BBC Bristol (Whiteladies Road)

BBC Broadcasting House on Whiteladies Road, Bristol, home of the Natural History Unit; in Life on Air the root of BBC wildlife film-making.

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Source	Author	Role	In one line
Life on Air	David Attenborough	subject	The root of BBC wildlife film-making.

Life on Air — David Attenborough (2002)

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The one spectacular and lasting success, however, was West Region, based in Bristol.

• Role: subject
• In the book: Attenborough explains how BBC regional policy led to the Natural History Unit in Bristol under Desmond Hawkins, contrasted with Manchester, Birmingham and Scotland.
• Why it matters: Explains the institutional home of BBC natural history; a place as institution rather than scene.