Getting to places like Bangkok or Singapore was a hell of a sweat. But when you got there it was the back of beyond. It was just a series of small tin sheds.

Suburban houses and tin sheds are often the objects of ridicule.

If I do a series or tapes for the States and it's sponsored by somebody for the public broadcast system, I am committed to going on tour around various stations.

London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything you want, really.

Dealing with global warming doesn't mean we have all got to suddenly stop breathing. Dealing with global warming means that we have to stop waste, and if you travel for no reason whatsoever, that is a waste.

I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work.