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Saving Planet Earth

Series 1

Episode 11: Live - Part 1 including Nick Knowles: Saving Orangutans

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorkshire

Alan Titchmarsh and Graham Norton present this fundraising culmination of the Saving Planet Earth season, live from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. Including musical performances from Natasha Bedingfield, Beverley Knight, Manic Street Preachers among others, special guest Sir David Attenborough and live links to some of the conservation projects from Saving Planet Earth. Plus, Nick Knowles heads into the heart of Borneo's rainforest to witness the plight of its native orang-utans as their forest home is cut down to make way for lucrative palm oil plantations. Nick meets Lone Droscher-Nielsen, who runs the Borneo Orang-utan Survival Foundation in Kalimantan which cares for the homeless and orphaned orangutans. Show less

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