Kim Shillinglaw

Kim Shillinglaw (born 1969) is a British media executive who is controller of BBC Two and BBC Four.

Shillinglaw spent her early years in Cameroon and Spain, countries in which her parents worked during the 1970s.^[1] After her family's return to Britain, she attended Holland Park Comprehensive and then read history at Wadham College, Oxford.^[2] Following her graduation, she joined Observer Films in 1990 (for a time part of the Guardian Media Group) as a researcher, eventually becoming a series producer.^[3] Following this, Shillinglaw worked for ITV and Channel 4.

From 2006, Shillinglaw worked as an executive producer for BBC London Factual and the commissioner of indie productions for CBBC.^[3] Working under Karen O'Connor from late 2007, she then became one of ten "creative leads" in London Factual.^[4]

From May 2009, she was the BBC's commissioning editor for science and natural history^[5] responsible around 2012 for 200 hours of programming per year.^[6] The proportion of science broadcasting on BBC One is reported to have risen during Shillinglaw's period in charge of the department.^[7] During 2012 and 2013, she was executive producer of Bang Goes the Theory.^[8]

Shillinglaw assumed her posts as controller of both BBC Two and BBC Four in April 2014 in succession to Janice Hadlow.^[9]

Shillinglaw is married to the television producer Steve Condie who has worked on Newsnight and other programmes. The couple live in West London and have two children.^[2]

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