Chris Packham has EastEnders cameo 'fantasy'
Springwatch presenter Chris Packham's dream TV appearance would be as an eco-protester in the BBC soap EastEnders.
Chris Packham dreams of making a cameo appearance in EastEnders as an environmental protester.
The 64-year-old wildlife presenter has revealed that he has a "fantasy" of featuring in the BBC soap and staging a protest that brings eco-issues to the eyes of the public.
Chris told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "My fantasy TV appearance would be in Albert Square where there'd be an environmental disaster, like a flood or something, which really brings home climate breakdown.
"Marching through Albert Square with a placard so that everyone could have a conversation about the fact that we need to make changes - that's my fantasy. If you know the editor, drop them a hint!
"I would be very happy to stage a protest about fossil fuels or flooding."
The Springwatch presenter also revealed that he has had approaches to star in reality TV shows but turns them down as he "can't dance and can't cook".
Chris said: "I do get invitations from time to time but I always adhere to Clint Eastwood's advice and that is 'a man's got to know his limitations'.
"If you're going to participate in those programmes, you need to have some semblance of ability. I can't dance and I can't cook - so I wouldn't do those sorts of things."
Packham returns to screens on Tuesday (20.01.26) to host another series of the BBC's Winterwatch and he has defended the show for showing the brutal reality of the natural world after last year's episodes drew complaints by showing a fox kill a stoat.
The outspoken presenter said: "Our duty is to report accurately and dispassionately on what happens in the natural world.
"No one cries when the blackbird eats the worms but everyone gets upset when the fox eats the blackbird. Our job is to explain that there really isn't much difference between that at all."
Meanwhile, Chris has called for a "living monument" in Britain's major cities to honour legendary environmentalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, 99, for his contributions to the natural world.
Chris said last year: "We can build bronze statues and that would be apt, but I think he would prefer a legacy of love and life.
"There should be a living monument. I would pick a series of oak trees that are going to live for 200 years.
"I would have one in each of our major cities. They would be called 'The Attenborough Oaks'."
