Pet Rescue (TV series)

Pet Rescue (TV series)

Infobox British television
show_name = Pet Rescue


size = 206px
caption = Show logo
format = Animal welfare
runtime = 30mins
creator =
starring = Wendy Turner Webster
channel = Channel 4
first_aired = 1997
last_aired = 2003
num_series =
num_episodes =
producer = Endemol
related =

"Pet Rescue" was a daytime Channel 4 TV series, launched in January 1997 which chronicled various pets and animals being rescued, cared for and then either rehoused or returned to the wild.

Produced by Bazal Productions/Endemol for Channel 4, and with a theme tune penned by Simon May, it ran to a set format, which developed little over time:
* A central presenter
* A location, based around an RSPCA office
* A couple of 'show' stories which were intertwined, and reached conclusion within that show - ie: animal rehoused/released into wild
* A longer story about a particular animal, species or animal issue

The program closed with an "advert" for a particular animal which had spent a lot of time in a rescue home, which the public could call in to apply to rehouse. This later feature followed normal RSPCA rehousing procedures, and was not a "lottery".

Presenters included:
* Mark Evans
* Tris Payne
* Matthew Robertson
* Wendy Turner Webster
* Helen Page

Channel 4 axed the series in November 2002, shortly after it had reached its 1,000th episode. Repeats can now be seen on Discovery Animal Planet. [" [http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/listings/animal-planet/2008-04-08/12-30/ Animal Planet Pet Rescue] "] In 2005 Wendy Turner Webster re-recorded her voice over of the show, to keep viewers up to date with animals progress due to repeat airings.

References

External links

* [http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/features/c4/1997.htm First Running record]
* [http://www.thecustard.tv/news/news14.html TVCustard announce withdrawal from Channel4]
* [http://www.animalplanet.co.uk/_home/ Discovery Animal Planet]
* [http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/tv-programs/pet-rescue-bbc/383423/ Viewer review on DooYoo]
* [http://animalrescue.typepad.com/ IFAW's Animal Rescue Blog]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0840928/ Pet Rescue at IMDB]


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