Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Animal Airport (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. ✗ plicit  11:07, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

Animal Airport
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Couldn't find any more sourcing beyond what's already here. Somehow survived AFD back in 2005 Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 19:03, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 19:03, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:33, 28 May 2022 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.  The article notes: "Icon Films’ observational doc series Animal Airport has found a new home at Channel 4 after Discovery passed on a recommission. Launched on Animal Planet UK in 2012 and running for two series, the show will now air on More 4. The 13X60 minute third series will follow the daily challenges faced by staff at Heathrow’s Animal Reception Centre. ... The previous two series of Animal Airport sold to 95 countries around the world including Discovery US, Channel Seven in Australia and SBS Netherlands."  The article notes: "Animal Airport had me at "her dog is seized at passport control" in the tease. What's not to love? It's Airline, but supercharged with animals rather than stupid people shouting at check-in about late flights. It was always going to be an easy win in terms of pleasing me.  But it was a good watch due to more than just its subject matter, as the stories were strong and the drama just the right side of over-egging the pudding.  My only niggle was that the voice-over did too much of the -storytelling, rather than letting me watch the footage and get into the story. Perhaps a short edit and not enough filming on the ground necessitated such a large volume of voiceover. "  The article notes: "Animal Airport (C5) bothered to make a film about this. With cameras shoved just about everywhere bar the back-passage of a drug-smuggler in preceding Heathrow series, it was inevitable that the "Animal Reception Centre" would be last in line for more of TV's internal examinations. Sadly for C5, there was no camp Jeremy "character" waiting to be discovered, just a lot of men in overalls, cleaning up elephant dung. The director even set up a shot with a heron (supposed to appear spontaneously from a box as the voice-over said ..." Less significant coverage:  The article notes: "Animal Airport (Channel 5, 8.30pm): The last of the series and on this final trip to Heathrow's Airport Animal Reception Centre there is one very important guest arriving - James, a gelding who is a gift from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to the Queen. And there are also 1,500 tortoises from Uzbekistan - each one of which has to be counted carefully." <li> The article notes: "[REALITY] ANIMAL AIRPORT 7TWO / 7PM * * * Flying economy can be tough, but spare a thought for our four-legged friends who are doing it really tough, down below. This week a shipment of cats "hasn't travelled well", airport speak for miserable moggies who've been bounced about in boxes. A shipment of thirsty tortoises stop en route to Mexico, and a (not-so) miniature circus donkey is too big for the forklift."</li> <li> The article notes: "This week, an inspector tries to track down and detain a dog that may be carrying rabies. Two well-bred rams from New Zealand give the team the run-around, and after two years it’s finally time for the resident lemurs to head to their new home."</li> <li> The article notes: "Animal Airport’s cameras capture all of the behind- the-scenes action, following the ARC staff in the terminals and on the runways. This week, Ross is confronted by an angry bulldog, Sian is on duty to welcome a shipment of sheep from New Zealand and Chris has to repack some pea fowl which have arrived in terrible condition."</li> <li> The article notes: "ANIMAL AIRPORT CHANNEL 7, 8pm IF you were going to try to smuggle a tortoise through an airport, where would you put it? If you said inside your underpants then your animal guru features tonight on this UK reality show filmed at the animal leg of Heathrow Airport. The angry French bloke has ’fessed up to one tortoise in a box, but the officers know there’s a second one."</li> </ol></li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Animal Airport to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 05:31, 29 May 2022 (UTC) </li></ul>
 * Keep per the citations listed by Cunard. Donald D23   talk to me  17:52, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per Cunard. Iseult   Δx parlez moi 07:53, 5 June 2022 (UTC)


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