''Animals at Work'', also called ''Frisky Business'', is a British-Canadian children's television series presented by John Barrowman on CITV. CBBC from 2009 and for Series 3-4.,

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel (known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery) is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channe ...

, and Primo TV. Each episode features 3 or 4 animals in different parts of the world that do weird jobs. Episode Transmission Dates: Series 1 - 25 January 2005 to 19 April 2005 CITV on ITV1 Series 2 - 5 January 2006 to 30 March 2006 CITV on ITV1 Series 3 - 22 July 2010 to 7 October 2010 CBBC on BBC1 Series 4 - 9 June 2011 to 11 August 2011 CBBC on BBC1

Legal conflict

In 2012,

Merrily Weisbord Merrily Weisbord is a Canadians, Canadian literary non-fiction writer, documentary screenwriter and broadcaster. Her 2010 book ''The Love Queen of Malabar'', a memoir of her longtime friendship with the late Indian writer Kamala Das, was a finalist ...

, who originated the show ''

Dogs with Jobs ''Dogs with Jobs'' is a Canadian documentary television series about working dogs and show dogs. Each half-hour episode consists of two to three segments on individual dogs from around the world. The family-friendly series has featured service ...

'', sued Cineflix and series producer Glen Salzman in

Quebec Superior Court The Superior Court of Quebec (french: Cour supérieure du Québec) is a superior trial court in the Province of Quebec, in Canada. It consists of 157 judges who are appointed by the federal government. Appeals from this court are taken to the Qu ...

for $400,000 over ''Animals at Work''. Weisbord alleged that the program was a

knockoff Counterfeit consumer goods (or counterfeit and fraudulent, suspect items - CFSI) are goods, often of inferior quality, made or sold under another's brand name without the brand owner's authorization. Sellers of such goods may infringe on eith ...

or sequel of ''Dogs with Jobs'', having the same structure and featuring at least 15 of the same dogs.

References

External links

Episode list
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