Sir David Attenborough has delivered a stark warning to humankind in the trailer for A Life On Our Planet (Picture: WWF)

Sir David Attenborough has issued a chilling warning about the future of the world in the trailer for his new film A Life On Our Planet.

The film, which is due to be broadcast in cinemas in April, sees the 93-year-old telling us that ‘our planet is headed for disaster’ as he reflects upon both the defining moments of his lifetime and the devastating changes he has seen.

It’s not the first time the acclaimed naturalist has been outspoken about climate change and the environment – having also focused on the issue in the 2019 documentary series Seven Worlds One Planet – which delivered some cold, hard truths about the suffering of habitats and species because of humankind’s actions.



But as one of the nation’s best-known champions of conservation and animal welfare, has Sir David also adopted a vegan lifestyle?


Is Sir David Attenborough a vegan or vegetarian?

Sir David revealed to the Radio Times in 2017 that he had ‘given up meat’, saying it was ‘not for ideological reasons, I just don’t care for it too much.’

Sir David revealed in an interview with Louis Theroux that he has become ‘increasingly vegetarian’ (Picture: WWF)

He added: ‘I do eat fish. Poor fish,’ and in a separate interview with Louis Theroux he revealed that his reasons for becoming ‘increasingly vegetarian’ were both for health and ethical reasons.

Although he wouldn’t label himself a vegetarian, Attenborough did tell the Radio Times back in April 2019 that he eats ‘very little meat at all’ these days, saying: ‘I’m not a vegetarian in the sense that I would actually throw up if I saw or touched a piece of meat, but I eat very little meat at all.

‘Poultry a bit, but mostly fish. And I think most people are doing the same. The world is moving towards a dependency on fish. And heaven help us, what we’re doing to the ocean at the same time; we are crippling its fertility. So it’s a very, very serious problem.’

What did he say about climate change in A Life on Our Planet?

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Sir David doesn’t mince words in the two-minute trailer for the new film as he highlights some of the biggest challenges facing life on earth and provides a snapshot of global nature loss in a single lifetime.

He does however offer some hope as he also provides the key solutions to help save the planet from doom.

‘I’ve had the most extraordinary life. It’s only now that I appreciate how extraordinary,’

‘The living world is a unique and spectacular marvel, yet the way we humans live on earth is sending it into a decline. Human beings have overrun the world.

‘We’re replacing the wild with the tame. This film is my witness statement and my vision for the future. The story of how we became to make this our greatest mistake and how, if we act now, we can yet put it right.’ ‘Our planet is headed for disaster,’ Sir David says frankly. ‘We need to learn to work with nature rather than against it and I’m going to tell you how.’

When is A Life On Our Planet released?

The film will be broadcast in cinemas on Thursday 16 April 2020, live from the world premiere at London’s Royal Albert Hall, where Sir David will be joined on stage by very special guests for a discussion of the issues raised in the film.



It will be released worldwide on Netflix in the Spring.

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