Sky1 Spotlights Amazon Rainforest

LONDON: Sky1 HD and Sky1 have commissioned a one-hour documentary that features presenter Steve Jones and his two brothers on a trip to the Peruvian Amazon, while the new two-part Ross Kemp doc spotlights the Amazon regions of Brazil and Ecuador.

Tentatively titled Steve Jones and his Brothers: Great Amazon Adventure, the one-off special will air on April 21. Produced by Ginger Productions, the film will follow Jones and his brothers Jonathan and Chris as they embark on many adventurous activities in the rainforest.

The 2×1-hour project Ross Kemp: In the Amazon (working title) will look at the socio-economic and environmental pressures facing the Amazon regions in Brazil and Ecuador. The doc is set to air in April and features Kemp looking at the legacy of devastation created by a burgeoning global desire for energy, food and mineral resources.

Both projects form part of a lineup of programs commissioned by Sky1 and Sky1 HD, among other channels, to highlight the plight of the rainforests to be aired throughout April. In October 2009, Sky joined forces with its customers and WWF to launch Sky Rainforest Rescue, a three-year project to help save one billion trees in the state of Acre in northwest Brazil.