Wildlife and environmental TV programmes have “failed wholeheartedly” in the past to spark action on the climate, biodiversity loss and the growing human population, Chris Packham has told an audience of TV executives. The Springwatch presenter said that although recent series had “turned a corner”, programme-makers must “shout more loudly” to tell the truth about environmental crises and call out politicians’ lies. “At this point in time, when it comes to environmental journalism, it is dangerous to lie because we have to tell the truth. He described recent environmental TV productions that used single-use plastic, where crew members flew home for weekends and where two camera operators flew to a location in a private jet. He told the audience: “You’re going to say it’s going to come with a cost, budgets are getting smaller.

Source: The Guardian January 21, 2020 22:52 UTC