Parrot Fashion
Narrated by David Attenborough.
Alexander the Great, the Duchess of Richmond, Ernest Hemingway and Long John Silver - what do they have in common? All of them, in fact or fiction, were parrot fanciers.
Today the passion for parrots is stronger than ever. Pet parrots, performing parrots, talking parrots - when they're sharing our lives we treat them as honorary humans. But when we invade their territories we leave many of them perched on the edge of extinction. The fashion for parrots may give pleasure to a lot of people, but what does it do for the parrots?
Photography BARRIE BRITTON ,
TIM JOHNSON , MARTIN SAUNDERS Film editor TIM COOPE
Written and produced by NEIL NIGHTINGALE
Series producer DILYS BREESE BBC Bristol
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