Stuart Murphy
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Stuart Murphy graduated from Clare College, Cambridge in 1993 with
a 1st in Political Geography.
His first job at the BBC was as a teaboy in BBC Manchester Youth Programmes, followed by positions across comedy, features, documentaries and entertainment departments, including six months in Africa for Great Railway Journeys.
Stuart became an MTV executive in 1996, and produced for Channel 4 show The Big Breakfast, before returning to the BBC in channel and ideas development.
At 26 he launched and ran UK Play, the BBC’s music and comedy channel which out-rated rival MTV within six months of launch. In 1999 he was made Head of Programming for BBC Choice, refocussing the channel as an entertainment-skewed younger proposition, doubling its reach and share in the first nine months. In 2003 he launched BBC Three, the BBC’s young-skewed multi-genre channel which replaced BBC Choice. He left the BBC in November 2005 and joined Twofour in August, 2006, as Creative Director. Stuart is from Leeds, has two sons, and is obsessed with theme parks.
His first job at the BBC was as a teaboy in BBC Manchester Youth Programmes, followed by positions across comedy, features, documentaries and entertainment departments, including six months in Africa for Great Railway Journeys.
Stuart became an MTV executive in 1996, and produced for Channel 4 show The Big Breakfast, before returning to the BBC in channel and ideas development.
At 26 he launched and ran UK Play, the BBC’s music and comedy channel which out-rated rival MTV within six months of launch. In 1999 he was made Head of Programming for BBC Choice, refocussing the channel as an entertainment-skewed younger proposition, doubling its reach and share in the first nine months. In 2003 he launched BBC Three, the BBC’s young-skewed multi-genre channel which replaced BBC Choice. He left the BBC in November 2005 and joined Twofour in August, 2006, as Creative Director. Stuart is from Leeds, has two sons, and is obsessed with theme parks.
