Campaign magazine the channel was enjoying "creative renewal" having "weaned ourselves off Big Brother". In March 2016, Hunt delivered a Royal Television Society speech reflecting on her first five years at Channel 4 and the new creative culture she had established at the broadcaster. In February 2013, she was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4. Hunt resigned from Channel 4 at the beginning of June 2017, and was due to leave in September after serving her notice. She had been seen as the most likely candidate to succeed David Abraham as chief executive and had been interviewed for the post. In October 2017, she was hired by Apple. to lead commissioning for Apple TV + in Europe. There her commissions include Slow Horses, Bad Sisters, Prehistoric Planet and Trying. Personal life In June 2005, Hunt married Ian Blandford, formerly with BBC News who now runs Brightspark TV. The couple have a son and daughter and live in Clapham. References External links Jay Hunt profile on Royal Television Society website BBC Press release 3 December 2007 BBC News - Hunt becomes BBC One's controller 1967 births Living people People from Sydney Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge BBC executives BBC One controllers Australian television executives People educated at Lady Eleanor Holles School