Hunt was educated at the independent Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton, West London, followed by St John's College at the University of Cambridge, where she read English.
She led outside broadcast teams to cover the handover of Hong Kong to China and the first multiracial elections in South Africa.
[9][10][11] At Five, she commissioned Cowboy Builders, Extreme Fishing with Robson Green, Police Interceptors, Breaking into Tesco and Britain's Best Home.
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.
[16] 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.
At Channel 4, Hunt's commissions included Humans, Catastrophe, Gogglebox, Indian Summers, Derry Girls, The Island, The Undateables, Hunted, Benefits Street, First Dates, Child Genius, SAS: Who Dares Wins, Naked Attraction and The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds.
She led the team that delivered the BAFTA award-winning coverage of the 2012 London Paralympic Games,[17] and in 2015 brought Formula One to Channel 4, with a new three-year deal for the sport.
[25] In June 2015, Hunt told Campaign magazine the channel was enjoying "creative renewal", having "weaned ourselves off Big Brother".
[26] 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.