They get a lot of fantasy, but they get very, very little clarity. Therefore people feel quite complacent, quite relaxed about the natural world. They feel when they watch these programs that everything is absolutely fine because that's what the programs give - the impression that there is no problem out there. How do you figure that is? MHG: That's because I think people are simply not aware of what is going on. HM: You go so far as to say in a piece in The Guardian that a show like this is actually a significant contributor to the planet wide extinction of wildlife. I fear this gives people a sense of complacency about what is really going on in the natural world, which is, of course, an appalling disaster right now. Hughes-Games, what is your biggest concern with the Planet Earth series? Martin Hughes-Games: My biggest concern is that it presents a kind of fantasy world, a utopia, where it's almost as if man has had no influence and tigers roam free in mighty jungles. (Martin Hughes-Games/Twitter) Helen Mann: Mr. Martin Hughes-Games thinks nature documentary series like BBC's "Planet Earth" should pay a conservation tax to fund programming that balances its "Disney" portrayal of nature.
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