Absolutely Animals

Absolutely Animals is a television program that aired on Animal Planet and Channel 4 between 20 September 1995 and 11 August 1998.^[1] The show was presented by Dani Behr and was designed to cover current animal news stories for the time.^[2] The shows is considered Lost Media as no episodes of the original run have survived. However, online promos are available for viewing.^[3]

Absolutely Animals
Presented by	Dani Behr
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	34
Production
Producer	Mike Kavanagh
Running time	22-26 minutes
Production company	Hawkshead Productions
Original release
Network	Animal Planet Channel 4
Release	20 September 1995 (1995-09-20) – 11 August 1998 (1998-08-11)

Content

The show's debut season in 1995 featured four presenters: Dani Behr, Laurie Pike, Helen Richards, and Edward Whitley.^[4] In the show's 1996 season, it featured two presenters, Wendy Turner and Mark Evans. In every episode that season, Turner stopped by a Halewood, Liverpool, animal shelter run by RSPCA, while Evans met with indivdiuals who have difficult pets.^[5] At the animal shelter, Turner encounters a cat violent cat who previously had been abused as well as a person with asthma whose affliction worsens owing to her cats.^[6]

In a 1998 episode, Turner visited the United States to examine the conditions faced by rodeo animals.^[7] In several 1998 episodes, Turner conducted an examination into the international market for contraband tiger goods. She visited the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand.^[8]

Reception

The Guardian said in 1996 that through its interweaving of bleak updates from a shelter run by the RSPCA with dispatches from far-flung places, the show is "not as high up the cute-ometer as Animal Hospital, but certainly beats bird-watching with Bill Oddie".^[9] The newspaper stated in 1998 that Absolutely Animals "moves seamlessly from the hard edged to the cute and furry".^[10]