Stuart Murphy

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 and The 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, the BBC's forerunner to BBC Three.

Before that he launched and ran UK Play, a music and comedy channel owned by UKTV.

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.

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