Although scheduled to initially film at the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home for six days, he stayed as a volunteer for six months.
[citation needed] Following O'Grady's death, the episode titled A Royal Special, which originally aired in December 2022, was repeated on ITV on 29 March 2023.
[citation needed] In October 2023, Battersea announced that they would be naming a new veterinary hospital after O'Grady, and a "tribute fund" set up in his honour would go towards "life-saving and transformative medical procedures" for dogs and cats which need specialist care and treatment.
The show has won two consecutive National Television Awards for 'Most Popular Factual Entertainment Programme' in 2013 and 2014.
In 2014, it was nominated for a third National Television Award, this time under the category 'Most Popular Factual Programme', but lost out to Gogglebox.