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The BBC is the home the begetter of what many people would say are the best nature programs in the world.

Frozen planet, wild China, blue planet, wildlife on one,

the deadly programs.

They awe even the most cynical.

But watching at home, I've often wondered about what they eat, not the leopard seals or

woolly bats or bonobos the films tell me that but the camera

crew the producers out on the tundra or deep in the caves or high in the rainforests for weeks or months.

Well, it turned out to be easier than I thought to get some answers

because the Natural History Unit is based here in Bristol,

their offices just a few doors from the food program.

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