- Stuart Murphy
Stuart Murphy (born 1971) was the first channel controller of
BBC Three , which launched in February 2003.As the first Controller of BBC Three he oversaw a channel budget of £93m, commissioning comedy shows such as
Little Britain ,Nighty Night ,The Mighty Boosh ,Gavin and Stacey ,Pulling ,Early Doors .He commissioned dramas
Torchwood , Casanova, Bodies, Outlaws.He introduced parenting programming to TV, with Dr Tanya Byron hosting
Little Angels andThe House of Tiny Tearaways .BBC Three won 6 BAFTAs, 5
British Comedy Awards , 15 RTSs and 5 Rose d'Or Awards under his controllership. In his final year BBC Three won Broadcast Digital Channel of the Year for Best Entertainment Channel, and MGEITF Non Terrestrial Channel of the Year.He was tipped as an outsider in the running for the controllership of
BBC One in 2007. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/oct/15/mondaymediasection5 I don't think TV is full of shysters] -The Guardian ]He previously was Controller of
BBC Choice , theBBC 's forerunner to BBC Three.Before that he launched and ran
UK Play , a music and comedy channel owned byUKTV .In 2004
The Observer included Murphy in a list of 80 young people who they believed would shape people's lives in the early 21st Century. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2004/jun/27/featuresreview.review1 The bright stuff] -The Observer ]After BBC Three he joined
RDF Media [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/20/murphy.shtml Stuart Murphy to leave the BBC] -bbc.co.uk ] where he stayed for 11 weeks before quitting.He was succeeded at BBC Three by Julian Bellamy, now Director of Programmes at
Channel 4 . Bellamy was succeeded by Danny Cohen, the current incumbent.References
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