I also support the work of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, which has a phenomenal marine outreach and community science program. We chat to cast and crew to find out how it was adapted from book to TV series.

After graduating from Reed College and Stanford Law School and clerking for a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Alafair served as a Deputy District Attorney in Portland, Oregon, where she specialized in domestic violence offenses and also served as a liaison to the police department. We cannot conserve on a selective basis.

“A friend texted me one Monday morning saying I was in the papers. Is Hughes-Games being eased out to make the presenting team less white and help the BBC hit diversity targets? My professional work is not restricted to only ocean conservation. That’s where I would like to work.’”, She got her dream and today is as enthralled by the diversity of British countryside as that of her native Kenya, particularly those creatures she calls the underdogs (she once had an ant colony living at home with her and suggests we all pay more attention to the beauty of the common house spider). Not my finest hour. Her first novel, JUDGMENT CALLS, was set in the very office where she worked for several years, and was loosely based on elements drawn from multiple cases she encountered as a prosecutor. Favorite Documentary: “Planet of the Humans”- I know this documentary has been very controversial but I found it extremely interesting and worth watching. Alafair decided to write a novel when she realized that her own job was fertile ground for crime fiction. We round up the best TV and movies highlights coming to Netflix and available through your BT TV box in January and the rest of 2020. [Read more: All you need to know about Springwatch 2018]. Gillian Burke- Birth Age, Family. She is from the Seychelles, so I got to spend a lot of time exploring the Indian Ocean, and even now living in Cornwall I try to enjoy the beaches and the ocean as much as I can. We were one of only two or three black families in the whole of Vienna so it was a massive contrast for us. Your most memorable moment working in ocean conservation? The Winterwatch team (from left):  Martin Hughes-Games, Michaela Strachan and Chris Packham, Her ancestry is defined by the British Empire: her grandfathers are from Trinidad and Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) and grandmothers both from the Seychelles. Being better stewards of the ocean will come when we vote, lobby and demand for leadership that holds these as core values. You can unsubscribe at any time. It went on a bit.

My professional work is not restricted to only ocean conservation. But also I don’t. Talk to new BBC wildlife presenter Gillian Burke about diversity and you’ll most likely get a heartfelt piece of advocacy for the ladybird spider, the grass snake or the hermit crab.

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