025 • 97 min
Clare Balding has further live coverage from the world's top dog show. The Large Agility and Flyball competitions continue. Plus: Young Kennel Club unleash their quick canines too.
9. 2025 Day 3 - Part 3
Aired 8 March 2025 • 95 min
Clare Balding presents as the road to Best in Show continues with the Gundog Group, and the ever-popular pointers and retrievers. Plus: Ellie Simmonds' Dog of the Day.
10. 2025 Day 4 - Part 1
Aired 9 March 2025 • 92 min
Ed Jackson presents live as the excitement builds towards Best in Show. Before that, the adrenaline flows as the Flyball hurtles to its conclusion. Who will take the title this year?
11. 2025 Day 4 - Part 2
Aired 9 March 2025 • 100 min
Clare Balding has continued coverage of the final afternoon. The pocket rockets cut quite a dash as they take on the Agility, culminating in live coverage of the Small and Medium finals.
12. 2025 Day 4 - Best in Show
Aired 9 March 2025 • 96 min
This is it! Who will be Crufts' top dog for 2025? Well, before that can be decided the Working and Pastoral Groups need to get judged. Then it's all about that prime pooch... Best in Show.