New Controller Of BBC Three Appointed

Fiona Campbell has been appointed as the new Controller of BBC Three.

Fiona’s current role is as Head of BBC Studios' Documentary Unit. She has a wealth of experience in commissioning storytelling that reaches young audiences and is a highly respected innovator in delivering digital content.

Prior to joining BBC Studios, Fiona was the Digital Director for BBC News, responsible for BBC News online and other digital platforms including the mobile app. She had editorial oversight of all of BBC News’s digital platforms and was responsible for the creation of high quality content in a range of formats that met young audiences’ needs and changing consumption patterns. Her focus was on innovation and reaching underserved audiences, particularly young people. The partnership she launched between BBC Factual Commissioning and BBC News produced content such as the feature ‘The food supplement that ruined my liver’ which was the most successful feature piece ever published on the BBC News website with 5 million readers in the first 24 hours.

Previously Fiona worked in Factual commissioning as Head of Current Affairs for the BBC and before this Head of Documentaries and Features for BBC Three. In this role she commissioned the BBC iPlayer boxset Unsolved, the Live Riots special, Britain's Gay Footballers, Oscar Pistorius: What Really Happened? and Tulisa - The Price of Fame. Prior to working at the BBC she was a Commissioning Editor for Channel 4.