Category: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Date: 05.09.2006
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Peter Salmon and Jane Tranter will fill new leadership roles in ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Vision, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s new multimedia content, commissioning and channels group, Jana Bennett, who will be Director of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Vision, announced today.
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Peter Salmon joins ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Vision in October 2006 to take on the new role of Chief Creative Officer, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Vision Studios.
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He will lead ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Vision's in-house production studios, the biggest integrated multimedia production group in the world.
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With nearly 5,000 programme-makers throughout the UK, across drama, entertainment, comedy and factual, learning and children's programmes, he will spearhead the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s in-house drive to create the highest quality content.
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Jane Tranter assumes the new role of Controller, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Fiction, leading the group which covers Drama Commissioning, Comedy Commissioning, Programme Acquisitions and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Film.
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She will build connections between comedy and drama and draw up a more cohesive strategy between ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Films and Programme Acquisitions, making the most of the planned increase in British film investment.
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Within the new Fiction commissioning group, Lucy Lumsden, Controller of Comedy Commissioning, will continue to commission the comedy slate.
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Jana Bennett said: "Peter and Jane are formidable creative forces and I'm delighted to have them on board.
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"Peter brings a wealth of experience to the role, having worked in both programme-making and broadcasting across all genres, both inside and outside the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
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"He has a tremendous energy and flair, so is the perfect person to shape our ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Vision Studios and in-house programme-making as we develop the world's largest multimedia content group.
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"Jane is an outstanding commissioner who has transformed ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Drama over the last five years. She has a keen eye for developing range across all channels, nurturing both in-house and independent production, and is the best person to build the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Fiction genres across all platforms."
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Peter has a long career as a programme-maker and has held senior roles at Granada, Channel 4, the independent sector and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
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He is returning to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ as Chief Creative Officer after deciding not to stay on as Chief Executive at The Television Corporation following a takeover earlier this year.
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Peter Salmon said: "I am a passionate supporter of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ programmes and content.
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"This new job is unparalleled in its scope and range and offers the biggest challenge of my career to date.
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"To bring together programme-makers from comedy and entertainment, children's, factual, learning, features, drama and documentary from up and down the UK for the first time as one of the great creative powerhouses of the world is a unique opportunity, and I can't wait to get started!"
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Jane Tranter, currently the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Controller of Drama Commissioning, has had a distinguished career in drama production and commissioning, both in the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and at Carlton Television.
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She said: "I am really looking forward to tackling this expanded new role, and to be heading up such an exciting new group of genres.
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"To be able to help build Fiction across all platforms and for all ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ audiences is a great privilege, and I am delighted to be working on this with Jana Bennett and such a talented and dynamic team of people in drama, comedy, films and programme acquisitions."
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Vision was announced in July as part of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s organisational change to meet the challenges and opportunities of its Creative Future content strategy.
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Led by Jana Bennett, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Vision will be responsible for in-house multimedia production, commissioning and audio-visual services, including the TV channel portfolio and digital developments such as high definition and interactive television.
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Multimedia production under the new Chief Creative Officer role will be more closely aligned to - while physically separate from - the multimedia commissioning teams.
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Both Jane and Peter will start their new roles on 1 October, reporting directly to Jana Bennett.
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Keith Scholey will continue as Acting Director of Factual and Learning until ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Vision is up and running and will be a key member of Peter's team.
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Three key positions on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Vision Group board are still to be appointed: Controller of Entertainment Commissioning, Controller of Knowledge Commissioning and Controller of Portfolio and Multimedia Services, responsible for developing ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Vision's portfolio, strategy and scheduling.
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Biographies
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Peter Salmon has a long and distinguished track record as a programme-maker and executive.
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As Controller of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ ONE from 1997 to 2000, he commissioned projects as diverse as Clocking Off, Waking The Dead, Holby City, Dinnerladies, My Family, Wives and Daughters, MacIntyre Undercover and Walking With Beasts.
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Then, as Director of Sport and a member of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Executive Board, he oversaw ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ coverage of the 2002 Athens Olympics, plus successive World Cup and European football campaigns.
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He pioneered sport interactive television at Wimbledon and The Manchester Commonwealth Games as well as the development of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sport online.
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He also regained a number of key contracts for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, notably The Derby and Premiership highlights for Match Of The Day.
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He left the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ in 2005 to become Chief Executive at The Television Corporation, but quit following a takeover earlier this year.
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Peter started at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ as a General Trainee in 1981 and rose to be ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Bristol's Head of Features.
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He signed Wallace and Gromit animator Nick Park and executive produced his Oscar-winning The Wrong Trousers.
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Peter left the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ for the commercial sector in the early Nineties and worked as Director of Programmes at Granada in Manchester and Controller of Factual Programmes for Channel 4.
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Since being appointed Controller, Drama Commissioning in 2000, Jane Tranter has revived the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s reputation for delivering modern, unique and distinctive programmes.
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She oversees an ambitious drama slate - from the bold innovations of Bleak House, Life on Mars, State of Play and some strikingly contemporary takes on Chaucer and Shakespeare - to successful returning series Waking the Dead, Spooks and Silent Witness, and popular continuing dramas series EastEnders, Casualty and Holby City.
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In 2005 she led the regeneration of Doctor Who, perhaps her most outstanding achievement to date.
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With Jane's support and encouragement, leading writing talents - Andrew Davies, Stephen Poliakoff, Russell T Davies, Paul Abbot, Jimmy McGovern and Tony Marchant - have delivered some of their best work for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ audiences.
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Before 2000, Jane was the Head of Drama Serials, with credits including Care, Warriors, The Way We Live Now and Babyfather.
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Jane worked her way up from her first job as a secretary in ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Drama in 1985.
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At Carlton Television from 1995 to 1997, Jane was the Executive Producer on Wilderness and Bramwell and Carlton's first soap, London Bridge.
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She re-joined the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ in 1997 as an executive producer in films and single drama.
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