EP 37. Colin Butfield
A World Ocean Day Special
To mark World Ocean Day, this special episode of the Hell or High Water podcast dives into the heart of our blue planet with Colin Butfield - Executive Producer and Director of OCEAN, the latest landmark documentary from Sir David Attenborough.
05.06.2025
01:00:01
Hosted by Lawrence Stafford
Sound Design by John Sampson a.k.a CJ MIRRA
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Episode 37
Colin Butfield
A renowned environmental storyteller and former Executive Director at WWF, Colin shares the story behind the film and his mission to inspire global change. We explore the beauty, fragility, and power of the ocean and why protecting it may be the key to our planet’s future.
Photo by Olly Scholey
Photo by Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios / Olly Scholey
"We discovered how everything is connected ... so in that moment, when the first dredge sweeps across, you realise what's being destroyed."
- Colin Butfield
Photo by Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios / Olly Scholey
Photo by Olly Scholey
"Somebody casting a line off a pier is borderline immaterial. Bottom trawling is the other end of the spectrum ... it's like clear cutting a forest to catch a deer."
- Colin Butfield
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