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CHARMING Fred hosts new show ITV, 8.30pm

We joke that Paul O’Grady is like Doctor Dolittle, but animals really do seem to follow him about. In Delhi, there’s an 11-year-old black Labrador called Kaloo who takes a shine to Paul.

“He’s my kind of dog,” says Paul, who of course wants to take him home. “Do you how much the train fare would cost to get you to London?” he asks Kaloo, who is too elderly and ill to leave BBC2, 9pm

CHARISMATIC First Dates maitre d’ Fred Sirieix will entice you to watch this latest challenge-show format, with his irresistible French charm and sage advice.

Friendicoes shelter. Paul has to make do with giving Kaloo a spa treatment.

Also in tonight’s final instalment, staff are alarmed when a volunteer is bitten by an abandoned pup who has rabies.

Paul tries to help an anxious four-week-old street pup who may have been hit by a car.

And it’s Diwali, the festival of light, which sees Paul blessed by a priest and showered in marigold petals for luck. “I feel like I’ve just been part of something very special,” he says.