News about Gordon Buchanan

David Attenborough isn't a fan. But the ten-minute 'making of' segments at the end of wildlife documentaries, though the purists disapprove, have become a favourite with millions of viewers. Big Cats 24/7 takes the concept and turns it into a whole series. Over six episodes, a supergroup of film-makers record themselves as they track lions, leopards and cheetahs in Botswana's Okavango Delta. The results are engrossing, whether it's the animals that interest you or the humans. Veteran cameraman Gordon Buchanan leads the unit, who are spread across the reserve with its floodplains, lagoons, grasslands and savannahs. Part of the fun of watching wildlife experts at work is marvelling at the dangers and privations they endure.

On BBC One, an exciting new documentary following six presenters who are passionate about the natural world is due to air. Chris Packham, Liz Bonnin, Steve Backshall, Gordon Buchanan, Ade Adepetan, and Ella Al-Shamahi will tour six different habitats around the world, with the hosts returning to chart pivotal shifts at a critical time in Earth history. In California, Greenland, the Maldives, Brazil, Kenya, and Cambodia, they will meet scientists and local conservationists who are trying to make a difference in California, Greenland, the Maldives, Kenya, and Cambodia as they investigate the planet's ecological dangers.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: The producers made the mistake of assuming that because she looks like a sweet little old lady, she must be a darling at heart. She was on her best behavior here, considering her words and her wind. However, she will not be cuddly or benevolent. At the bottom of your stack, she's as Christmassy as a mousetrap. Dickens' only concession to the holiday season was a fondness for him, and even then, she preferred the campaigning, political, and political aspects of his books to the bonhomie and good cheer. Nevertheless, she was able to capitalise on her opposition to sending six-year-olds down coal mines and to prosper this as a virtue-signalling device.