Wildlife TV shows don’t help conservation, says Autumnwatch presenter

Martin Hughes-Games, of the BBC’s Spring, Autumn and Winterwatch, says series presents ‘a utopian world that bears no resemblance to the reality’

Autumnwatch presenters Martin Hughes-Games (L), Michaela Strachan and Chris Packham. Photograph: Jo Charlesworth/BBC NHU

Emma Howard 

Wildlife programmes have totally failed to have an impact on conservation, the presenter of some of the UK’s most popular natural history shows has said.

Martin Hughes-Games, presenter of the BBC’s Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch series, told the Guardian that they have instead created “a form of entertainment, a utopian world that bears no resemblance to the reality”. Read more.