Report: Television must be braver in tackling climate change head on

Jessica Shankleman
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International Broadcasting Trust urges TV producers to tell the story of climate change through comedy or drama rather than just news

Two years ago Hugh's Fish Fight landed on our television screens with a thud, and helped transform both the way we understand our oceans and the EU's flagship fisheries policy. Catching more than two million...

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