BBC Daytime has commissioned Cineflix Productions UK to make Pet School and Claimers.

Pet School, which will air on CBBC, gets eight children, who are desperate to own a pet, face up to the daily reality of caring for an animal.

Claimers, meanwhile, is a fast-moving documentary series for BBC1 that uses secretly filmed footage, observational footage and interviews with insurance inspectors and the police to tell the stories of outrageous scams.

The executive producers for both series are Camilla Lewis and Nick Cory-Wright, with Suzy Davis series producing Claimers. Pet School is exec produced for the BBC by Kez Margrie, Executive Producer, Independents for CBBC.

Commenting on the commissions, Camilla Lewis, Managing Director of Cineflix Productions (UK) said: “CBBC have given us a fantastic opportunity to explore the perennial problem all parents and kids face about getting a pet:  will kids really be ready to take on the full commitment of pet ownership or do they just like the fantasy? (Both) Pet School and Claimers take on serious and important subjects and find new and entertaining ways to engage the widest audience.”

Pet School: clearly ignores advice never to work with animals or children. Anyone still abide by that maxim? Why not discuss at The Knowledge’;s facebook page?