Extinction: The Facts

Extinction: The Facts (2020)

With a million species at risk of extinction, Sir David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, threatening food and water security, undermining our ability to control our climate and even putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases.

Date of release
2020-09-13
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (21)
Runtime
58m
Genres
Documentary, TV Movie
Director
Charlotte Lathane

Casting

Interesting facts

Extinction: The Facts is a 2020 documentary film by the natural historian David Attenborough which aired on the BBC. It depicts the continuing sixth mass extinction, caused by humans, and the consequences of biodiversity loss and climate change. It also suggests positive action which can be taken to halt or reverse these effects. With a peak viewership of roughly 4.5 million on its premiere, the programme received positive critical reception.

Production

The programme is different to Attenborough's usual works in that it gives a warning, rather than depicting positive images of biodiversity. Bangor University conservation professor Julia Patricia Gordon Jones appeared in the documentary. She had previously worked with crew on the 2015 series Our Planet, but expressed frustration that footage of Madagascar forest fires were cut from the series.

The documentary is a follow-up to Attenborough's Climate Change – The Facts (2019). It premiered on 13 September 2020 on BBC One at 8 p.m. The audience peaked at an estimated 4.5 million viewers; BBC commissioner Jack Bootle reported that viewership rose by 600,000 over the course of the program.

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