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12 January 2022

David Attenborough’s Green Planet is a necessary watch this January

The new series on plants from the veteran broadcaster is both a tonic for the wintry soul and a crucial lesson in humanity’s impact on the natural world.

By India Bourke

January. The glitter of Christmas is fading and the dark days bring a return, for many, to the isolating experience of home-working in a pandemic. Any joy felt at the brief bout of warm weather is tainted by fear of the climate change it signifies.

It can be easy to feel a little lost. Yet in the face of this dissolution arrives the latest documentary series from the seemingly inexhaustible David Attenborough: Green Planet. After the success of his series Blue Planet (2001) and Blue Planet II (2017), which explored marine wildlife up close, Green Planet turns to plants.

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