Kim Shillinglaw

Kim Shillinglaw is the BBC’s Commissioning Editor for Science and Natural History, and Head of 3D.

She commissions around 200 hours of television for BBC1, 2 and 4 in these genres, including shows such as Human Planet, Great Bear Stakeout, Frozen Planet, Springwatch, Planet Earth Live, Britain's Favourite Supermarket Foods, Planet Dinosaur, Stargazing Live, Orbit, Wonders of the Universe, Afterlife, Chemistry: a Volatile History and many more. 

Kim curated the BBC's Year of Science, which led to record audiences for Science programmes and great critical acclaim.  She has encouraged more working scientists to front television programmes, and has led a drive to get more women scientists on television. 

Previously she has been a Commissioner in Children's, where she developed the award winning Horrible Histories, a Bafta and Emmy Nominated Producer in Science, Documentaries and Current Affairs for the BBC, and an independent producer working for C4 and ITV.  She chaired the Commercial Income taskforce for the BBC during the DQF process. 

She is a trustee of Engineering UK, a member of the RI's Media Advisory Board, the Royal Society Winton Book Prize committee, and has sat on various government committees.  Kim read History at Oxford.