‘Nobody can hold a candle to it’: David Attenborough backs BBC’s nature shows

Presenter, whose series Mammals airs on Sunday, says broadcaster has changed opinions on conservation the world over

Sir David Attenborough has said the BBC's natural history programmes have helped world opinion change" about conservation, as his latest series, Mammals, highlights the damage overcrowded" game reserve tourism has on cheetahs - which he says we are in danger of loving to death".

In the same way Blue Planet II raised awareness of plastics, the six-part BBC One programme is likely to prompt questions about safari holidays through footage of large numbers of tourist-filled trucks chasing views of hunting cheetahs making a kill - which can often result in the animals leaving the meat and cubs dying.