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Animal Planet (UK TV channel)

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Launched
  
1 September 1998

Founded
  
1998

Timeshift service
  
Animal Planet +1

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Owned by
  
Discovery Networks Northern Europe

Picture format
  
576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)

Audience share
  
0.12% 0.01% (+1) (September 2015 (2015-09), BARB)

Sister channel(s)
  
Discovery Channel Discovery HD Discovery History Discovery Home & Health Discovery Science Discovery Shed Discovery Turbo DMAX Investigation Discovery Quest TLC

Owner
  
Discovery Networks Northern Europe

Animal Planet is a television channel in the United Kingdom. The channel is dedicated to programming that highlights the relationship between humans and animals.

A one-hour timeshift channel called Animal Planet +1 was launched in May 2001. A high-definition simulcast called Animal Planet HD was launched on 27 February 2012.

Programming

Programmes shown on the channel include:

  • Animal Airport – a look at the operations of the Animal Reception Centre at Heathrow Airport
  • The Zoo – a behind-the-scenes show filmed at Dublin Zoo
  • Animal Safari – a behind-the-scenes look at the operation of Woburn Safari Park
  • Animal Cops: Houston
  • Animal Cops: Philadelphia
  • Animal Cops: Phoenix
  • Animal Crackers
  • Big Cat Diary
  • Bugs, Bites and Parasites: Tropical Diseases Uncovered
  • Dogs 101
  • Meerkat Manor
  • Monkey Life
  • Monsters Inside Me
  • My Cat From Hell
  • Orangutan Island
  • Shark Week
  • Tanked
  • The Planet's Funniest Animals
  • Treehouse Masters
  • Untamed & Uncut
  • Up Close and Dangerous
  • Wild Europe
  • Wildlife SOS
  • Extraordinary Dogs

    • References

    Animal Planet (UK TV channel) Wikipedia
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