A rival TV producer has claimed Sir David Attenborough’s acclaimed second series of the BBC’s Planet Earth is a “disaster” because it does not show the damage humans are doing to the environment.
Despite Hughes-Games’ criticism, Sir David did plead for people to make greater efforts towards conservation.
The 60-year-old star said programmes like Planet Earth suggested to viewers that “if David Attenborough is still making these sorts of wonderful shows then it can’t be that bad, can it?”
In an article for The Observer, he said he had “the greatest admiration” for the team behind the programme but said it was “pure entertainment”. He said: “These programmes are still made as if this worldwide mass extinction is simply not happening.