Campbell, who was promoted this year to Controller, Youth Audience, BBC iPlayer and BBC Three, recalled her move from researcher on the BBC Two business show The Money Programme, where she couldn’t see a way forward, to assistant producer on BBC One’s Watchdog.
“I was not passionate about consumer affairs journalism, but that job was an opportunity to move on and break out,” she said.
Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio decided he probably should learn to write – after he’d already penned a hit BBC drama series. “I did it backwards,” the former medic told the RTS Midlands Careers Fair 2020.
Mercurio had been a junior doctor working in Birmingham hospitals when he replied to an advert in the British Medical Journal. It had been placed by a production company looking for drama ideas.
Watch BBC Three's Controller Fiona Campbell in conversation with Radio 2's Richie Anderson as she discusses running one of the most creative and exciting TV channels in the UK, how she started her career and what it takes to be successful in the industry.
