Sky Kids is tackling climate change with a new live-action documentary called Save our Wildlife (28 minutes), which will premiere on the UK linear channel in October. 

Produced by London-based Fresh Start Media (My Life) and aimed at kids ages six and up, Save our Wildlife features renowned eight-year-old conservationist Aneeshwar Kunchala and five of his friends from all over the world explaining why some animal species are endangered—such as walruses, Bengal tigers and sea turtles—and what can be done to save them.

Kunchala, who’s already quite well-known in the UK from his YouTube videos (generating 400,000 views on his self-titled channel), is about to become more of a UK family-viewing mainstay. CBeebies and BBC iPlayer released a BBC Studios miniseries called Steve and Aneeshwar Go Wild this month in which he visits exotic creatures in zoos and parks with BBC biologist Steve Backshall.

Kunchala’s burgeoning popularity really took off when he very eloquently talked about climate change on America’s Got Talent: All Stars (pictured) in 2023. (A clip of this performance that was posted in January 2023 currently has more than 1.6 million views.)

“I’m so excited about this programme [Save our Wildlife] because seeing the problems caused by climate change for myself has made me even more determined to protect our planet’s wildlife,” Kunchala tells Kidscreen. “It’s humans who’ve put these animals at risk but we also have the power to save them from extinction.”