At the height of his fame, UK television's self-styled "jolly green giant" - he also used the typically witty, self-deprecating moniker for his autobiography - was given an unusual 50th birthday present: a jail sentence. It was 1983, and David Bellamyhad flown out for the second time to support a peaceful campaign by the Tasmanian Wilderness Society (TWS) to stop the damming of the Fraser River and associated logging of its ancient, uniquely rich temperate rainforest. His arrest made headlines around the world, changing the result of the forthcoming Australian election.
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