Nature programming veteran Jo Shinner has worked in the BBC Studios Natural History Unit since 2011. The many programs she has exec-produced for the BBC includes this year’s ‘Fierce Queens,’ narrated by Reese Witherspoon, ‘Earth From Space’, ‘Animals Behaving Badly’, ‘Koko: the Gorilla who Talks To People’, Nature’s Miracle Orphans, Animal Super Parents, Nature’s Greatest Dancers, 'Baby Chimp Rescue', ‘Animal Babies: First Year On Earth’, ‘Big Cats About The House’, ‘Nature’s Weirdest Events’, and ‘Earth’s Greatest Spectacles.’

Prior to joining the Natural History unit, Jo produced wildlife investigative drama reconstruction documentaries and original series for National Geographic.