The BBC nature presenter Chris Packham has joined hundreds of environmental activists in a mock funeral procession for nature to spotlight biodiversity loss in the…
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‘Greater and greater risk’ in reality TV tests media psychologists’ skills
The risk to reality TV participants’ mental health is increasing year on year as broadcasters and producers continue to push boundaries to make more interesting…
View More ‘Greater and greater risk’ in reality TV tests media psychologists’ skillsHow to spot a liar: 10 essential tells – from random laughter to copycat gestures
Twenty-two people in a castle, Claudia Winkleman hamming it up like crazy, a number of silly challenges, a chunk of money sitting at the centre,…
View More How to spot a liar: 10 essential tells – from random laughter to copycat gesturesWild at heart: Liz Bonnin’s mission to wake us up to the natural world
In April, Liz Bonnin returned from a three-month stint of island-hopping around the Caribbean in a surprisingly upbeat mood. The science and wildlife presenter, 47,…
View More Wild at heart: Liz Bonnin’s mission to wake us up to the natural world‘Call me chief priestess for the moon goddess’: space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Call me chief priestess for the moon goddess,” says Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock when I ask whether she prefers to be known as an astronomer, physicist…
View More ‘Call me chief priestess for the moon goddess’: space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-PocockA ‘whalecam’, seals v sharks and fish that play dead: it’s Planet Earth III
A detachable “whalecam”, remote underwater cameras operated from a director’s bedroom and a “drone ballet” are among the innovations that will be featured for the…
View More A ‘whalecam’, seals v sharks and fish that play dead: it’s Planet Earth III‘I can speak to millions. There’s a power to that’: naturalist Steve Backshall
Steve Backshall’s new book, Deep Blue: My Ocean Journeys, begins with a waltz beneath the waves off Vancouver Island off the coast of Canada. His…
View More ‘I can speak to millions. There’s a power to that’: naturalist Steve BackshallChris Packham: ‘I would lose my voice immediately if I went to prison for protesting’
The huge electric gates have cameras on them. When they open, numerous trees come into view – oak, ash, sweet chestnut, horse chestnut, cherry, beech.…
View More Chris Packham: ‘I would lose my voice immediately if I went to prison for protesting’‘I love misunderstood creatures’: Megan McCubbin on 20 species we must save – including humans
Megan McCubbin, 28, zoologist, conservationist and presenter of Springwatch – among other things – lives half the time in the Highlands with her boyfriend, wildlife…
View More ‘I love misunderstood creatures’: Megan McCubbin on 20 species we must save – including humansBBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of ‘rightwing backlash’
The BBC has decided not to broadcast an episode of Sir David Attenborough’s flagship new series on British wildlife because of fears its themes of…
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