In 2000 Jane was appointed the BBC’s first Controller of Drama Commissioning. Alongside Julie Gardner she instigated Cardiff’s development as a major hub for BBC drama production in Wales beginning with the revival of Doctor Who, Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood.

In 2006 she was made BBC Controller of Fiction, adding BBC Films, Programme Acquisition and Comedy commissioning to her responsibilities.

In 2009 she received BAFTA’s Special Award in recognition of her outstanding creative contribution to the television industry.

From 2009 – 2015 Jane was based in America where she headed BBC Worldwide’s Los Angeles production arm. Whilst there, Jane produced over 800 hours of scripted and unscripted television including Life Below Zero, Da Vinci’s Demons, Getting On and Steven Zaillian’s The Night Of for HBO which triumphed at the 2017 Emmy Awards.

In August 2015 Jane partnered with long-time collaborator Julie Gardner to start Bad Wolf – an independent production company based in South Wales and Los Angeles – to make high-end film and television drama for global audiences.

Since the opening of Wolf Studios Wales in Cardiff, Bad Wolf has produced series 1 of A Discovery of Witches, an 8-part drama series for Sky One based on the best-selling All Souls Trilogy of novels by Deborah Harkness and written for TV by Kate Brooke. Currently in post-production is a new television series of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, adapted by Jack Thorne, and co-produced with New Line Cinema.

Jane is an honorary fellow of Harris Manchester College, Oxford and of the Royal Television Society.