Planet Relief

Planet Relief was a proposed BBC television special dealing with the issue of global warming, originally scheduled for broadcast in January 2008.

However, it was cancelled before it was broadcast, allegedly because the BBC was concerned that it would be "biased" towards promoting responses based on acceptance of mainstream climate change science.

The show, unlike previous BBC specials such as Comic Relief, was not planned to be a charity event, but to increase awareness, similar to Live Earth.

Author Mark Lynas said, "This decision shows a real poverty of understanding among senior BBC executives about the gravity of the situation we face.

"[1] Another critic, Friends of the Earth executive director Tony Juniper, said, "This is a very disappointing decision considering the huge potential for the BBC in helping us more quickly make the shift toward a low-carbon society.

Comedian Ricky Gervais is believed to have been one of the people involved with Planet Relief .