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| Wildlife SOS | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Simon Cowell MBE Stephen Fry |
| Developed by | Jason Giberti Jim Incledon |
| Directed by | Jim Incledon |
| Presented by | Simon Cowell MBE |
| Narrated by | Simon Cowell MBE |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Simon Cowell Ben Kelly Mark Wild |
| Production locations | Wildlife Aid, Leatherhead, Surrey |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Face Productions Amatis Film & Television Productions Wild Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Animal Planet Channel 5 ITV London ITV Meridian |
| Release | 1996 – 2014 |
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Wildlife SOS is a British TV show which was presented by conservationist Simon Cowell.[1][2] The show was created for Channel 5, and appeared on Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel.[1] It is based in the UK's Wildlife Aid in Leatherhead, Surrey.
In 2014, the first made-for-web episodes of Wildlife SOS started to appear online, made by the Wildlife Aid Foundation. Throughout Wildlife SOS, in addition to 'special' episodes filmed at wildlife centres on the world, the main focus of the series has been on the work of staff and volunteers at the WAF wildlife centre in Surrey.
Wildlife SOS was produced by Wild Productions.[3] Five million people watched the show in 2009.[4] The show's final season aired from 7 April 2013 to 12 May 2013.[5] To produce 6.5 hours of the show that aired in 1999, the producers spent a full year and filmed for 200 hours.[6]
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- ^ "Media men who are pushing the centre into the public eye". Leatherhead Advertiser. 13 May 1999. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via Newspapers.com.