How do you follow My Octopus Teacher? With crocodiles, otters and a new book
Oscar-winning film-maker Craig Foster on his first octopus encounter, the price of fame and his new video book about the power of connecting with animals
April 2024
Chris Packham joins environmental activists in mock funeral procession
BBC nature presenter delivers eulogy at protest aimed at ‘scaring people a bit’ about the loss of biodiversity in the UK
March 2024
‘Nobody can hold a candle to it’: David Attenborough backs BBC’s nature shows
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: The Jury: Murder Trial; Things You Should Have Done; The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin and more – review
February 2024
TV review
Secret World of Sound With David Attenborough review – the lions sound like Chewbacca breaking wind
‘Total immersive obsession’: meet the man on a mission to record every bird in Ireland
December 2023
‘We are the entanglements’: exploring our relationship with trees
In a fascinating new HBO documentary, film-maker Irene Taylor examines how trees impact an ensemble of very different characters
October 2023
TV review
Life on Our Planet review – Morgan Freeman repeats the same cliches again and again
This CGI-fuelled nature series features such a hyperbolic voiceover from the Oscar winner that it can be hard to listen to. Particularly as it comes at the expense of facts
Chris Packham launches shoestring wildlife series on YouTube
Former Autumnwatch presenter describes 8 Out Of 10 Bats show as ‘the Sex Pistols of wildlife TV’
David Attenborough claims the amount of planetary space humanity takes up is ‘selfish’
Speaking ahead of Planet Earth III, broadcaster claims that we need to learn to show more restraint for the sake of nature
