Delayed by the very pandemic that the nation’s grandfather warned about in his last documentary programme Extinction: The Facts, David Attenborough’s self-professed ‘witness statement’ is an essential watch. Using the familiar beautiful sights of Blue Planet and Planet Earth, along with archive footage of Mr Attenborough’s adventures through the years, he uses his life as a case study for showing the drastic change in the world’s population, carbon output and wilderness.
In no way is this a “good old days” nostalgia trip that you can find on any middle-aged person’s Facebook page. It is a warning and a plea from someone who really knows the value of the natural world. The falling of the trees as they show the deforestation is almost akin to a Hollywood hero falling from a cliff.
He begins in Chernobyl, as an example of what we could face if humanity doesn’t change its ways. It is a wakeup call and it comes from one of the most trusted people in the UK. However, it is not all about the tragedy of the damage that has already been done (although there is plenty). Sir David sets out the steps that need to be taken in order to get the world back to where it was ninety-three years ago when he was born, and makes a compelling case for not letting this national treasure down.
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