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Commissioning Editor, Science and Natural History

Kim Shillinglaw is the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Commissioning Editor for Science and Natural History, responsible for all in-house and independent commissions in these genres across ´óÏó´«Ã½ One, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four.

Recent examples include programmes as diverse as Spy On The Ice – Polar Bears and Richard Hammond's Journey To The Centre Of The Earth for ´óÏó´«Ã½ One, Stargazing Live and The Bear Family And Me for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two, and The Joy Of Stats and the RI Lectures for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four.

Kim oversaw the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s year-long celebration of science throughout 2010 with landmark TV science programmes, online initiatives, regional roadshows and learning campaigns aiming to inspire a love of science across the nation.

Programming highlights range from the hugely successful Wonders Of The Solar System, How Earth Made Us and Story Of Science on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two, to the hands-on Bang Goes The Theory and entertaining The Young Ones on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One, and Chemistry – A Volatile History, Equations, The Joy Of Stats and Beautiful Minds on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four.

Before this, Kim was Executive Producer London Factual, overseeing science programmes such as the major launch of new ´óÏó´«Ã½ One science show Bang Goes The Theory, and landmark series such as The Incredible Human Journey with Dr Alice Roberts, for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two, and Blood And Guts – A History Of Surgery, Bafta-nominated for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four, among many others.

Kim has also worked in Children's, developing and commissioning the first series of Horrible Histories, and in documentaries, current affairs and strategy, both inside the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and in the independent sector.