Nature Isn't Positive In That

That People Will Object Very Much To Seeing A Predator Killing Its Prey, And Yet, In The News, Will Accept Showing Shots Of People Shooting One Another.

In The West, That's What's Happening. The Birth Rate Has Been Dropping Steadily And Still Is. But There Is Still A Vast Amount Of The World Where That's Not The Case. And That Is Where The Big Population Growth Is Taking Place.

I Had A Huge Advantage When I Started 50 Years Ago - My Job Was Secure. I Didn't Have To Promote Myself. These Days There's Far More Pressure To Make A Mark, So The Temptation Is To Make Adventure Television Or Personality Shows. I Hope The More Didactic Approach Won't Be Lost.

You've Got To Be Fairly Solemn [about The Environment]. I Mean The Mere Notion That There Are Three Times As Many People On Earth As There Were When I Started Making Television. How Can The Earth Accommodate Them? When People, Including Politicians, Set Their Faces Against Looking At The Consequences-it's Just Unbelievable That Anyone Could Ignore It.

I Mean, It Is An Extraordinary Thing That A Large Proportion Of Your Country And My Country, Of The Citizens, Never See A Wild Creature From Dawn 'til Dusk, Unless It's A Pigeon, Which Isn't Really Wild, Which Might Come And Settle Near Them.