Charlotte Hawkins to calm pets during fireworks season on Classic FM

Classic FM’s weekend presenter and dog-lover, Charlotte Hawkins will host Pet Classics as it returns during fireworks season to calm anxious pets and their owners.

Now in its fifth year, Pet Classics will air on Friday and Saturday 4 & 5 November. Both shows will be run from 5pm, an hour earlier than last year, until 9pm.

Once again, the station is teaming up with the RSPCA to create the programmes and curate the music. Both shows will include dedications to listeners’ pets and advice from the RSPCA for any owners looking to reassure their animals.

Charlotte Hawkins said: “I am so thrilled to be hosting Pet Classics again this year, as it’s such a special show. I’ve seen first-hand from my dog just how difficult a time it can be for pets during the fireworks, but it’s amazing the difference relaxing music can have in helping to calm and soothe animals.

“We had such an overwhelming response to Pet Classics last year, it was so good seeing the impact the music made to pets up and down the country.

“We were sent photos of dogs, cats, birds, horses and even a chilled-out iguana… so I’m looking forward to people joining in again this year and sending me lots of photos of their calm pets!”

In addition to Pet Classics, Classic FM has created a playlist of peaceful classical music for pets, which is available on Global Player.