The BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) is a department of the BBC dedicated to making television and radio programmes with a natural history or wildlife theme, especially nature documentaries. Each year it produces around 100 hours of television and 50 hours of radio, making it the largest wildlife documentary production house in the world.
The NHU has been based in Broadcasting House Bristol since its formation in 1957, and is currently headed by Dr Wendy Darke. Currently it is a specialist department within BBC Factual Production, which is itself part of the BBC's Vision Studios. The Unit's commercial arm, Wildvision, makes programmes for distribution to international broadcasters.
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