Pet Rescue (TV series)

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Pet Rescue
Format	Animal welfare
Starring	Wendy Turner Webster
Production
Producer(s)	Endemol
Running time	30mins
Broadcast
Original channel	Channel 4
Original run	1997 – 2003

Pet Rescue was a daytime Channel 4 TV series, launched in January 1997 which 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 - ie: 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:

Channel 4 axed the series in November 2002, shortly after it had reached its 1,000th episode. Repeats can now be seen on Discovery Animal Planet.^[1] 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.