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'Beauty Queen at 11' shines on BBC Three
From Digital Spy. Posted July 15 2008, 2.01pm
The controversial story of 11-year-old "beauty queen" Sasha Bennington earned a strong audience for BBC3 last night. (more)

'Friends', 'Office' pair unite for BBC3
From Digital Spy. Posted July 11 2008, 3.16pm
Comedy heavyweights from the US and UK team up for a new sci-fi comedy series for BBC Three. (more)

BBC3 to follow YouTube zombie project
From Digital Spy. Posted July 8 2008, 8.44am
BBC Three commissions a multiplatform project on "YouTube sensation" Bryony Matthewman. (more)

US teenage pregnancy cult to feature in BBC3 documentary
From Media Guardian. Posted July 4 2008, 8.16am
BBC3 is to broadcast a fast turnaround documentary about the 17 teenage girls from the same US Catholic school who all became pregnant at the same time. By Mark Sweney (more)

Disabled model show impresses for BBC Three
From Digital Spy. Posted July 2 2008, 4.34pm
The first instalment of new reality show Britain's Missing Top Model draws decent ratings for BBC Three. (more)

Baby Borrowers: US version a hit
From Media Guardian. Posted June 27 2008, 3.38pm
The US version of Baby Borrowers, the BBC3 reality format, has launched successfully on NBC on, attracting nearly 8 million viewers. By Maggie Brown (more)

Huq, Jamelia feature in BBC3 Beauty Season
From Digital Spy. Posted June 20 2008, 7.36pm
BBC Three plans a series of programmes which seek to challenge conventional notions of beauty. (more)

BBC3 faces £10m budget cut
From Media Guardian. Posted June 12 2008, 6.22am
Digital youth channel BBC3 is to have £10m lopped off its annual budget, reducing it to around £83m for the current financial year. By Maggie Brown (more)

New BBC3 comedy drama to follow 'P.A.s'
From Digital Spy. Posted June 3 2008, 10.04am
A new comedy drama series starring "some of the hottest young talent" is lined up for BBC Three. (more)

BBC3 commissions second series of A&E reality TV show
From Media Guardian. Posted May 21 2008, 9.37am
Bizarre ER, the BBC3 show which featured eye-watering cases from a hospital casualty department, has been recommissioned. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Revenge of the BBC3 controller, aged 34 and a quarter
From Media Guardian. Posted May 17 2008, 11.03pm
He has been lampooned on the internet, but BBC3 controller Danny Cohen's bid to win younger viewers is showing real results, he tells James Robinson (more)

'Gavin & Stacey' boosts Barry economy
From Digital Spy. Posted May 17 2008, 1.34pm
BBC Three comedy Gavin & Stacey boosts Barry's tourism trade by 25%, say reports (more)

Earlier start time proposed for BBC3
From Digital Spy. Posted May 16 2008, 12.14pm
The BBC executive wants the broadcast hours of BBC Three to be extended into the afternoon. (more)

BBC3 imports Aussie high school comedy
From Digital Spy. Posted May 15 2008, 6.30am
BBC Three picks up Australian high school comedy Summer Heights High. (more)

BBC Three imports Aussie high school comedy
From Digital Spy. Posted May 15 2008, 6.30am
BBC Three picks up Australian high school comedy Summer Heights High. (more)

Little, Vegas team for music label comedy
From Digital Spy. Posted May 14 2008, 2.26pm
Ralf Little and Johnny Vegas will star in a BBC Three comedy about a Manchester record label. (more)

BBC3 to air Manchester music comedy starring Ralf Little and Johnny Vegas
From Media Guardian. Posted May 14 2008, 6.20am
BBC3 has commissioned a comedy series about a fictional Manchester record label starring Ralf Little and Johnny Vegas. By Ben Dowell (more)

BBC Vision celebrates 100% subtitling
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted May 7 2008, 10.30am
BBC Vision has confirmed that it has reached its target of subtitling 100 of programmes on its main channelsBBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four CBeebies CBBC and BBC News. (more)

Gavin and Stacey's Ruth Jones to appear in BBC Dickens drama
From Media Guardian. Posted May 6 2008, 12.32pm
Ruth Jones, star and co-creator of hit BBC3 comedy Gavin and Stacey, is to appear in the BBC's adaptation of Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Gavin & Stacey's Ruth Jones to appear in BBC Dickens drama
From Media Guardian. Posted May 6 2008, 12.32pm
Ruth Jones, star and co-creator of hit BBC3 comedy Gavin & Stacey, is to appear in the BBC's adaptation of Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

BBC Three to air legal comedy pilot
From Digital Spy. Posted April 29 2008, 4.53pm
BBC Three is piloting a legal comedy starring Sian Reeves and Chris Hannon. (more)

Collins obsessed with 'Gavin & Stacey'
From Digital Spy. Posted April 25 2008, 12.12pm
Writer Jackie Collins says she is addicted to BBC Three sitcom Gavin & Stacey. (more)

Being Human series green-lit for BBC3
From The Stage. Posted April 24 2008, 5.20pm
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'Gavin & Stacey' stars get sketch show
From Digital Spy. Posted April 24 2008, 1.45pm
Gavin & Stacey stars Mathew Horne and James Corden are making a sketch show series for BBC Three. (more)

Gavin and Stacey actors Corden and Horne plan BBC3 sketch show
From The Stage. Posted April 24 2008, 12.50pm
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BBC Three gives 'Being Human' a series
From Digital Spy. Posted April 24 2008, 12.14pm
BBC Three orders a six-part series of werewolf drama Being Human. (more)

Gavin & Stacey stars James Corden and write BBC3 show
From Media Guardian. Posted April 24 2008, 10.26am
BBC3 has commissioned James Corden to make a new sketch show which he has co-written with his Gavin & Stacey co-star Mathew Horne. By Ben Dowell (more)

BBC3 orders full series of Being Human
From Media Guardian. Posted April 24 2008, 6.18am
BBC3 has ordered six more episodes of Being Human on the strength of the one-off drama pilot broadcast earlier this year. By Ben Dowell (more)

Gavin & Stacey creators say there may not be a third series
From Media Guardian. Posted April 21 2008, 12.36pm
The co-creators and co-stars of Bafta-winning Gavin & Stacey have revealed there may not be another series of the hit BBC3 sitcom. By John Plunkett (more)

Top honours for 'Gavin & Stacey' at BAFTAs
From Digital Spy. Posted April 20 2008, 9.02pm
BBC Three comedy Gavin & Stacey wins programme of the year at the BAFTA TV Awards. (more)

Weak showing for BBC Three's 'Dis/Connected'
From Digital Spy. Posted April 1 2008, 4.53pm
BBC Three teen drama Dis/Connected is watched by an unimpressive audience of 71,000. (more)

Lily Allen chatshow will return
From Digital Spy. Posted April 1 2008, 11.10am
BBC Three orders a second series of Lily Allen's chatshow. (more)

BBC3 recommissions Lily Allen and Friends
From Media Guardian. Posted April 1 2008, 6.30am
BBC3 is bringing back Lily Allen and Friends for a second series. By Ben Dowell (more)

BBC buys Aussie school mockumentary Summer Heights High
From Media Guardian. Posted March 31 2008, 2.59pm
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has bought antipodean mockumentary series Summer Heights High from Australian broadcaster ABC. By Ben Dowell (more)

'Spooks' spinoff heading to BBC Three
From Digital Spy. Posted March 25 2008, 12.18pm
A new Spooks spinoff called Code 9 is being filmed for BBC Three. (more)

Allen show slammed for pants prank video
From Digital Spy. Posted March 20 2008, 10.06am
Lily Allen's BBC Three show is under fire for screening a video. (more)

BBC3 drama pilot fails to dent rivals
From Digital Spy. Posted March 18 2008, 10.29pm
BBC Three teen drama pilot The Things I Haven't Told You is outdone by multichannel competition. (more)

Giant leap for Gavin and Stacey
From Media Guardian. Posted March 17 2008, 1.45pm
The second series of BBC3 comedy Gavin and Stacey launched with an impressive 1.7 million viewers. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Is this drama make-or-break for beleaguered BBC3?
From The Independent. Posted March 16 2008, 12.00am
The BBC is making a desperate effort to bolster viewing figures on its ailing BBC3 digital channel with a series of dramas written and directed by and starring young artists. (more)

Ten new tribes, six new athletes, only one victor ? Last Man Standing is back on BBC Three
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted March 13 2008, 10.30am
The ultimate test of strength stamina and skill is back on BBC Three this autumn as six intrepid athletes face their biggest challenge yettaking part in ancient tribal sporting festivals in remote locations around the world. (more)

BBC3 announces teen cooking show
From Media Guardian. Posted March 10 2008, 6.59am
Teenagers who cannot even boil an egg will be turned into 'domestic gods and goddesses' in a new BBC3 show. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

BBC3 plans disabled top model series
From Digital Spy. Posted March 5 2008, 1.14pm
A new BBC Three series will look at whether disabled women can make it as top fashion models. (more)

TV show searches for disabled model
From Media Guardian. Posted March 5 2008, 12.10pm
BBC3 is to launch what it claims is the UK's first TV competition for disabled models. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

BBC3 pulls youth suicide drama
From Digital Spy. Posted February 22 2008, 3.42pm
BBC Three will not air Dis/Connected because of the string of apparent suicides in a South Wales town. (more)

BBC pulls suicide drama
From Media Guardian. Posted February 21 2008, 5.03pm
A drama about a teenage girl who commits suicide has been pulled from BBC3's schedule following the spate of deaths in Bridgend, south Wales. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

BBC3 relaunch brings dividends
From Media Guardian. Posted February 20 2008, 10.55am
BBC3 recorded its second-highest weekly audience share ever among its target audience of 16- to 34-year-olds following its relaunch last week. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

'Phoo Action' to return for series
From Digital Spy. Posted February 14 2008, 3.52pm
Phoo Action - piloted this week - will return to BBC Three for a full series. (more)

BBC3 to air full series of Phoo Action
From Media Guardian. Posted February 14 2008, 6.46am
BBC3's kitsch kung-fu drama pilot Phoo Action has been commissioned for a full series, despite launching with disappointing ratings on Tuesday night. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

BBC3 relaunch brought down to Earth
From Media Guardian. Posted February 13 2008, 1.03pm
BBC3's relaunch brought the channel underwhelming ratings, with pop star Lily Allen's chat show attracting just 255,000 viewers. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Happy fifth birthday BBC3, but will there be many returns?
From Media Guardian. Posted February 11 2008, 12.02am
Opinion, Emily Bell: Nobody would bet that in five years' time BBC3 will be celebrating its first decade - so best have as much cake as you can now (more)

Tasmin joins new look BBC Three news
From Biz Asia. Posted February 8 2008, 8.04pm
Former ZEE Music and Five presenter Tasmin Lucia Khan has been hired by BBC Three for its new look news bulletin '60 Seconds', which relaunches on Tuesday (12th February). Tasmin will co-present with Andy May who has presented sports updates on BBC Radio 5 Live's Eammon Holmes' show. In line with the audience's interest in the world around them, '60 Seconds' will also commit to special bulletins on everything from environment, technology and science to entertainment and weekend sport. Tasmin said: "I'm very excited to be part of the new look BBC Three. I'll be keeping our audiences up-to-date during the week with all the latest news, just the way they like it. It's going to be short and sharp news bulletins on the hour and I've literally got only 60 seconds to deliver!" Tasmin had been with ZEE Network since 2000. She will also present 'Entertainment 24' on BBC News 24, Monday to Thursday at 18:30 and 21:30. (more)

New Hosts of 60seconds on BBC Three
From Merry Media. Posted February 8 2008, 4.35pm
The new presenters of the 60seconds news bulletin on BBC Three are Tasmin Lucia Khan and Andy May when the new look launches on Tuesday 12 February. . (more)

Alesha Dixon to look at beauty for BBC3
From Digital Spy. Posted February 5 2008, 11.23am
Strictly Come Dancing winner Alesha Dixon signs up to front a show about female beauty for BBC Three. (more)

Gavin and Stacey wins comedy prize
From Media Guardian. Posted January 29 2008, 4.42pm
BBC3 comedy Gavin and Stacey and Channel 4 drama The Mark of Cain were among the winners at the South Bank Show awards. By John Plunkett (more)

Anthea Turner Axed by BBC Three
From Merry Media. Posted January 23 2008, 3.42pm
Anthea Turner has been axed by BBC Three and is in talks with a rival channel about a new show. The 47-year-old presented Perfect Housewife and Help Me Anthea - I'm Infested. . (more)

BBC Three relaunch "flagship project"
From Digital Spy. Posted January 23 2008, 11.11am
The BBC's controller of multiplatform and portfolio says the relaunch of BBC Three is a flagship project. (more)

BBC Three Unveil New Look
From Merry Media. Posted January 23 2008, 8.10am
BBC Three have unveiled their programmes for 2008 Winter/Spring and also unveiled a brand new look for the channel. . (more)

BBC3 focuses on social networking in makeover
From Media Guardian. Posted January 22 2008, 11.44pm
BBC3, the youth channel that last year survived calls for it to be culled, unveiled a makeover yesterday and promised to become 'Britain's most ambitious multi-platform network' (more)

Cohen unveils plans to combine BBC3's TV and internet output
From The Stage. Posted January 22 2008, 5.05pm
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Video: BBC3 'Sound of Music' Blobs farewell ident
From Media Guardian. Posted January 22 2008, 4.57pm
The 'Blob' characters from the BBC3 ident sing the So Long, Farewell song from the Sound of Music as the channel retires them ahead of a £380,000 new look in an ident created by Red Bee (more)

Video: BBC3 'Only gay in the village' Blob farewell ident
From Media Guardian. Posted January 22 2008, 4.49pm
Matt Lucas provides the voice for one of BBC3's 'Blobs' in a Red Bee ident as the channel retires the characters ahead of a £380,000 new look (more)

Video: BBC3 'Bye Bye Baby' Blob farewell ident
From Media Guardian. Posted January 22 2008, 4.45pm
BBC3's 'Blob' characters say farewell to the accompaniment of the Bay City Rollers' Bye Bye Baby ahead of the channel's £380,000 new look in an ident created by Red Bee (more)

BBC3 says goodbye to its blobs
From Media Guardian. Posted January 22 2008, 1.29pm
BBC3 said it has spent £380,000 on its new pink logo and idents after deciding to ditch the blue talking blobs that currently appear between programmes. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

In Pictures: BBC Three's new idents
From Digital Spy. Posted January 22 2008, 10.38am
DS takes a look at BBC Three's new look. (more)

BBC3 launches multi-platform revamp
From Media Guardian. Posted January 22 2008, 10.06am
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has unveiled plans to turn the channel into the UK's 'most ambitious multi-platform network'. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

BBC3 launches multiplatform revamp
From Media Guardian. Posted January 22 2008, 10.06am
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has unveiled plans to turn the channel into the UK's 'most ambitious multiplatform network'. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Scott Mills in New BBC Three Talent Show
From Merry Media. Posted January 10 2008, 12.49pm
Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills is to host the new entertainment event 'Upstaged' for BBC Three which will see members of the public peforming a talent that can keep the nation entertained for eight hours. . (more)

Allen asks fans to name BBC chat show
From Digital Spy. Posted January 9 2008, 1.01pm
Lily Allen asks friends on MySpace to name her new BBC Three entertainment show. (more)

Lily Allen asks web fans to name her show
From Media Guardian. Posted January 9 2008, 2.35am
Francesca Martin: Lily Allen is asking for a little New Year help from her MySpace friends to suggest a title for her forthcoming show on BBC3, provisionally titled Lily Allen and Friends (more)

BBC3 hunts for teen drama series
From Media Guardian. Posted December 20 2007, 10.27am
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen is on the hunt for two new teen drama series to run before the 9pm watershed. By Ben Dowell (more)

BBC3 nativity proves star attraction
From Media Guardian. Posted December 17 2007, 12.47pm
BBC3's re-creation of a modern day nativity in Liverpool was rewarded with more than 700,000 viewers last night. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Calendar: Christ is born in Liverpool, silver salvers for sale in London
From The Independent. Posted December 16 2007, 1.00am
Geoffrey Hughes, Cathy Tyson and Jennifer Ellison star in a contemporary version of the Christmas story set on the streets of Liverpool. It will be shown live on BBC3 at 8pm and at 11pm, and will herald the city's reign as European Capital of Culture 2008. The Nativity will be set to music by local artists including the La's, the Beatles and the Zutons. (more)

Three’s not a crowd for the BBC in a digital era
From The Times. Posted December 6 2007, 11.10pm
The BBC hopes that Lily Allen will become, at least for a while, the face of its underfire digital channel BBC Three. The pop star, who is lined up to host a chat show next spring, has just the right credentials: she’s interesting and human, but not too risky. Think about Joss Stone or Amy Winehouse as possible alternatives and you get the idea why she has been chosen. (more)

Triumphant night for 'Gavin and Stacey' at comedy awards
From The Independent. Posted December 6 2007, 1.40am
The simple premise of boy meets girl resulted in three prestigious British Comedy Awards for BBC3 last night. (more)

Comic relief for BBC executives as average couple with quirky humour scoop awards
From Media Guardian. Posted December 5 2007, 11.48pm
Gavin and Stacey became the latest cult BBC3 hit to win mainstream acclaim last night, picking up a clutch of gongs at the British Comedy Awards (more)

Comedy Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor gets secons BBC3 series
From Media Guardian. Posted November 20 2007, 3.16pm
BBC3 has recommissioned Bafta-winning comedian Karen Taylor's irreverent comedy Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor. By Tara Conlan (more)

Stuart Murphy brushes off BBC1 job rumours
From Media Guardian. Posted November 8 2007, 3.21pm
Ex-BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has ruled himself out of the running to become BBC1 controller. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Lily Allen to front BBC3 show
From Media Guardian. Posted November 8 2007, 11.38am
BBC3 has signed Lily Allen to host an entertainment show based on social networking. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Gavin & Stacey up for seven gongs
From Media Guardian. Posted November 7 2007, 9.19am
BBC3 show Gavin & Stacey has bagged seven nominations for this year's British Comedy Awards - an event TV viewers may never get to see. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Danny Cohen gives go-ahead to BBC3 vampire comedy
From Media Guardian. Posted November 6 2007, 4.42pm
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has given the go-ahead to a comedy drama about a flatshare between a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost. By Ben Dowell (more)

Peter Preston on press and broadcasting: Heather may not have won any friends, but she's got a point | It's midnight, BBC3 viewers - time for bed | Wall Street: a road to nowhere
From Media Guardian. Posted November 3 2007, 11.48pm
Heather may not have won any friends, but she's got a point | It's midnight, BBC3 viewers - time for bed | Wall Street: a road to nowhere (more)

Bennett hits out at "snooty" Three critics
From Digital Spy. Posted November 1 2007, 9.13am
BBC Vision chief Jana Bennett hits out at "middle-aged commentators" who criticise BBC Three. (more)

ITV2 picks up Laura Solon sketch show
From Media Guardian. Posted October 10 2007, 1.00am
3.30pm: ITV2 has commissioned a series starring Perrier award-winner Laura Solon that was previously developed for BBC3. By John Plunkett. (more)

Trust rules out channel closures
From Digital Spy. Posted September 20 2007, 9.44am
BBC Three and Four are safe, but the corporation must make annual savings of 3%, says the BBC Trust. (more)

BBC Trust rules out closing down BBC3 and 4
From The Stage. Posted September 19 2007, 7.35pm
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BBC3 and BBC4 to stay on air, says trust
From Media Guardian. Posted September 19 2007, 1.00am
5.30pm update: The BBC Trust has ruled out the closure of the corporation's digital channels - but has told managers they must make cuts. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Thompson: BBC Three and Four are safe
From Digital Spy. Posted September 7 2007, 9.40am
Mark Thompson indicates BBC Three and Four will not be closed - but further jobs still have to go. (more)

Thompson: We won't axe BBC3 to save jobs
From Press Gazette. Posted September 6 2007, 12.00am
BBC director-general Mark Thompson has warned staff that the corporation "cannot offer people the same levels of job security" it once did, and that headcount will need to be further cut - but not by shutting down its digital channels. (more)

BBC execs criticise calls for channel closures
From Media Guardian. Posted September 5 2007, 1.00am
1pm: BBC Vision executives have hit back at calls for BBC3 or BBC4 to be axed. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Humphrys: BBC cost-cutters should axe new channels
From The Independent. Posted September 3 2007, 7.10am
When they were launched, BBC Three and BBC Four were hailed as being at the heart of the corporation's strategy for the digital age, offering, it was claimed, choice and quality to a new generation of viewers. (more)

Humphreys: BBC cost-cutters should axe new channels
From The Independent. Posted September 3 2007, 1.00am
When they were launched, BBC Three and BBC Four were hailed as being at the heart of the corporation's strategy for the digital age, offering, it was claimed, choice and quality to a new generation of viewers. (more)

BBC Entertainment Commissioning hires exec to focus on BBC Three and teens
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted August 16 2007, 11.00am
Elaine Bedell BBC Controller of Entertainment Commissioning has strengthened her commissioning team by appointing Karl Warner currently Head of Development at Monkey as Executive Editor BBC Three and Teens. (more)

New Executive Editor of BBC Three & Teens
From Merry Media. Posted August 16 2007, 10.36am
Karl Warner has been appointed as Executive Editor of BBC Three and Teens by the BBC Controller of Entertainment Commissioning, Elaine Bedell.. (more)

Interview: Danny Cohen
From Media Guardian. Posted July 30 2007, 1.00am
Interview: Danny Cohen talks about his role as head of BBC3, Celebrity Big Brother, and the blog in which he is lampooned as the epitome of the 'Nathan Barley' generation. By Owen Gibson. (more)

Gorillaz cartoonist's strip adapted for BBC3 pilot
From Media Guardian. Posted July 10 2007, 1.00am
BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has given the green light to six drama pilots from talent including Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett. By Ben Dowell. (more)

BBC3's 'F-word titles are a turn-off'
From Media Guardian. Posted July 3 2007, 1.00am
Annual report: The BBC has been criticised over BBC3 programmes with titles that are 'putting off' viewers. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Glastonbury coverage lifts BBC3 audience
From Media Guardian. Posted June 26 2007, 1.00am
Coverage of Glastonbury helped push BBC3 to its best ever audience share and reach last week. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Laverne lined up as MGEITF awards host
From Digital Spy. Posted June 18 2007, 12.48pm
UKTV Gold, Sky One, BBC Three, BBC Four, MORE4 and ITV2 form the non-terrestrial shortlist for the event's Channel of the Year Awards. (more)

US to get 'Man Stroke Woman'
From Digital Spy. Posted April 26 2007, 11.43am
Talkback Thames and Fremantle working on a US version of the BBC Three sketch show, starring Will & Grace's Sean Hayes. (more)

New controller for BBC Three
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted April 11 2007, 9.22am
Channel 4 man Danny Cohen appointedemail this article   digg this   del.icio.us (more)

E4 boss Cohen to be BBC3 controller
From The Stage. Posted April 10 2007, 3.45pm
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New BBC Three Controller Announced
From Merry Media. Posted April 10 2007, 1.37pm
Jana Bennett, Director, BBC Vision, today named Danny Cohen as the new Controller of BBC Three.. (more)

Danny Cohen named Controller, BBC Three
From BBC Press Ofice. Posted April 10 2007, 10.00am
Jana Bennett Director BBC Vision today named Danny Cohen as the new Controller of BBC Three. (more)

Channel 4's Cohen to head up BBC Three
From Digital Spy. Posted April 10 2007, 9.55am
Head of factual entertainment and E4 Danny Cohen will fill the role vacated by Julian Bellamy in March. (more)

Danny Cohen to head BBC3
From Media Guardian. Posted April 10 2007, 1.00am
The BBC has confirmed that E4 head Danny Cohen will take over as BBC3 controller. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

The Panic Room on BBC Three
From Merry Media. Posted March 20 2007, 2.27pm
This Spring, BBC Three explores the frightening and debilitating world of extreme phobias in a new six-part series The Panic Room.. (more)

Dan Chambers approached about BBC3 vacancy
From Media Guardian. Posted March 9 2007, 12.00am
5.30pm: Former Five boss Dan Chambers is understood to have been approached about the BBC3 controller vacancy. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Danny Cohen is favourite to be BBC3 controller
From Media Guardian. Posted March 8 2007, 12.00am
E4 head Danny Cohen has emerged as the favourite to succeed Julian Bellamy as BBC3 controller. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

Bellamy Quits BBC Three for Channel 4
From Merry Media. Posted March 6 2007, 4.45pm
Channel 4 Chief Executive Andy Duncan has today unveiled a restructure of its senior commissioning team, with Kevin Lygo being promoted to become Director of Television and Content and Julian Bellamy returning as programme Head of its flagship channel, Channel 4.. (more)

Bellamy returns to Channel 4
From Digital Spy. Posted March 6 2007, 2.57pm
Julian Bellamy, currently controller of BBC Three, is to return to Channel 4 as head of programming. (more)

Julian Bellamy heads back to Channel 4
From Media Guardian. Posted March 5 2007, 12.00am
2pm update: BBC3 controller Julian Bellamy is returning to Channel 4 to run its flagship network. By Ben Dowell. (more)

New Comedy - Thieves Like Us - for BBC Three
From Merry Media. Posted January 9 2007, 2.00am
Thieves Like Us, a BBC Three production, takes viewers into a comedy underworld where dishonesty is the best policy and petty crime pays – but only just enough to cover the rent and buy a pint.. (more)

TV ratings: January 8 - multichannel
From Media Guardian. Posted January 9 2007, 12.00am
TV overnights: The media fuss over BBC3's The Baby Borrowers did it no harm in the ratings. By Tara Conlan. (more)

BBC baby show mum has "no regrets"
From Digital Spy. Posted January 6 2007, 3.17pm
A mum who gave up her children to be looked after by teenagers for a BBC Three show has no regrets. (more)

'Spooks' to go rogue in new BBC3 spin-off
From Digital Spy. Posted December 15 2006, 6.23pm
BBC Three announces plans to make a spin-off show entitled Rogue Spooks. (more)

BBC Three Winter/Spring 2007
From Merry Media. Posted December 14 2006, 1.35pm
After the most successful Autumn in the channel's history, Julian Bellamy, Controller, BBC Three, unveils the Winter/Spring 2007 season which is jam-packed with bold and contemporary programmes, all with BBC Three values at their core – maverick, innovative, thought-provoking and bursting with new and emerging talent.. (more)

BBC Three orders Spooks spin-off for 2007 schedule
From Brand Republic. Posted December 14 2006, 1.12pm
LONDON - BBC Three has commissioned a spin-off of BBC One hit drama 'Spooks' and its first broadband-only comedy as part of its winter/spring season unveiled this morning. (more)

BBC Three launches winter schedule
From Digital Spy. Posted December 14 2006, 11.59am
Digital channel launches first broadband-only comedy and six new TV comedies in early 2007. (more)

BBC3 show to tackles issue of meat
From Media Guardian. Posted December 14 2006, 12.00am
2.30pm: BBC3 is to air a show in which participants watch animals being slaughtered and then eat the meat. By Jason Deans. (more)

BBC3 creates Spooks spin-off
From Media Guardian. Posted December 14 2006, 12.00am
10.15am: BBC3 is developing a spin-off of BBC1's MI5 drama Spooks, it announced as it unveiled its winter/spring line-up. By Chris Tryhorn. (more)

Torchwood Returns for 2nd Series
From Merry Media. Posted December 12 2006, 12.33pm
BBC Three's Torchwood is back for a second series but this time it will premiere exclusively on BBC Two as confirmed by Jane Tranter, Controller of BBC Fiction, and BBC Two Controller Roly Keating.. (more)

TV ratings: December 10 - multichannel
From Media Guardian. Posted December 11 2006, 12.00am
TV overnights: BBC3's Torchwood pulled ahead of Sky One's Lost in the multichannel ratings. By Jason Deans. (more)

Bodies - The Finale for BBC Three
From Merry Media. Posted December 2 2006, 5.36pm
Bodies - The Finale, A Hat Trick production for BBC Three written and produced by Jed Mercurio starring Max Beesley, Patrick Baladi, Keith Allen, Tamzin Malleson, Neve McIntosh and Saskia Reeves.. (more)

Drop Dead Gorgeous & Ideal Return to BBC Three
From Merry Media. Posted November 16 2006, 4.16pm
BBC Three's unrivalled reputation for contemporary comedy continues as Drop Dead Gorgeous returns for a second series and Ideal, starring Johnny Vegas, returns for a third.. (more)

TV ratings: October 26
From Media Guardian. Posted October 26 2006, 1.00am
TV overnights: Torchwood transferred successfully from BBC3 to BBC2 last night, attracting nearly 3 million viewers. By Jason Deans. (more)

The love-hate relationship between talent and programme-makers
From Media Guardian. Posted October 25 2006, 1.00am
Former BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy details the love-hate relationship between TV talent and programme makers. (more)

Farrelly Brothers Produce US Pilot of I'm With Stupid
From Merry Media. Posted October 24 2006, 12.28am
The comedy duo behind films like Dumb and Dumber are to produce a US pilot of the BBC Three comedy I'm With Stupid.. (more)

BBC Three Wins with Torchwood
From Merry Media. Posted October 24 2006, 12.09am
Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood got off to a good start on Sunday night on BBC Three with an average audience of 2.4 million viewers - the same as Wide Sargasso on BBC One.. (more)

'Torchwood' lights up BBC Three
From Digital Spy. Posted October 23 2006, 4.13pm
Torchwood managed 2.4 million viewers last night, thought to be one of the biggest audiences on multi-channel. (more)

US version of 'I'm With Stupid' planned
From Digital Spy. Posted October 23 2006, 2.22pm
NBC plans to make an American version of BBC Three's I'm With Stupid. (more)

Torchwood breaks digital television records with 2.4m
From Brand Republic. Posted October 23 2006, 11.10am
LONDON - The debut of 'Doctor Who' spin-off series 'Torchwood' on BBC Three broke all records for drama programming on a digital channel last night. (more)

TV ratings: October 22
From Media Guardian. Posted October 23 2006, 1.00am
TV overnights: BBC3's Torchwood launched with 2.4 million viewers last night, believed to be the biggest ever multichannel audience for a UK-originated, non-sports programme. By Jason Deans. (more)

Farrellys take on I'm with Stupid
From Media Guardian. Posted October 23 2006, 1.00am
10am: The Farrelly brothers, film-makers behind Dumb and Dumber, are to produce the US version of BBC3 sitcom I'm with Stupid for NBC. By Jason Deans. (more)

BBC Three Opens its Doors to Celebrity Scissorhands Academy
From Merry Media. Posted October 19 2006, 1.12pm
It's the battle of the blow-dry as nine celebrities which include Scott Mills and Sarah Cawood cross brushes and go head-to-head to see who can crimp their way to the top.. (more)

BBC Three to show specials of 'Neighbours'
From Digital Spy. Posted October 12 2006, 11.04am
UK specials of Australian soap Neighbours are to be shown on digital channel BBC Three (more)

BBC Three to show 'Neighbours' specials
From Digital Spy. Posted October 12 2006, 11.04am
UK specials of Australian soap Neighbours are to be shown on digital channel BBC Three. (more)

Neighbours to air on BBC3
From Media Guardian. Posted October 12 2006, 1.00am
8am: The BBC is to launch Neighbours on digital channel BBC3. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

US producer buys rights for BBC3's I'm with Stupid
From Media Guardian. Posted October 9 2006, 1.00am
Mipcom: The executive producer behind the US version of The Office and comic drama Ugly Betty is adapting BBC3 sitcom I'm with Stupid for American TV. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

The Apprentice Moves to BBC One
From Merry Media. Posted August 28 2006, 2.24pm
BBC Two's hit business entertainment programme, immortalised by Sir Alan Sugar's famous catch phrase 'You're fired", is to move to BBC One when it returns in the New Year. Following the runaway success of the first two series, The Apprentice - produced by talkbackTHAMES - will move to BBC One while The Apprentice: You're Fired, the complementary show presented by Adrian Chiles, will move to BBC Two from BBC Three. The first series of The Apprentice transmitted from February 2005 drawing an average audience of 2.5 million and 11% share of the available audience, peaking at 3.8 million and 17% share for the final programme.. (more)

BBC modelling drama wins second series
From Media Guardian. Posted August 3 2006, 1.00am
8am: The BBC is expected to recommission the BBC3 comic drama Drop Dead Gorgeous about a teenager who is 'spotted' in a cafe by a model agent. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Modelling drama gets second series
From Media Guardian. Posted August 3 2006, 1.00am
8am: The BBC is expected to recommission the BBC3 comic drama Drop Dead Gorgeous about a teenager who is 'spotted' in a cafe by a model agent. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Murphy moves to Two Four
From Media Guardian. Posted July 31 2006, 1.00am
Former BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has taken a new job at independent production company Two Four. By Jason Deans. (more)

Torchwood turns up the heat
From Media Guardian. Posted July 24 2006, 3.42pm
2pm: BBC3's Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood has promised more 'blood and snogging' than the time-travelling show. By Jason Deans. (more)

Torchwood turn ups the heat
From Media Guardian. Posted July 24 2006, 3.06pm
2pm: BBC3's Doctor Who spin-off drama Torchwood has promised more 'blood and snogging' than the time-travelling show. By Jason Deans. (more)

BBC Three Autumn Season
From Merry Media. Posted July 24 2006, 3.01pm
This autumn on BBC Three sees a season of bold, contemporary programmes with Torchwood, the new drama from writer Russell T Davies, as its centrepiece. Starring John Barrowman and Eve Myles, Torchwood is a sci-fi crime thriller which tells the story of a crack squad of secret agents, settling their own rules and operating above the law to protect the public from both human and alien threats. Continuing with drama, Max Beesley returns in a feature length finale of the critically-acclaimed and gripping 'Bodies'.. (more)

BBC3 gets real with celebrity hairdressing
From Media Guardian. Posted July 24 2006, 1.38pm
12.15pm update: BBC3 is jumping on the reality bandwagon with a celebrity hairdressing show for this year's Children in Need. By Jason Deans. (more)

BBC Three puts Torchwood at centre of schedule
From Brand Republic. Posted July 24 2006, 12.07pm
LONDON - BBC Three is putting 'Doctor Who' spin-off 'Torchwood' at the centre of its autumn schedule. (more)

Evans' UMTV in Tearaways merger
From Media Guardian. Posted July 13 2006, 12.08pm
Chris Evans has merged his production company UMTV with the firm behind BBC3's The House of Tiny Tearaways. By Jason Deans. (more)

Evans' UMTV in Tearaway merger
From Media Guardian. Posted July 13 2006, 12.08pm
Chris Evans has merged his production company UMTV with the firm behind BBC3's The House of Tiny Tearaways. By Jason Deans. (more)

Neighbours could air on BBC3
From Media Guardian. Posted July 12 2006, 1.59pm
12.15pm: The BBC is planning to screen new episodes of Neighbours on BBC3. By Leigh Holmwood. (more)

TV ratings: June 22
From Media Guardian. Posted June 23 2006, 12.21pm
TV overnights: Australia v Croatia helped BBC3 to its biggest ever night with an audience of 1.5m. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Adrian Chiles Presents New BBC One Show
From Merry Media. Posted June 22 2006, 3.11pm
Adrian Chiles is to present BBC One's new live daily magazine show. The series will run for four weeks this summer at 7pm. Adrian is one of the BBC's most popular up and coming presenters. In recent weeks he has received much critical acclaim as the face of the BBC's World Cup Highlights programme. He fronted BBC Three hit show 'The Apprentice: You're Fired' and is the host of the BBC's daily business and consumer programme 'Working Lunch'.. (more)

Kavanagh switches to Children's BBC
From Media Guardian. Posted June 6 2006, 4.16pm
3.15pm: BBC3 scheduler Damian Kavanagh is moving to the children's department to oversee independent commissioning and be head of scheduling. By Jason Deans. (more)

BBC3 unveils the Stone Age diet
From Media Guardian. Posted June 1 2006, 9.05am
8am: Move over Celebrity Fit Club - BBC3 is putting a group of overweight people on a Stone Age diet in a new reality TV show. By Jason Deans. (more)

Naoko Mori & Burn Gorman Join Torchwood
From Merry Media. Posted April 26 2006, 3.35pm
Burn Gorman and Naoko Mori have been cast to star alongside John Barrowman and Eve Myles in the brand new BBC Three drama Torchwood, it was announced today. Burn Gorman has been cast to play Owen Harper - the raw but charming medic of the group.. (more)

Sinchronicity - New Drama for BBC Three
From Merry Media. Posted April 23 2006, 1.02pm
BBC Three has commissioned Sinchronicity, a new 6 part drama series from Shine. Sinchronicity revolves around Nathan and the sexual misadventures of a group of 20 somethings. Set and filmed in Manchester, the plots hinge on peripheral moments that could prove crucial for strangers looking for love.. (more)

Murphy calls in lawyers over RDF share dispute
From Brand Republic. Posted April 20 2006, 11.04am
LONDON - Former BBC Three controller Stuart Murphy, who left the independent TV production house RDF after only three months, is understood to have called in his lawyers after losing out on a contract that would have entitled him to £1m worth of shares after three years. (more)

Former BBC Three controller Murphy leaves RDF post after three months
From Brand Republic. Posted April 11 2006, 8.04am
LONDON - Former BBC controller Stuart Murphy has quit as RDF Media's creative director after only three months in the job. (more)

Stuart Murphy quits RDF
From Digital Spy. Posted April 11 2006, 12.00am
Ex BBC Three head Stuart Murphy quits RDF after just three months at the production company. (more)

BBC3 plugs Glastonbury gap
From Media Guardian. Posted April 10 2006, 6.05pm
BBC3 is to fill the Glastonbury-shaped hole in its music festival coverage by televising a host of other summer attractions, including Reading and Radio 1's Big Weekend. By Julia Day. (more)

Murphy departs RDF
From Media Guardian. Posted April 10 2006, 1.10pm
Former BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has left RDF barely three months after he joined the independent producer behind Wife Swap. By John Plunkett. (more)

BBC Three to show Carling Weekend and Radio 1 festivals
From Brand Republic. Posted April 10 2006, 11.04am
LONDON - BBC Three has ramped up its investment in music and is to provide coverage of this summer's Carling Reading and Leeds, and Radio 1's Big Weekend festivals. (more)

Murphy quits RDF Media after less than six months
From The Stage. Posted April 10 2006, 9.45am
Former BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy has left RDF Media, just months after joining the independent production house as creative director. (more)

BBC Three Counties Radio launches Romany programme
From Media Network Weblog. Posted April 3 2006, 1.15pm
BBC Three Counties Radio is launching a weekly programme produced by, and for, British Gypsies. Rokker Radio (which means Talk Radio in Romany language) will be presented by Jake Bowers every Sunday evening from 9 April. Bowers is one of Britain's only Romany journalists and is a regular contributor to The Guardian and BBC Radio 4. The weekly show will focus on issues affecting the travelling (more)

Mentorn to make BBC3 baby series
From Media Guardian. Posted March 30 2006, 5.21pm
4.15pm: BBC3 has commissioned independent producer Mentorn to make a popular science series about the myths and realities of human conception. By Ben Dowell. (more)

Viewer fined after posting porn to BBC
From Media Guardian. Posted March 22 2006, 3.13pm
A viewer was so upset at the male nudity featured in a BBC3 programme about penises that he retaliated by sending indecent pictures of women to the BBC. (more)

Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood finds leading lady in Myles
From Brand Republic. Posted February 24 2006, 11.02am
LONDON – The Russell T Davies-penned 'Torchwood', a BBC Three spin-off from 'Doctor Who', has found its leading lady in the form of Welsh actress Eve Myles as it gets ready for an autumn showing. (more)

Bafta-winning comedian Taylor lands BBC3 pilot
From The Stage. Posted February 22 2006, 11.10am
Avalon Television, the independent producer that makes Harry Hill's TV Burp, is developing a pilot for BBC3 starring the Bafta-winning comedian Karen Taylor. (more)

Taylor's song and dance for BBC3
From Media Guardian. Posted February 22 2006, 8.13am
8am: Comedian Karen Taylor has landed a pilot for a BBC3 show featuring song, dance and stand-up. By Jason Deans. (more)

BBC spins off Sugar's Apprentice to online and BBC Three
From Brand Republic. Posted February 8 2006, 11.02am
LONDON - The BBC is to use the new series of 'The Apprentice' on BBC Two to test its new online TV player and bring audiences to BBC Three, which will run a sister show. (more)

BBC Three showcases independent British cinema
From Brand Republic. Posted January 26 2006, 11.01am
LONDON - BBC Three is celebrating some of the best of British and Irish independent cinema with a season of TV premieres kicking off in February, including 'Blind Flight', the story of John McCarthy Brian Keenan's captivity in Beirut. (more)

BBC3 has a laugh with brace of new sitcoms
From Media Guardian. Posted January 9 2006, 7.32am
8am: The BBC's Manchester-based Comedy North production team headed by Kenton Allen is to make two sitcom pilots for BBC3 as part of a three-year deal. By Jason Deans. (more)

BBC admits vulgar titles put viewers off 'intelligent' shows
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
The titles of some BBC3 documentaries are discouraging people from watching them and losing the broadcaster viewers, says the corporation's annual report. (more)