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Producer(s)
  
Endemol

Original network
  
Channel 4

Final episode date
  
November 2002

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Starring
  
Wendy Turner Webster

Running time
  
30 mins

First episode date
  
January 1997

Network
  
Channel 4

Original release
  
January 1997 – November 2002

Nominations
  
National Television Award for Most Popular Daytime Programme

Similar
  
Barking Mad, Animal Rescue, Inside Nature's Giants, Auf Wiedersehen My Pet, Give a Pet a Home

Pet Rescue was a British daytime TV series broadcast on Channel 4. Launched in January 1997, it 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 - i.e.: 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 Animal Planet, National Geographic Wild, and DMAX. 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

    Pet Rescue (TV series) Wikipedia