Biographies

Commissioning Editor, Science and Natural History

Kim Shillinglaw is the BBC's Commissioning Editor for Science and Natural History, responsible for all in-house and independent commissions in these genres across BBC One, Two and Four.

Before this she was Executive Producer London Factual, overseeing the major launch of new BBC One science show Bang Goes The Theory, and landmark series such as The Incredible Human Journey with Dr Alice Roberts for BBC Two, and Blood And Guts: A History Of Surgery, BAFTA-nominated for BBC Four, among many others.

Kim has also worked as Commissioning Executive for CBBC, bringing the top-rated Horrible Histories to the screen, and seeing the successful format Escape From Scorpion Island through three series.

She has worked across many BBC programming genres including Science (where she was Emmy-nominated), Documentaries, Business and Current Affairs.

Kim started in TV working as an independent producer for seven years.