Saving Planet Earth — Season 1, Episode 1: Sharing Planet Earth

Episode synopsis

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?'

About Saving Planet Earth

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.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Will Young: Saving Gorrillas
• E3Fiona Bruce: Saving Tigers
• E4Edith Bowman: Saving Crocodiles
• E5Carol Thatcher: Saving Albatross
• E6Phil Tufnell: Saving Rhinos
• E7Graham Norton: Saving Wolves
• E8Jack Osbourne: Saving Elephants
• E9Tom Conti: Saving Wildcats
• E10Nick Knowles: Saving Orangutans
• E11Nick Knowles: Saving Orang-Utans
• E12Finale
• E13Running Wild