Danny Cohen
Danny Cohen (Born 1974[1]) is the youngest ever Controller of BBC One,[2] the BBC's main television channel.[3]
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[edit] Career
Danny Cohen's television commissions have included Skins, Supernanny, Being Human, Blood Sweat and Takeaways, Coming of Age, Him and Her, Lee Nelson, Mongrels, Russell Howard's Good News and Women, Weddings, War and Me.
Between May 2007 and October 2010, he was the Controller of BBC Three.
During his tenureship of BBC Three, the Channel grew its share of 16-34 year old viewers by 58% and won Digital Channel of the Year at the Edinburgh International TV Festival in two out of three years - 2008 and 2010.[4]
His BBC Three commissions included the BAFTA nominated Blood, Sweat and T-shirts and follow-up series Blood, Sweat and Takeaways, The Undercover Princes, Britain's Missing Top Model, The World's Strictest Parents, The Adult Season, Russell Howard's Good News, Young Voter's Question Time, Stacey Dooley Investigates, Lip Service, Lee Nelson's Well Good Show and Being Human.
Alongside these commissions, he also acquired Summer Heights High from Australia and built a strong following for U.S. animation Family Guy. He also revamped the hourly bulletins 60 Seconds adding a World News update, and hired Tasmin Lucia Khan as the face of news.[5][6]
In February 2008, The Times newspaper described Cohen as "the boy wonder of British television".[7]
In January 2009, the Royal Television Society's magazine Television wrote an article about Cohen which posed the question of whether "the 34 year-old wunderkind" would be Director General of the BBC by his early forties.[8]
Prior to this, Cohen worked at Channel 4 in the UK in various roles including Head of Documentaries, Head of Factual Entertainment and Head of E4. His television commissions at Channel 4 included the BAFTA award-winning Skins, RTS Award-winner Supernanny, the BAFTA-nominated The Trial of Tony Blair, Cutting Edge, The Great British UFO Hoax, The Games, The Inbetweeners, and the BAFTA award-winning Fonejacker.[9]
[edit] Personal life
He is engaged to the economist and author Noreena Hertz.
[edit] Education
Danny Cohen was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, where he was awarded a BA Honours Double First in English Literature. Prior to that he attended City of London School.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.imagedissectors.com/article/30
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/01_january/22/bbcthree_cohen.shtml
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7579262.stm
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/22/bbc.television
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/08/60seconds.shtml
- ^ http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article3330116.ece
- ^ http://www.rts.org.uk/Info_page_two_pic_2_det.asp?art_id=7515&sec_id=3739
- ^ http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/latest-winners-and-nominees,91,BA.html
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| Preceded by Julian Bellamy |
Controller of BBC Three 2007 – 2010 |
Succeeded by Zai Bennett |
| Preceded by Jay Hunt |
Controller of BBC One 2010–present |
Incumbent |
