Yahoo Finance BBC One viewers left 'terrified' by Sir David Attenborough's new documentary Extinction: The Facts
BBC One viewers have been left 'terrified' and 'angry' by Sir David Attenborough's new documentary Extinction: The Facts.
The hour-long programme, which aired last night (13 September), saw the legendary natural historian and fellow experts investigate the devastating effects of climate change and habitat loss on wildlife and plant life, and how it's also impacting humanity and the planet.
Disturbing scenes saw Attenborough detail how a million different species are at risk of extinction due to the biodiversity crisis, which is also putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases like COVID-19.
"#ExtinctionTheFacts a painful, terrifying watch. Hard to draw any positive conclusions or hope from this catalogue of human failure. @BBCOne #ClimateChange Is it all too late?," Tweeted one viewer.
Another wrote: "Watching #ExtinctionTheFacts tonight and it's so infuriating how we're destroying the planet it's the only home we have..."
"Feeling despair, anger and responsibility whilst watching #ExtinctionTheFacts. How are we going to bring this back from the brink?" added another.
A fourth wrote: "A very tough watch. So many harrowing images. Who on earth would want to bring a child into this world with what is potentially waiting for them. #ExtinctionTheFacts."
Check out more of the reactions below.
Essential viewing #ExtinctionTheFacts https://t.co/lh44O9JHIa
— Chris Packham (@ChrisGPackham) September 13, 2020
Compulsory viewing, people, on BBC1 right now. #ExtinctionTheFacts
— Richard Coles (@RevRichardColes) September 13, 2020
Watching #ExtinctionTheFacts tonight and it's so infuriating how we're destroying the planet 😡😡 it's the only home we have...
— Megan O'Brien (@itsmobrien) September 13, 2020
#ExtinctionTheFacts a painful, terrifying watch. Hard to draw any positive conclusions or hope from this catalogue of human failure. @BBCOne #ClimateChange Is it all too late?
— miss_mouse (@alexecrawford) September 13, 2020
Feeling despair, anger and responsibility whilst watching #ExtinctionTheFacts
How are we going to bring this back from the brink?— Paul Walton (@entropic_paul) September 13, 2020
Blue line natural extinction rate.
Red line current extinction rate.
We did this. #ExtinctionTheFacts pic.twitter.com/oHoFD6nLmK— Jack Wallington (@jackwallington) September 13, 2020
David Attenborough is dedicating the final years of his life to campaigning to save the natural world. That alone should signal just how important it is #ExtinctionTheFacts
— Freya Barnes (@FreyaBarnes) September 13, 2020
While it all might seem like doom and gloom, the documentary did end on a hopeful note, as we revisited the forest slopes of the Virunga Volcanoes in Rwanda, where Attenborough had a memorable encounter with a group endangered mountain gorillas over four decades ago.
Back in 1978, there were just 250 of the gorillas left, but thanks to the conservation and protection of their habitat over the last forty years, their population now exceeds 1000.
"It just shows what we can achieve when we put our minds to it," said Attenborough.
"I do truly believe that, together, we can create a better future. I might not be here to see it, but if we make the right decisions at this critical moment, we can safeguard our planet's ecosystems, its extraordinary biodiversity and all its inhabitants.
"What happens next is up to every one of us."
Extinction: The Facts aired on BBC One.
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