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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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Promotional image Genre Presented by Country of origin Original language(s) No. of episodes Nature documentary Telethon See episodes for detail United Kingdom English 11 Production Executive producer(s) Sara Ford

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1 Background 2 Episodes 2.1 1. Sharing Planet Earth 2.2 2. Saving Gorillas 2.3 3. Saving Tigers 2.4 4. Saving Crocodiles 2.5 5. Saving Albatross 2.6 6. Saving Rhinos 2.7 7. Saving Wolves 2.8 8. Saving Elephants 2.9 9. Saving Turtles 2.10 10. Saving Orangutans 2.11 11. Saving Planet Earth - Live 3 External links 4 References

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Paul Appleby Lucy Bowden 30 minutes BBC Natural History Unit Broadcast

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BBC One BBC Two CBBC 576i (16:9) Stereo 24 June 2007 – 6 July 2007 External links

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Website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/wild/)

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References: 1. ^ BBC Wild: History (http://www.bbc.co.uk/wild/about-us/history/) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saving_Planet_Earth&oldid=548021176" Categories: BBC television documentaries Documentary films about nature Environmental television This page was last modified on 31 March 2013 at 18:55. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Planet_Earth 4/4
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