Via Instagram @gretathunbergFilm & TVNewsGreta Thunberg is working on an activist doc series with the BBCThe show will chart the climate activist’s journey into adulthood as she travels the world raising awareness about the ecological emergencyShareLink copied ✔️February 11, 2020Film & TVNewsTextBrit Dawson The BBC is set to premiere a documentary series with Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, as announced by the broadcaster’s Science Unit yesterday (February 10). The show will primarily follow Thunberg’s international travels as she raises awareness about the ecological emergency, encourages people to rise up, and puts pressure on world leaders to enact change. According to BBC Studios, the series will also chart the teenager’s “journey into adulthood as she continues to be confronted by the real world consequences of inaction”, as well as offering an insight into the writing process of her impassioned speeches. Executive producer Rob Liddell said in a press release: “Climate change is probably the most important issue of our lives, so it feels timely to make an authoritative series that explores the facts and science behind this complex subject. To be able to do this with Greta is an extraordinary privilege, getting an inside view on what it’s like being a global icon and one of the most famous faces on the planet.” Thunberg first became the face of the climate movement in 2018 when she started striking from school as a way to call on the Swedish government to take stronger action on the crisis. Since then, she has encouraged countless young people to join her weekly strikes, led the largest ever global climate strike, delivered a number of eloquent speeches, and been named TIME’s Person Of The Year. The teen also travelled from Europe to the US over the summer to attend the UN Climate Action Summit and the UN climate conference, sailing for two weeks via a zero emission boat powered by solar panels and underwater turbines. The BBC’s series isn’t the first to centre on Thunberg and her achievements – it was announced in December that Hulu is working on a documentary that will chronicle Thunberg’s rise to global prominence. There’s no news yet on when either documentary will air, though Hulu’s is set to premiere this year. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREI Wish You All the Best is the long-awaited non-binary coming of age storyThe Ice Tower, a dark fairytale about the dangers of obsessionA guide to the radical New Wave cinema of Nagisa OshimaIra Sachs revives a lost day in the life of Peter HujarWhere is all the good transmasculine representation?Why Julia Ducournau’s Alpha is a future cult classic Fruits of her labour: 5 cult films about women at workGeena Rocero on her Lilly Wachowski-produced trans sci-fi thriller, Dolls Dhafer L’Abidine on Palestine 36, a drama set during the British MandateThis book goes deep on cult music videos and iconic adsRonan Day-Lewis on Anemone: ‘It’s obviously nepotism’Die My Love: The story behind Lynne Ramsay’s twisted, sexual fever dream