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More than 1,000 students from England (and a few grown-ups) who were the first viewers of what Attenborough has called one of the most important documentaries of his seven-decade long career. The pupils, aged 8-18 and in uniforms of many shades, watched quietly, enthralled and at times horrified for the 95 minutes of the film. When it ended, they erupted in deafening cheers. Every time the applause seemed to be tailing off, the boy in front of me — about 10 years old — clapped even harder. The ocean has long “been overlooked in conversations about biodiversity loss and climate change”, says Jo Coumbe, communications director of Blue Marine, which helped organise the children’s attendance.
Read The Financial Times article here.
