Saving Planet Earth
| Saving Planet Earth | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Nature documentary Telethon |
| Presented by | See episodes for detail |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Sara Ford |
| Producers | Paul Appleby Lucy Bowden |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | BBC Natural History Unit |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One BBC Two CBBC |
| Release | 24 June – 6 July 2007 |
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.