Danny Cohen

Controller, BBC Three

Danny took up his position as Controller, BBC Three on 14 May 2007. During 2006, he was Head of E4 and Head of Channel 4 Factual Entertainment and during his time at Channel 4 commissioned ‘Skins’; ‘Supernanny’; ‘The Trial of Tony Blair’ and ‘Cutting Edge’. Prior to this, he worked in Documentaries at Channel 4 for five years, both as commissioning editor and then as Head, overseeing the team of editors responsible for landmark contemporary documentary, documentary formats and docu-drama.

Between 2000 and 2001, Danny was factual commissioning editor for the launch of E4. His career began at Diverse Production where he became head of development after a period in production.