As ITV Factual Controller Jo’s commissions include: BAFTA -winning Long Lost Family; Diana Our Mother; Queen’s Green Planet; 56 & 63 Up; Crime & Punishment strand; Trevor McDonald’s Mafia; Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road; landmark singles e.g Kate Garraway Finding Derek; Kevin McDonald’s Story of Us; Ellie Simmonds:Finding My Secret Family.
At the BBC, Jo was Head of Independent Commissioning & commissions included Masterchef & Hairy Bikers. Jo Directed & Produced BBC One’s 7 part award winning documentary series ‘Making Babies’ & ‘The Shop’ about Selfridges, plus single docs for award winning strand 40 Minutes & Inside Story. Cut (long) teeth on Newsnight, Crimewatch etc.
Shows I Oversee
Ellie Simmonds:Finding My Secret Family
Long Lost Family; Diana Our Mother
Queen’s Green Planet
Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road
Kate Garraway Finding Derek