BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU) is the best-known and most loved producer of natural history content in the world, responsible for some of the most globally successful factual content of the past 10 years.
With ground-breaking technology and innovation we reveal to audiences around the world the extraordinary wonders of nature through excepti…
Head of NHU
Jonny Keeling took up the position of Head of the NHU in January 2022. Previously, Jonny had worked ...at the BBC for 25 years producing and directing wildlife and adventure documentaries. During this time, he produced some of the Unit’s most successful content, including BAFTA and Emmy award winning series like Seven Worlds, One Planet, Planet Earth and Planet Earth II, and headed the Children’s unit within the NHU. In his new role, Jonny oversees all content produced by the NHU, in particular the BBC’s latest landmark wildlife series, Planet Earth III and the recently announced Asia.
Head of Production, NHU
Maria connects the editorial and complex business divisions that define the NHU. She ensures the con...tinuous alignment of development and delivery with genre plans. Maria is central to the NHU’s mission to provide a fully-inclusive place to develop a career. Her NHU portfolio embraces the whole range of content: Live; Landmarks, Digital, Children’s and Feature-Documentary.
Head of Production, NHU
John has more than 20 years of experience leading teams in Natural History, Factual formats, Documen...taries and original Short Form. Working with Maria, John leads and supports the strongest team of Production talent in the industry.
Creative Director, NHU
Central to maintaining the NHU’s position as the world’s number one natural history production compa...ny, Mike has a global reputation for story telling excellence and innovation. He has developed and produced many award-winning and critically acclaimed series: Galapagos, Yellowstone, Madagascar, Life, Africa, Shark, Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur, Life Story, Planet Earth II, Dynasties and The Green Planet. Mike is a fellow of the Royal Television Society.
Head of Commercial & Business Development, NHU
Based in Bristol, Ben leads the commercial team managing the NHU’s end-to-end deal pipeline. Ben dra...ws on 20 years' experience in the media industry in strategic and commercial roles with Deloitte, Ofcom, BT TV and now BBC Studios.
