Saving Planet Earth Season 1, Episode 11: Nick Knowles: Saving Orang-Utans

Sharing Planet Earth

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?'

30 min

Will Young: Saving Gorrillas

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

30 min

Fiona Bruce: Saving Tigers

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

30 min

Edith Bowman: Saving Crocodiles

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.

30 min

Carol Thatcher: Saving Albatross

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.

30 min

Phil Tufnell: Saving Rhinos

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

30 min

Graham Norton: Saving Wolves

Graham Norton travles to Ethiopia to look for the endangered Ethiopian Wolf, at risk for extinction due to canine diseases.

30 min

Jack Osbourne: Saving Elephants

As the population of Africa rises, competition and tension between the wildlife and humans increases. Jack Osbourne goes to the African nation of Namibia in search of the elephant, brought back from extinction only to be threatened once again.

30 min

Tom Conti: Saving Wildcats

The turtle population of the world is declining by 150,000 every year due to egg poaching and fishing. Saira Khan goes to Sri Lanka to see what if anything can be done to solve this problem.

30 min

Nick Knowles: Saving Orangutans

As the rainforests of Borneo are being cut down to make room for palm oil plantations, the orangutans that call this place home are threatened. Nick Knowles goes to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation to see how homeless and orphaned orangutans are being taken care of and learns what can be done to save this animal.

30 min

Finale

30 min

Running Wild

30 min