Jay Hunt

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jay Hunt
Occupation	Television producer
Date Of Birth	Jan 20, 1967(1967-01-20)
Age	57
Birthplace	Sydney
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jay Hunt Biography

Jay Hunt is one of the most popular and richest Television Producer who was born on January 20, 1967 in Sydney, Australia. Jacqueline Leigh “Jay” Hunt (born 20 January 1967) is an Australian-born British television executive.

On 3 December 2007, it was announced that she would be returning to the BBC to take up the vacant post of Controller of BBC One in early 2008, replacing the resigning Peter Fincham following criticism over the handling of A Year with the Queen. She worked her notice at five until April 2008 before returning to the BBC as Controller of BBC One. In 2009, Hunt was accused of a conflict of interest after it was revealed she was secretary of a production company owned by her husband which had a contract with the BBC. The BBC said this did not breach their conflict of interest policy.

In 2008 and 2009, BBC One won MGEITF Terrestrial Channel of the Year. At BBC One her commissions included Sherlock, Mrs Brown’s Boys, Luther, Criminal Justice, Five Daughters, Bang goes the Theory, The Day the Immigrants Left and Famous, Rich and Homeless. She also commissioned Michael McIntyre’s and John Bishop’s first network programmes.

In September 2010, Channel 4 announced Hunt’s appointment to the new post of Chief Creative Officer. Immediately placed on “gardening leave” from the BBC, she joined Channel 4 in January 2011. While on leave, Hunt was a witness at the employment tribunal of the sacked Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly, who accused Hunt of ageism and sexism. In January 2011, the day after Hunt began working at Channel 4, O’Reilly’s claims for age discrimination and victimisation were upheld but the sexism claim was dismissed. As part of her strategy to improve the quality of Channel 4 News, from spring 2011 Hunt hired Matt Frei (Washington), Jackie Long (Social Affairs) and Michael Crick (Political Correspondent) from the BBC.

In June 2005, Hunt married Ian Blandford, formerly with BBC News who now works for the BBC College of Journalism and runs Brightspark TV. They have a son and daughter and live in Clapham.

Jay Hunt Net Worth

Jay Hunt is one of the richest Television producer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jay Hunt 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hunt joined the BBC in 1989 as a researcher, working on BBC Breakfast News. She went on to work on Newsnight and Panorama, subsequently becoming editor of the BBC’s One O’Clock News and the Six O’Clock News. She led outside broadcast teams to cover the handover of Hong Kong to China and the first multiracial elections in South Africa.

Hunt became BBC Birmingham’s Executive Producer for Daytime in 2002, being promoted to Senior Commissioning Executive for Daytime in 2003 and then Controller of BBC Daytime and Early Peak with responsibility for programming across both BBC One and BBC Two between 9 am and 7 pm. In this role, she commissioned Great British Menu, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, The Heirhunters, and Missing.

Hunt left the BBC for eight months in 2007, to replace Dan Chambers as Controller of Programmes for Five, and hired Natasha Kaplinsky from the BBC shortly afterwards. At Five, she commissioned Cowboy Builders, Extreme Fishing with Robson Green, Police Interceptors, Breaking into Tesco and Britain’s Best Home.

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Who is Jay Hunt Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Yashodhara Ranked on the list of most popular Television Producer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Jay Hunt celebrates birthday on January 20 of every year.