the dog ate my homework iplayer

• Cast & crew

The Dog Ate My Homework

Add a plot in your language

• Iain Stirling
• Susan Calman
• 2 wins & 4 nominations total

Episodes 92

• Self - Presenter …

• Dinner Lady …

• All cast & crew
• Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

More like this

Did you know

• Trivia All entries contain spoilers

User reviews

• January 17, 2014 (United Kingdom)
• United Kingdom
• BBC Children's
• See more company credits at IMDbPro

Technical specs

• Runtime 28 minutes

Related news

Contribute to this page.

• See more gaps
• Learn more about contributing

More to explore

Recently viewed

Where Did The Phrase “The Dog Ate My Homework” Come From?

Dogs are known as man’s best friend. Dogs keep us safe, are hard workers … and can provide a handy excuse in a pinch. Maybe that’s why versions of the classic expression the dog ate my homework have been around for hundreds of years.

Today, the dog ate my homework is used as a stock example of the kind of silly excuses schoolchildren give for why their work isn’t finished. Very rarely do people say, “the dog ate my homework” and expect it to be taken literally; they use the expression as an example of a typically flimsy excuse.

So where did the phrase come from?

Forrest Wickman, a writer for Slate , describes the legend of the 6th-century Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise as the alleged first recorded “the dog ate my homework” story. According to the tale, Saint Ciarán had a tame young fox that would take his writings to his master for him. One day, the fox grew up and decided to eat the leather strap binding the writings together instead. Still, this tale is more Garden-of-Eden parable and less terrible schoolchild excuse.

The notion that dogs will eat just about anything, including paper, turns up in lots of stories over the centuries. An example comes from The Humors of Whist , published in 1808 in Sporting Magazine . In the story, the players are sitting around playing cards when one of them remarks that their companion would have lost the game had the dog not eaten the losing card. Good boy.

Some attribute the creation of the dog ate my homework to a joke that was going around at the beginning of the 20th century. In a tale found as far back as an 1894 memoir by Anglican priest Samuel Reynolds Hole, a preacher gives a shortened version of a sermon because a dog got into his study and ate some of the pages he had written. However, the clerk loved it because they had been wanting the preacher to shorten his sermons for years.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the first example of the dog ate my homework excuse in print can be found in a speech given by retiring headmaster James Bewsher in 1929 and published in the Manchester Guardian : “It is a long time since I have had the excuse about the dog tearing up the arithmetic homework.” The way this comment is phrased suggests that the whole dog ate my homework story had been around for some time before it was put in print.

When was the word homework created?

But in order for a dog to eat homework specifically, homework had to be invented (oh, and how we wish it hadn’t been). True, the word homework , as in what we call today housework , appears as early as 1653. But homework , as in school exercises to be done at home, isn’t found until 1852. Once we had homework , it was only a matter of time before the dog was accused of eating it.

How we use this phrase now

No matter the origin, sometime in the 1950s, the expression became set as the dog ate my homework . This inspired any number of riffs on the theme, like my cow ate my homework or my brother ate my homework . In the 1960s, the dog ate my homework continued to gain popularity. The expression popped up a couple times in politics over the years, like when President Reagan said to reporters in 1988, “I had hoped that we had marked the end of the ‘dog-ate-my-homework’ era of Congressional budgetry … but it was not to be.”

It seems unlikely that the dog ate my homework was ever used consistently or frequently by actual schoolchildren. In fact, it’s the unlikeliness of the story that makes it so funny and absurd as a joke. Instead, teachers and authority figures appear to have cited the dog ate my homework many times over the years as such a bad excuse they can’t believe students are really using it.

In the 21st century, students don’t spend as much time working with physical pen and paper as they once did. That may contribute to the decline in the use of the phrase. So, maybe soon we’ll see a new equally absurd phrase pop up. Come on Zoomers, you’ve got this.

WATCH: What's A Unique Homework Routine That Works?

Trending Words

Word Origins

[ uh - kyoo -m uh n, ak -y uh - ]

• By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy policies.
• Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

The Dog Ate My Homework

• TV panel show
• 2014 - 2021
• 97 episodes (8 series)

School-themed panel show for CBBC . Stars Lauren Layfield , Iain Stirling , Ian West , Reis Daniel , Chris Lawrence and more .

Series 1 (2014)

The programme launched in [y]2014[y/] with a 10 episode series.

Series 2 (2015)

Iain, Mr Smash and The Dog returned in 2015 . This series also featured a dinner lady.

Christmas Special (2015)

A festive episode, broadcast during Christmas 2015 .

Series 3 (2016)

A guide to the third series of the panel show, which featured 14 episodes.

Series 4 (2016 - 2017)

Series 4 began in November 2016 , running into early 2017 .

Series 5 (2018)

A series for early 2018 .

Series 6 (2019)

A first series for 2019 .

Series 7 (2019 - 2020)

Series 7 ran from late 2019 . This series was hosted by guest presenters.

Series 8 (2021)

Lauren Layfield takes over as host.

Share this page

Donate to british comedy guide.

Join us in our mission to support and promote British comedy across the decades.

Subscribe to our newsletters

Get all the latest news and information in your inbox, with our range of email newsletters to meet all interests.

Sam Alito's 'dog ate my homework' excuse for MAGA flag buried by CNN's Fareed Zakaria

C NN's Fareed Zakaria buried U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito for displaying a MAGA symbol outside his home in the days between the Jan. 6 insurrection and president Joe Biden's inauguration.

The conservative justice claims his wife flew an upside-down American flag, which some of the U.S. Capitol riots carried during the violent insurrection, in response to a neighbor's sign she found personally insulting, and Zakaria dismissed his explanation as absurd and insufficient.

"It's an odd defense," Zakaria said. "'My wife made me do it, my wife did it' – it feels a little bit like 'my dog ate my homework.' But more seriously, the damage is to the court's credibility. The court has always positioned itself as an independent institution, and chief justice [John] Roberts often tries to make the case that the judges are conservative or liberal with regard to jurisprudence, not the political spectrum. They don't take sides politically left and right, they think about the law and they might have various philosophies of law. Well, all that is upended by this brazenly partisan act. You can agree with it or disagree with it, but for a Supreme Court justice to be weighing in so publicly is, I think, deeply damaging to the court's credibility."

Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story.

READ MORE: 'She's a joke': Meet Marjorie Taylor Greene's election enemies

"Of course, Alito has been has behaved like this in the past," Zakaria added. "He's made flippant speeches and remarks that were nakedly partisan if you read – you don't even have to look at upside-down flags to see his political philosophy. His opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was almost medieval in its understanding of women's roles and women's rights."

Watch the video below or at this link .

05 17 2024 10 15 01 youtu.be

Recommended Links:

・ 'MAGA Supreme Court' targeted by new ad campaign: report

・ Judicial insider blows up Justice Alito's attempt to 'blame his wife' for latest scandal

・ MAGA symbol was visible on Samuel Alito's property as Supreme Court weighed election case

1555 Lakeside Drive, Oakland

Extra spacious rarely available courtyard facing unit at the Lakeside…

• Subscribe Now
• Digital Subscription

‘The Dog Ate My Constitution’

By GWYNNE DYER

2 September 2005

“AHMED, where’s your homework?” “. The dog ate it, Miss.

I had it all done, honest, but it was lying on the table this morning, and then the dog…” “That’s all right, dear.Take another week and give it to me next Monday.”The teachers in Iraq are not really so forgiving.The kids rarely have to write a whole constitution, but if they did, it would be in on time: Iraqi teachers don’t accept lame excuses, and they don’t give extensions.Whereas the Iraqi parliament and its American overlords are another story entirely.The new Iraqi constitution was due to be handed in by 15 August.Then there would be a referendum to ratify it on October 15, and new national elections to produce a somewhat more credible government for Iraq in December.Those deadlines were set by the US occupation authorities, who were desperately trying to create some “turning point” after which the country would stabilise and American casualties would start to fall.The appointment of an “interim Iraqi government” to replace direct US rule in June 2004 – the so-called “hand-over of sovereignty” – didn’t do the trick.Neither did last January’s elections (which were boycotted by the Sunni Arabs, the core of the resistance movement), nor the emergence of a more-or-less elected government in May after months of haggling.Now Washington’s hopes of a happy ending are pinned on the new constitution.”We don’t want any delays.Now’s the time to get to get on with it,” said US Defence Secretary Don Rumsfeld in late July, and Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, the president of the current version of an Iraqi government, promised the US ambassador: “There will be no delay.”But there was.The Kurds of northern Iraq and the Islamic religious parties who claim to represent the Shia Arabs of southern Iraq have agreed to turn the country into a federal state.That gives the Kurds control over their own area (and their own oil), and a better shot at breaking away to create their own country at some future time.Federalism also suits the Shia religious parties, since it gives them the rest of Iraq’s oil and effective freedom to impose Islamic law over most of Iraq.The big losers were the Sunni Arabs of central Iraq, the traditional ruling group, who would end up with no oil and permanent Shia domination.So they rejected the Kurdish-Shia draft, and the 15 August deadline arrived with no agreement.Did the National Assembly dissolve itself and call new elections? No, it just gave the drafting committee one more week to agree on a new constitution.Who could blame them if the dog had eaten their homework? President George W.Bush greeted this failure with his customary optimism: “I applaud the heroic efforts of the Iraqi negotiators…Their efforts are a tribute to democracy and an example that difficult problems can be resolved peacefully through debate, negotiation and compromise.”So another week of debate and negotiation passed, but no compromise emerged.Did the National Assembly dissolve itself on 22 July? No, of course not.The Kurdish and Shia Arab negotiators simply handed their joint draft over to the National Assembly as the final product.True, there was no consensus on its contents, but they insisted that technically the deadline had been met – and then they gave themselves three more days to work on extracting Sunni Arab consent to the contents.President Bush hailed this as an “amazing event” and declared: “It’s a very hopeful period.The Iraqi people are working hard to reach a consensus.”The last deadline expired on Thursday night, and of course the Sunni Arab representatives had still not budged on the issue of federalism.They would be dead men if they did, killed by their own people: “99 percent of Sunnis are unhappy (with the constitution),” explained Saleh al-Motlak, one of their chief negotiators.It now seems likely that the National Assembly will not even be asked to vote on the new constitution (the rules only said that it had to be “presented” to the legislators), in order to avoid exposing the depth of opposition to it among Sunnis and secular Shias.The referendum will be held on 15 October as arranged, but the outcome is unpredictable, as it fails if only three of Iraq’s eighteen provinces vote against the constitution by a two-thirds majority.Washington originally wrote that rule in order to give its Kurdish allies a veto, but it gives a similar veto to the four central provinces where Sunni Arabs are the overwhelming majority of the population.Even if the constitution is approved in the October referendum, the armed revolt among the Sunni Arabs will continue, because their concerns have essentially been ignored.By Tuesday of last week (23 August), President Bush sounded quite testy about that: “This talk about the Sunnis rising up.I mean the Sunnis have got to make a choice.Do they want to live in a society that’s free, or do they want to live in violence?” Unfortunately for him, the Sunni Arabs of Iraq have defined their choices rather differently, and the insurgency will continue regardless of any new constitution.* Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.”That’s all right, dear.Take another week and give it to me next Monday.”The teachers in Iraq are not really so forgiving.The kids rarely have to write a whole constitution, but if they did, it would be in on time: Iraqi teachers don’t accept lame excuses, and they don’t give extensions.Whereas the Iraqi parliament and its American overlords are another story entirely.The new Iraqi constitution was due to be handed in by 15 August.Then there would be a referendum to ratify it on October 15, and new national elections to produce a somewhat more credible government for Iraq in December.Those deadlines were set by the US occupation authorities, who were desperately trying to create some “turning point” after which the country would stabilise and American casualties would start to fall.The appointment of an “interim Iraqi government” to replace direct US rule in June 2004 – the so-called “hand-over of sovereignty” – didn’t do the trick.Neither did last January’s elections (which were boycotted by the Sunni Arabs, the core of the resistance movement), nor the emergence of a more-or-less elected government in May after months of haggling.Now Washington’s hopes of a happy ending are pinned on the new constitution.”We don’t want any delays.Now’s the time to get to get on with it,” said US Defence Secretary Don Rumsfeld in late July, and Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, the president of the current version of an Iraqi government, promised the US ambassador: “There will be no delay.”But there was.The Kurds of northern Iraq and the Islamic religious parties who claim to represent the Shia Arabs of southern Iraq have agreed to turn the country into a federal state.That gives the Kurds control over their own area (and their own oil), and a better shot at breaking away to create their own country at some future time.Federalism also suits the Shia religious parties, since it gives them the rest of Iraq’s oil and effective freedom to impose Islamic law over most of Iraq.The big losers were the Sunni Arabs of central Iraq, the traditional ruling group, who would end up with no oil and permanent Shia domination.So they rejected the Kurdish-Shia draft, and the 15 August deadline arrived with no agreement.Did the National Assembly dissolve itself and call new elections? No, it just gave the drafting committee one more week to agree on a new constitution.Who could blame them if the dog had eaten their homework? President George W.Bush greeted this failure with his customary optimism: “I applaud the heroic efforts of the Iraqi negotiators…Their efforts are a tribute to democracy and an example that difficult problems can be resolved peacefully through debate, negotiation and compromise.”So another week of debate and negotiation passed, but no compromise emerged.Did the National Assembly dissolve itself on 22 July? No, of course not.The Kurdish and Shia Arab negotiators simply handed their joint draft over to the National Assembly as the final product.T rue, there was no consensus on its contents, but they insisted that technically the deadline had been met – and then they gave themselves three more days to work on extracting Sunni Arab consent to the contents.President Bush hailed this as an “amazing event” and declared: “It’s a very hopeful period.The Iraqi people are working hard to reach a consensus.”The last deadline expired on Thursday night, and of course the Sunni Arab representatives had still not budged on the issue of federalism.They would be dead men if they did, killed by their own people: “99 percent of Sunnis are unhappy (with the constitution),” explained Saleh al-Motlak, one of their chief negotiators.It now seems likely that the National Assembly will not even be asked to vote on the new constitution (the rules only said that it had to be “presented” to the legislators), in order to avoid exposing the depth of opposition to it among Sunnis and secular Shias.The referendum will be held on 15 October as arranged, but the outcome is unpredictable, as it fails if only three of Iraq’s eighteen provinces vote against the constitution by a two-thirds majority.Washington originally wrote that rule in order to give its Kurdish allies a veto, but it gives a similar veto to the four central provinces where Sunni Arabs are the overwhelming majority of the population.Even if the constitution is approved in the October referendum, the armed revolt among the Sunni Arabs will continue, because their concerns have essentially been ignored.By Tuesday of last week (23 August), President Bush sounded quite testy about that: “This talk about the Sunnis rising up.I mean the Sunnis have got to make a choice.Do they want to live in a society that’s free, or do they want to live in violence?” Unfortunately for him, the Sunni Arabs of Iraq have defined their choices rather differently, and the insurgency will continue regardless of any new constitution.* Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Stay informed with The Namibian – your source for credible journalism. Get in-depth reporting and opinions for only N$85 a month . Invest in journalism, invest in democracy – Subscribe Now!

Trending Stories

Ohangwena education directorate moves into new offices, friends of drowned man recall last moments at beach, transnamib workers arrested for fuel theft, amupanda promoted to associate professor at unam, principal accused of misusing school funds, latest news.

Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory national service

As Trump trial hurtles towards verdict, are Americans paying attention?

Waterborne disease outbreak after Brazil floods kills four

Russian strike on Kharkiv supermarket kills 11

Customer Reviews

Gain efficiency with my essay writer. Hire us to write my essay for me with our best essay writing service!

Enhance your writing skills with the writers of penmypaper and avail the 20% flat discount, using the code ppfest20.

• Plagiarism report. .99
• High priority status .90
• Full text of sources +15%
• 1-Page summary .99
• Initial draft +20%
• Premium writer +.91

Emery Evans

Finished Papers

Once your essay writing help request has reached our writers, they will place bids. To make the best choice for your particular task, analyze the reviews, bio, and order statistics of our writers. Once you select your writer, put the needed funds on your balance and we'll get started.

Jam Operasional (09.00-17.00)

+62 813-1717-0136 (Corporate)                                      +62 812-4458-4482 (Recruitment)

• On-schedule delivery
• Compliance with the provided brief
• Chat with your helper
• Ongoing 24/7 support
• Real-time alerts
• Free revisions
• Free quality check
• Free title page
• Free bibliography
• Any citation style

• Admission/Application Essay
• Annotated Bibliography
• Argumentative Essay
• Book Report Review
• Dissertation

Once I Hire a Writer to Write My Essay, Is It Possible for Me to Monitor Their Progress?

Absolutely! Make an order to write my essay for me, and we will get an experienced paper writer to take on your task. When you set a deadline, some people choose to simply wait until the task is complete, but others choose a more hands-on process, utilizing the encrypted chat to contact their writer and ask for a draft or a progress update. On some occasions, your writer will be in contact with you if a detail from your order needs to be clarified. Good communication and monitoring is the key to making sure your work is as you expected, so don't be afraid to use the chat when you get someone to write my essay!

Some FAQs related to our essay writer service

Customer Reviews

• Individual approach
• Fraud protection

Deadlines can be scary while writing assignments, but with us, you are sure to feel more confident about both the quality of the draft as well as that of meeting the deadline while we write for you.

Finished Papers

Verification link has been re- sent to your email. Click the link to activate your account.

What is a good essay writing service?

Oddly enough, but many people still have not come across a quality service. A large number of users fall for deceivers who take their money without doing their job. And some still fulfill the agreements, but very badly.

A good essay writing service should first of all provide guarantees:

• confidentiality of personal information;
• for the terms of work;
• for the timely transfer of the text to the customer;
• for the previously agreed amount of money.

The company must have a polite support service that will competently advise the client, answer all questions and support until the end of the cooperation. Also, the team must get out of conflict situations correctly.

It is necessary to have several payment methods on the site to make it easier for the client to transfer money.

And of course, only highly qualified writers with a philological education should be present in the team, who will not make spelling and punctuation errors in the text, checking all the information and not stealing it from extraneous sites.

Check your email inbox for instructions from us on how to reset your password.

A professional essay writing service is an instrument for a student who’s pressed for time or who doesn’t speak English as a first language. However, in 2022 native English-speaking students in the U.S. become to use essay help more and more. Why is that so? Mainly, because academic assignments are too boring and time-consuming. Also, because having an essay writer on your team who’s ready to come to homework rescue saves a great deal of trouble. is one of the best new websites where you get help with your essays from dedicated academic writers for a reasonable price.

Niamh Chamberlain

Megan Sharp

Finished Papers

What Can You Help Me With?

No matter what assignment you need to get done, let it be math or English language, our essay writing service covers them all. Assignments take time, patience, and thorough in-depth knowledge. Are you worried you don't have everything it takes? Our writers will help with any kind of subject after receiving the requirements. One of the tasks we can take care of is research papers. They can take days if not weeks to complete. If you don't have the time for endless reading then contact our essay writing help online service. With EssayService stress-free academic success is a hand away. Another assignment we can take care of is a case study. Acing it requires good analytical skills. You'll need to hand pick specific information which in most cases isn't easy to find. Why waste your energy on this when they're so many exciting activities out there? Our writing help can also do your critical thinking essays. They aren't the easiest task to complete, but they're the perfect occasion to show your deep understanding of the subject through a lens of critical analysis. Hire our writer services to ace your review. Are you struggling with understanding your professors' directions when it comes to homework assignments? Hire professional writers with years of experience to earn a better grade and impress your parents. Send us the instructions, and your deadline, and you're good to go.

Amount to be Paid

Customer Reviews