Thread by @GeorgeMonbiot

The magnificent @frannyarmstrong has been hard at work editing the world's first live investigative documentary, #Rivercide, down to 60 crisp and compelling minutes. You can watch it any time for free at Here's a glimpse, prangs, filth and all.

Here's the shocking pollution event we covered on the River Llynfi. Disgracefully, no one from @NatResWales turned up for 13 hours, by which time the pulse of poison had passed, making it much harder to identify the culprit. Watch the whole movie here:

Here's the moment at which two citizen scientists, *doing the work our governments should have done*, reveal the major cause of death of one of the UK's most treasured and protected rivers, the Wye. See the rest on

We spoke to the brilliantly articulate @Feargal_Sharkey, the most effective rivers campaigner in the UK (and a hero from my teenage years). The story he has to tell will make your jaw hit the floor. Part of

Talking of heroes ... here's @BZephaniah, discussing the decline of our rivers and reading his astonishing, galvanising poem, City River Blues. All in #Rivercide at