The BBC has hit back at claims that it pulled an episode of the new Sir David Attenborough series due to fears of a political backlash.
The first of five episodes of Wild Isles is set to begin on BBC One on Sunday evening and aims to showcase the natural wonders of the UK and Ireland, with parts of the first episode filmed in the Farne Islands on the Northumberland Coast. It has been funded by nature charities WWF and the RSPB with support from the Open University, and produced by Silverback Films, who are behind many landmark BBC nature shows.
However, Guardian article on Friday afternoon claimed that a sixth episode of the Wild Isles series, called Save Our Wild Isles, had been pulled to avoid criticism from Tory MPs and right-wing newspapers. A further instalment, Save Our Wild Isles, is to be broadcast on iPlayer in the future, showing the damage being wrought on our local wildlife and explores topics such as rewilding.
