What to watch
The Secret World of Posh Pets
Early on in this jaw-dropping documentary, we are informed that the prestige pet industry is worth close to £6billion. It seems like a ludicrous figure but as the episode progresses you come to understand why. The world is apparently full of people who think nothing of buying bundles of clothes and endless toys for their pets, who commission paintings of them and pay for manicures, and who even, in the case of Kentish entrepreneur Debi and her husband Bob, organise £4,000 weddings for them.
It’s hard to know whether to laugh, cry or shout in fury watching Debi’s pampered Chihuahua Honey get fitted for a miniature veil as her owner talks about wanting a “bling” wedding and discusses whether she can order a two-layer wedding cake with one layer for human consumption and the other made of food suitable for dogs. Yet behind all the madness, Debi does clearly love Honey and is she really harming anyone with her grandiose dreams? Elsewhere, hedgehog breeder Louisa shows off her adorable prickly pets, and we get an insight into the lucrative world of pet portraiture as artist Robert Clark explains the tricks of his trade. Sarah Hughes