LONDON' S PLEASANT PASTURES

FOR the final few weeks of summer 2020, I was granted access to the Royal Parks to film behind the scenes for a new documentary series on More 4 (from tonight, March 2, at 9pm). The pandemic has made filming wildlife incredibly challenging, so, as a natural-history filmmaker, I was very grateful that things finally started to open up. We would miss the blockbuster summer-flowering plants, but if the RHS Chelsea Flower Show could make a good go of it, then so could we.

To be honest, I hadn’t given much thought to the Royal Parks before; great for a picnic or a