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Sir David Attenborough has said the output of the BBC's natural history unit could be left "skimpy" by spending cuts.
It is in line to lose 57 of 180 production staff and £12m of its £37m budget under executives' latest six-year cost-cutting proposals.
"With cuts of that size, you simply can't continue the same level of output, or if you do, you're going to replace it with something very skimpy," the veteran presenter told the Radio Times.
The natural history unit's output has included the Blue Planet, Springwatch and Sir David's latest offering, Life In Cold Blood.
He said natural history broadcasting as a whole would also feel "reverberations" from the cuts to the industry leader.
A BBC spokeswoman said: "The big landmark pieces and events such as Springwatch are continuing on the BBC and quality will in no way be compromised."
