Jo Hughes is Commissioning Exec for Sky Documentaries, joining last year to oversee The Wargame. She is a BAFTA-winning programme-maker with 25 years’ experience in delivering critically-acclaimed, ratings-winning factual television.

Jo was instrumental in establishing the BBC’s flagship documentary series Ambulance and specialist factual series Surgeons: At the Edge of Life, both of which continue to be recommissioned and attract large audiences. Her recent credits include Apple TV+’s BAFTA-nominated Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars (now in its third series), BBC Three’s smash hit box-set series Paranormaland Disney+’s BAFTA-nominated Vogue: In the 90s. Other credits include BAFTA-nominated Educating The East End, SAS: Who Dares Wins and The Model Agency.