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Saving Planet Earth

  • 2007
  • Ended
  • Documentary · News
  • ~30m / ep
  • 1 season

Saving Planet Earth is a season of nature documentaries with a conservation theme, screened on BBC Television in 2007 to mark the 50th anniversary of its specialist factual department, the BBC Natural History Unit. The series featured films contributed by a number of celebrities on the plight of various endangered species, and coincided with the launch of the BBC Wildlife Fund, a charitable organisation which distributes money to conservation projects around the world. The television series culminated in a live fundraising telethon on BBC Two, hosted by Alan Titchmarsh, which raised over £1 million for the charity. The BBC broadcast a second live telethon in 2010. Wild Night In was presented by Kate Humble, Chris Packham and Martin Hughes-Games and featured conservation projects which had benefited from the support of the BBC Wildlife Fund. This helped to raise a further £1 million.

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  1. E1. Sharing Planet Earth

    Jun 24, 2007 · 30m

    David Attenborough asks: 'What does our over-consumption mean for the rest of life that shares Planet Earth? Can a growing human population still leave space for wildlife?'

  2. E2. Will Young: Saving Gorrillas

    Jun 25, 2007 · 30m

    Will Young makes an emotional journey into the heart of Africa, where he sees two very different sides of gorilla conservation.

  3. E3. Fiona Bruce: Saving Tigers

    Jun 26, 2007 · 30m

    Tiger populations are collapsing. Fiona discovers that it's time for a new idea that can secure tiger populations in India forever.

  4. E4. Edith Bowman: Saving Crocodiles

    Jun 27, 2007 · 30m

    Hunted for its skin, a rare Siamese crocodile thought to have been extinct has been discovered living in Cambodia. Edith Bowman travels there to see if this majestic animal can be saved.

  5. E5. Carol Thatcher: Saving Albatross

    Jun 28, 2007 · 30m

    On the Falkland Islands, over 100,0000 black-browed albatross' are caught and drown on fish hooks every year. Carol Thatcher travels there to see whether this animal can be saved from extinction.

  6. E6. Phil Tufnell: Saving Rhinos

    Jun 29, 2007 · 30m

    Phil Tufnell travels to the Indian province of Assam, home to 75% of the world's Indian rhinoceros population.

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Alan Titchmarsh