EXCLUSIVE: It’s the end of an era at Sky Kids , with Lucy Murphy moving on after ten years.

In the past few minutes, Sky Studios CEO Cecile Frot-Coutaz has informed staff that Sky Kids director Murphy will exit at the end of the year. This comes as Sky moves out of original kids TV commissioning and pivots to an acquisitions model.

As such, Sky Studios is creating a Head of Sky Kids Content role, which we can reveal will be filled by long-serving Sky Kids commissioning editor Ian France. Jamie Morris, Sky’s Executive Director Content Strategy & Performance, made that announcement internally shortly after Murphy’s exit was communicated.

Murphy commissioned more than 150 Sky Kids originals across live action, animation, news, factual, comedy and games during her run. These included

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