Since June 2016, Helene Ganichaud is the deputy head of the Specialist Factual Unit at ARTE France. She commissions natural history, science, expedition and history programs. Before that, she was a London-based freelance producer, writer and director for more than 10 years working mostly for the BBC in-house specialist factual unit.  Her credits include Forces of Nature for BBC1, Wonders of life for BBC2, Oceans for BBC2, Animal Fight Night for National Geographic Channel, Trust Me I’m A Doctor for BBC2 and Supersized Earth for Discovery.