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Animal Planet (UK TV channel)
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Animal Planet is an television channel
in the United Kingdom
. The channel is dedicated to programming that highlights the relationship between humans and animal
s.
A one hour timeshift channel called Animal Planet +1 was launched in May 2001.
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The channel is dedicated to programming that highlights the relationship between humans and animal
Animal
Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and...
s.
A one hour timeshift channel called Animal Planet +1 was launched in May 2001.
Programming
Programmes shown on the channel include:- Animal Cops: Houston
- Animal Cops: Philadelphia
- Animal Cops: Phoenix
- Animal CrackersAnimal crackersAnimal crackers are a children's snackAnimal Crackers may also refer to:* Animal Crackers , the 1928 Broadway play by George S...
- Big Cat DiaryBig Cat DiaryBig Cat Diary, also known as Big Cat Week or Big Cat Live, is a long-running nature documentary series on BBC television which follows the lives of African big cats in Kenya's Maasai Mara. The first series, broadcast on BBC One in 1996, was developed and jointly produced by Keith Scholey, who would...
- Meerkat ManorMeerkat ManorMeerkat Manor is a British television programme produced by Oxford Scientific Films for Animal Planet International that premiered in September 2005 and ran for four series until its cancellation in August 2008...
- Monkey Life
- Monsters Inside MeMonsters Inside MeMonsters Inside Me is a television documentary series about parasites that live on or, in many cases, inside the human body.-Summary:Each episode has dramatizations that show illnesses caused by parasitic infection. Once the parasites have been identified, their life cycles are illustrated...
- Orangutan IslandOrangutan IslandOrangutan Island is a documentary television series, in the style of the hugely successful series Meerkat Manor, that blends more traditional documentary filming with dramatic narration. The series was produced by NHNZ with creator Judith Curran also acting as the series producer...
- The Planet's Funniest AnimalsThe Planet's Funniest AnimalsThe Planet's Funniest Animals is a United States television program featured on the Animal Planet cable channel.-Background:Following a similar format as America's Funniest Home Videos and others, the program shows a series of home movies on video submitted by viewers featuring humorous and odd...
- Untamed & Uncut
- Wildlife SOSWildlife SOSWildlife SOS is a TV show on Animal Planet, based in the UK's Wildlife Aid in Leatherhead, Surrey. The show has been running since 1996 and produced by Simon Cowell's Wild Productions. And can be found on Animal planet, Dmax and Five It is run almost completely by volunteers...
- Wild EuropeEurope: A Natural HistoryEurope: A Natural History is a four-part BBC nature documentary series which looks at the events which have shaped the natural history and wildlife of the European continent over the past three billion years. It debuted on UK television on BBC Four in February 2005, and was repeated on BBC Two in...
- Up Close and DangerousUp Close and DangerousUp Close and Dangerous is a half-hour series, produced by NHNZ Ltd. and aired on Animal Planet, profiling each episode three wildlife photographers and their dangerous encounters in filming wild animals....