Peter Salmon
Director, 成人论坛 Studios (formerly Director, England)
Blog posts in total 54
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Northern Intelligence
Peter Salmon reflects on programme making and the visit of the Public Accounts Committee to Salford this week.聽
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Keeping the rocket boosters firing
Peter Salmon discusses George Osborne's lecture about the 成人论坛's migration to Salford, given at MediaCityUK in May 2013.聽
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The NAO report on the 成人论坛's relocation to Salford
Director of 成人论坛 North, Peter Salmon discusses some of the National Audit Office's findings in its Value for Money Report on the 成人论坛's relocation to Salford.聽
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Not so grim up north
Director of 成人论坛 North Peter Salmon responds to the Guardian Northerner Blog's comment that The Village is "yet another 'grim up North' TV caricature".
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Celebrating a diverse workforce
Introducing events at 成人论坛 North which celebrate diversity in the workforce.聽
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How 成人论坛 North builds links with communities across the region
Peter Salmon looks at how 成人论坛 North involve the regions audience and communities.
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News and Sport at 成人论坛 North
Director of 成人论坛 North, Peter Salmon's update from Salford focuses on journalism and sports coverage.
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North impact could be dramatic
Director of 成人论坛 North Peter Salmon's overview of the wider impact being聽made by聽the new creative hub聽in聽MediaCityUK.
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Victoria Wood, A Christmas Royle Family and Carols from King's
Peter Salmon previews Christmas on the 成人论坛
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A Dickens of a Year
Amid testing times for the 成人论坛, the commitment to making great programmes and investing in people remains paramount. Peter Salmon writes about some of the productions made by 成人论坛 North.
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Looking back on 成人论坛 North's sporting summer and ahead to the autumn season
成人论坛 North Director Peter Salmon blogs about 成人论坛 Radio 5 Live's Olympics and Paralympics coverage, and looks forward to 成人论坛 RE:THINK 2012 and new series produced in and around Salford.
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Uniting communities and the nation throughout the summer
At the weekend Manchester, Salford and Trafford became part of Olympic history when they hosted the Olympic Flame on its way to its final destination in East London. In recent weeks it has travelled through the North East - Alnwick, Newcastle, Gateshead, Durham, Middlesbrough, Hull, York and C...
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Matters of faith and community
Preston Bus Station was the unlikely venue for the 成人论坛's latest and most innovative live event - The Preston Passion. This sixty-minute live programme on 成人论坛 One fused mass-audience participation, compelling drama and music-making to celebrate both Good Friday and the city itself. Hosted by Fe...
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Whose job is it anyway?
Performers from the 成人论坛 Philharmonic Presents...Salford Tales, based on the real life stories of people living and working in Salford (a collaboration between the 成人论坛 Philharmonic Orchestra and the Salford Symphony Orchestra). There's no denying the facts - in the eight months since we opene...
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It's been an 'eventful' year....
Frankenstein's wedding. Image by Ralph Petts Our new home here at MediaCityUK has gone from being a project to a creative and broadcast reality. We have moved almost two thousand people into our new buildings at the same time that many of them are building new lives for themselves in the reg...
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Read all about it
In the age of twenty-four hour breaking news this phrase might belong to a bygone era, but it's crossed my mind more than a few times in the past few weeks. Not only have we said our final and historic farewell to Oxford Road - the 成人论坛2 special TV Greats - Our Favourites From The North - pai...
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Funny Gets Serious in Newcastle
Steve Drayton from 成人论坛 Newcastle As I have said before, The North of England is a very funny place. Always has been. But we need to find, support and develop the next generation of 成人论坛 entertainers. That's why so much work is going on across the region with Cheryl Taylor's comedy commissioni...
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The future of British television comedy in the north
Eric Morecambe, Glenda Jackson and Ernie Wise in 'Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show' (1972) 'Hello, my darlings'. The first television words I ever remember. Spoken by the pint-sized comic Charlie Drake. It could easily have been Captain Mainwaring's 'Stupid Boy', courtesy of the immortal A...
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A week of firsts for 成人论坛 North
It's been a week of 'firsts' here at 成人论坛 North. Our first one hundred days on site. The first Blue Peter and R5L shows last week. The first File On Four and 成人论坛 Manchester programmes this week as well as the first students arriving at the University of Salford. And last weekend, the first visit b...
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A fond farewell to Waterloo Road
When I was a little lass, the world was half a dozen streets, an' a bit o' waste land, an' the rest was all talk. After all these years, the words of Violet Carson, Coronation Street's legendary battle-axe Ena Sharples still echo in my ears. For me, that line perfectly captures that fine balance...