Pete Wicks has shared his surprising new career move after his stint on Strictly Come Dancing as he approaches the show’s semi-final.

Following his successful stint on the show, the former TOWIE star, 36, will launch a new TV show following him as he helps out at a dog’s home.

The new the four-part series will follow the highs and lows of rescuing and rehoming dogs and is set to hit screens on Tuesday January 7.

The heartwarming ‘dog-u-mentary’, called Pete Wicks: For Dogs Sake, and produced by BBC Studios Entertainment, follows Pete as he spends time at Dogs Trust in Basildon helping the charity to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome pooches.

Viewers will see Pete learn all about the running of Dogs Trust rehoming centres and watch him get involved in helping to weigh newborn puppies, witness life-saving surgery and even make the all-important ‘tea round’ for the hard-working staff and volunteers.

As well as Basildon, Pete visits the charity’s centres in Harefield West London, Leeds and Ballymena in Northern Ireland.

Pete Wicks, 36, has shared his surprising new career move as he launches a new TV show following the star helping to rehome rescue dogs

The new four-part show comes as the star has been making waves on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing with his professional partner Jowita Przystal

The heartwarming ‘dog-u-mentary’, called Pete Wicks: For Dogs Sake, and produced by BBC Studios Entertainment, follows Pete as he spends time at Dogs Trust in Basildon

Pete, who is an Ambassador for Dogs Trust, has supported the charity for many years and got his first rescue dog in 2008 when he was 19.

He also adopted his dog Eric from Dogs Trust in Basildon in 2016.

Pete said: ‘I’ve wanted to make a show like this for about ten years now. Dogs are central to my life, and I am incredibly passionate about animal welfare, so I am happy it’s filmed, edited and ready to put out to the world.

‘It’s hard for me to even call it a job because it hasn’t been a job at all, it’s just something that I really love. I hope the viewers get a real insight to the life and stories of these wonderful dogs, and the heroes and volunteers who care for them day in day out.’

Owen Sharp, CEO of Dogs Trust said: ‘We are so excited to have worked on this show with Pete and we can’t wait to watch it in the new year.

‘Pete really does go above and beyond to champion the work of Dogs Trust and makes sure more people know about the hard work that goes on behind the scenes of the charity’s rehoming centres.

Viewers will see Pete learn all about the running of Dogs Trust rehoming centres and watch him get involved in helping to weigh newborn puppies and witness life-saving surgery

As well as Basildon, Pete visits the charity’s centres in Harefield West London, Leeds and Ballymena in Northern Ireland

Pete, who is an Ambassador for Dogs Trust, has supported the charity for many years and got his first rescue dog in 2008 when he was 19

‘We have no doubt that this fantastic TV show will result in more people rehoming the dogs in our care and we cannot thank Pete, UKTV and BBC Studios enough.’

Pete’s new career move comes after the star has been turning his attention to the success of another reality star.

The Strictly Come Dancing competitor has been encouraging his fans to vote for his current flame Maura Higgins who is battling it out in I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!.

Pete Wicks made the very public declaration of love for Maura on Sunday after the Love Island star confirmed they were dating.

The former TOWIE star was seen kissing Maura, 34, a few weeks ago after cooling his romantic liaison with partner Jowita Przystal, 30.

And the following their PDA, Pete has urged viewers to vote for Maura with a funny meme of the bombshell on the ITV show.

Pete’s new career move comes after the star has been turning his attention to the success of another reality star – Maura Higgins, 34, who is currently in the I’m A Celebrity jungle

Pete captioned his post with: ‘I’ve been George of the Jungle but now it’s time to vote for Maura of the Jungle.

He also shared a voting link on his Stories for his 1.8m followers to click on to keep Maura in the jungle.

In the snap, which was originally posted on the show’s Instagram account, Maura could be seen having a hilarious conversation with her new pal Reverend Richard Coles, 62.