John Godfrey (Australia)
Head of Unscripted
SBS

John Godfrey worked for 10 years in the UK, series/exec producing for Channel 4/BBC2.

He has been in Australia for 17 years, was Head of SBS Documentaries and is now Head of SBS Unscripted, overseeing documentaries, factual entertainment, food and entertainment. He has been responsible for some of SBS’s highest rating and best known shows including Go Back To Where You Came From, First Contact, Struggle Street, and Filthy Rich And Homeless.


SBS is Australia’s multicultural and Indigenous media organisation. We have a free-to-air TV portfolio spanning five distinctive channels, extensive audio and language content (in over 60 languages) and everyone’s favourite streaming service, SBS On Demand.
Our news and current affairs presence includes respected programs such as SBS World News, NITV News, Dateline, Living Black, The Point, Insight and The Feed. While our online editorial spans News, SBS Voices, The Guide, SBS programs, NITV, Sport, Movies and Food.