Home
TV
Documentaries
Viewers praise David Attenborough's "terrifying" documentary Climate Change: The Facts

Viewers praise David Attenborough's "terrifying" documentary Climate Change: The Facts

The powerful BBC1 climate change film proved a wake-up call to some viewers

Sir David Attenborough wearing a green coat and looking into the distance.

BBC/Polly Alderton

Flora Carr

Published: Friday, 19 April 2019 at 10:09 am

Viewers have praised Sir David Attenborough's BBC1 documentary Climate Change: The Facts, which proved to be a "terrifying" wake-up call to some.

In one segment during the powerful climate change film, Attenborough stood in the idyllic-looking English countryside and addressed the viewer.

"In the 20 years since I first started talking about the impact of climate change on our world, conditions have changed far faster than I ever imagined," he said.

Want to see this content?

This page contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as Twitter may use cookies and other technologies. To view this content, choose 'Accept and continue' to allow Twitter and its required purposes.

Accept and continue

"It may sound frightening but the scientific evidence is, if we have not taken dramatic action within the next decade, we could face irreversible damage to the natural world and the collapse of our societies.

"We’re running out of time, but there is still hope."

The 92-year-old broadcaster was joined during the film by Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish schoolgirl who began the 'School Strikes for Climate'.

Viewers praised the film, with many referring to it as a "wake-up call".

Want to see this content?

Accept and continue

Want to see this content?

Accept and continue

"It's only when you watch programs such as this & see the changes in the planet that you realise just how vast the problem is," one viewer commented on Twitter.

Want to see this content?

Accept and continue

"#ClimateChangeTheFacts no need to watch a scary film tonight, absolutely terrifying," Emily Relton wrote.

Want to see this content?

Accept and continue

Want to see this content?

Accept and continue

Want to see this content?

Accept and continue

Climate Change: The Facts is available on BBC iPlayer

Authors

Flora CarrDrama Writer, RadioTimes.com

Get the Christmas double issue

Too much to watch at Christmas? Let Radio Times do the choosing to find something the whole family will enjoy.

Subscribe by 3 Dec