BBC Three Launch
Broadcast
9th February 2003
© BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Three was launched on 9th February 2003. It took over from BBC Choice as a new Youth channel. Stuart Murphy became famous for running the channel and being the youngest channel controller to launch a new channel at 33. Despite the fact he'd previously run UK Play at the age of 26.
![image from: BBC Three Launch](https://tvark.org/media/1998i/2018-08-21/67c7a71c80105a87b0c9f367cef7ffd8b156d9a8.jpg)
![image from: BBC Three Launch](https://tvark.org/media/1998i/2018-08-21/91134ba7946a9f475d7d60387866790d3f018aa9.jpg)
![image from: BBC Three Launch](https://tvark.org/media/1998i/2018-08-21/79bc48ea6a86145e04a18df73908a48e291f0b18.jpg)
![image from: BBC Three Launch](https://tvark.org/media/1998i/2018-08-21/db175fc6a143147e6f661185459b6e6010a3c0d3.jpg)
![image from: BBC Three Launch](https://tvark.org/media/1998i/2018-08-21/357a1380a2b9a3c67ee557dfe6d1ae7929317b80.jpg)
![image from: BBC Three Launch](https://tvark.org/media/1998i/2018-08-21/d70f7418aaaab0a35785bf9dedc58d4aac915dc8.jpg)