 She has held high-level positions with some of the UK's top production companies, such as Head of Development for Impossible Pictures and Creative Director for Jane Root's "Nutopia".An expert in turning tricky factual content into compelling stories, Leland has worked as development executive for the BBC Specialist Factual and other top independent companies, originating and developing reams of commissioned series and specials.She has written for factual and fully scripted television and authored children's books.