Four documentary programmes by GERALD LEACH
1: Impact on Environment
Now and again the powerful technology that we use so easily produces unexpected reactions: nature kicks back. The obvious example was the quite unexpected build-up of persistent pesticides, but are there other problems that we are engineering for ourselves?
The programme has been prepared from conversations recorded with DR. ALEX COMFORT
PROFESSOR
Sir JOSEPH HUTCHINSON F.R.S. ,
DR. JOHN KENDREW F.R.S. ,
DR. PALMER NEWBOULD
PROFESSOR J. W. S. PRINGLE. F.R.S.
PROFESSOR JOHN MAYNARD SMITH
PROFESSOR W. H. THORPE F.R.S. ,
PROFESSOR C. H. WADDINGTON F.R.S. ,
Produced by Mick Rhodes
Second broadcast
Impact on Man: August 3