Saving Planet Earth — Season 1, Episode 9: Tom Conti: Saving Wildcats

Episode synopsis

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.

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

• E1Sharing Planet Earth
• 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
• E10Nick Knowles: Saving Orangutans
• E11Nick Knowles: Saving Orang-Utans
• E12Finale
• E13Running Wild