Friday 15 July 2016

Saving Planet Earth is a season ofnature documentaries with aconservation 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 fundraisingtelethon 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 HumbleChris Packham and Martin Hughes-Gamesand 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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