The Really Wild Show

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The Really Wild Show
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series19
2 (Roadshow)
No. of episodes218
19 (Roadshow)
31 (Special)
Production
Running timeapprox. 25 min.
Release
Original network BBC
CBBC
Original release21 January 1986 (1986-01-21) 
18 May 2006 (2006-05-18)
Related
Deadly (2009–)

The Really Wild Show is a long-running British television show about wildlife, broadcast by the BBC as part of their CBBC service to children. It also runs on Animal Planet in the US.

Contents

The show was broadcast each year from 21 January 1986. In April 2006 the BBC announced that the show would be axed that summer, and as such the last episode was shown in May 2006, giving the show a run of 20 years. [1]

However, in July 2017, it was announced that the BBC were in talks with Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan to bring the show back. [2]

The theme tune used was extracts taken from the start and end of the track ELLOVEE-EE by Tony Sherman.

Presenters

Presenters have included:

Table

YearMain Presenter(s)Co-host
1986Nicola DaviesTerry NutkinsChris Packham
N/A
1987
1988
1989
1990Sue Dawson
1991
1992
1993Howie WatkinsMichaela Strachan
1994
1995
1996Nick Baker
1997Chris Lambert
1998
1999
2000Janice Acquah
2001Dominic Wood
2002Eils Hewitt
2003
2004Steve Backshall
2005
2006

Transmission guide

SeriesNo. of editionsAired
1721 January 1986 – 4 March 1986
2930 December 1986 – 24 February 1987
395 January 1988 – 1 March 1988
41024 January 1989 – 28 March 1989
5813 February 1990 – 29 March 1990
6128 January 1993 – 2 April 1993
7125 January 1994 – 23 March 1994
8124 January 1995 – 22 March 1995
9104 January 1996 – 21 March 1996
10132 January 1997 – 27 March 1997
11136 January 1998 – 31 March 1998
12135 January 1999 – 30 March 1999
13114 January 2000 – 14 March 2000
14122 January 2001 – 20 March 2001
15135 April 2002 – 2 July 2002
161229 April 2003 – 15 July 2003
17136 April 2004 – 29 July 2004
18153 April 2005 – 3 July 2005
191524 April 2006 – 18 May 2006

The Really Wild Roadshow

SeriesNo. of editionsAired
1929 January 1991 – 26 March 1991
21028 January 1992 – 31 March 1992

Specials

EntitleDateSynopsis
The Really Wild Dinosaur Show27 December 1990
South Africa23 March 1994
Tigers Special5 April 1999
UK Wild 20002 January 2000From a hot air balloon Michaela encourages children on the UK to track, log and document wildlife, with reports from Nick Baker and Howie Watkins. The introduction sequence was changed from its normal show title to 'UK WILD 2000!'
Primates Special21 March 2000
Thai Elephant Special27 March 2001
Antarctica Special5 April 2002
China Bears Special2 January 2003
Circus Special22 July 2003
Reef Special6 July 2004Michaela goes to the exotic location of Malaysia where she takes a splash to investigate the coral reefs. As well as finding out what threatens this underwater paradise Michaela goes in search of hammerhead sharks.
Pride Special27 December 2004Michaela enjoys exclusive access to the set of Pride, a family film about a group of lions.
Tasmania Special10 July 2005Nick travels to Tasmania to check out a mystery disease that is threatening the future of the island's most famous animal, the Tasmanian Devil. He works with wildlife experts and scientists as they investigate the tragedy surrounding this creature and battle to save it from extinction.

Compilations

Awards

The programme has been nominated for several BAFTA awards, and won three:

Ratings (CBBC Channel)

Figures come from BARB [4]

Saturday 2 March 2002– 60,000 (7th most watched on CBBC that week)
Sunday 17 March 2002– 40,000 (9th most watched on CBBC that week)
Saturday 16 March 2002– 30,000 (10th most watched on CBBC that week)
Saturday 4 May 2002– 30,000 (4th most watched on CBBC that week)

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References

  1. "BBC to axe The Really Wild Show". BBC. 3 April 2006.
  2. Reporters, The Telegraph (10 July 2017). "Really Wild Show in talks to return with Michaela Strachan and Chris Packham". The Daily Telegraph.
  3. Originally called Nick Davies
  4. "BARB - Broadcasters Audience Research Board". barb.co.uk.