The release of Ocean with David Attenborough is timed to not only coincide with the veteran broadcasters 99th birthday but also June’s United Nations Ocean Conference 2025 in Nice, France. If the world leaders attending the event need any reminder why they’re there a viewing of Attenborough’s powerful and thought-provoking documentary should give them food for thought.
Ocean with David Attenborough sees Attenborough uses his vast experience to explain how the ocean has changed beyond all recognition, and not for the good, since he first began his career over 70 years ago.
With a mixture of Attenborough’s infectious enthusiasm for his subject and stunning visuals we, the audience, are taken on a journey across the globe where Attenborough explains in the frankest of terms how mans plunder of the sea for ever dwindling stocks of fish are having a tragic effect on the ocean’s ecosystem.
From ripping up the ocean floor off the coast of Scotland in search a few scallops to fishing on an industrial scale in Antarctica what we witness on screen is as heartbreaking as it is stunning.
Thankfully Attenborough’s narrative isn’t all doom and gloom as in his words “we share some of those wonderful discoveries, uncover why our ocean is in such poor health, and, perhaps most importantly, show how it can be restored to health”.
Ocean with David Attenborough has undoubtably got an important message at its heart and for that reason alone it should be essential viewing for anyone that cares about the future of our planet.
