DOGS WITH EXTRAORDINARY FRIENDS

Channel 5, 7pm

Who else does man’s best friend like to hang out with? With stories from across the globe, this series is a funny sweep through cute clips highlighting some of the most unlikely, implausible and ridiculous friendships.

There’s a dog wandering around with a tortoise for company, above, and Roscoe the hound dog, who is best friends with Suriya the orangutan. Suriya hugs him and drapes his arms around him. Roscoe seems to think Suriya is a human.

Elsewhere there’s two-legged Daschund Tink and his best friend, three-legged cat Henry. Owner Cathy says: “Human beings have made up this phrase, ‘They fight like cats and dogs’. Nobody sent the memo to Henry and Tink.”