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BBC drama chief Lindsay Salt to outline scripted strategy at Content London 2024

C21 reporter 31-07-2024 ©C21Media

Lindsay Salt, director of BBC drama, will be at Content London to discuss her priorities for the year ahead, talk about her upcoming slate and outline the opportunities for partnership.

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Lindsay Salt
Director of drama, BBC
Salt joined the BBC as director of drama in September 2022. She has the widest remit within British drama broadcasting and is responsible for delivering distinctive, world-beating content on BBC iPlayer and the pubcaster’s portfolio of channels.
The BBC drama slate includes long-running favourites Doctor Who, EastEnders, Casualty, Silent Witness, Call the Midwife, Shetland and Death in Paradise; crime dramas Blue Lights, The Responder, Sherwood and The Jetty; literary adaptations Wolf Hall: The Mirror & the Light, Lord of the Flies, The Night Manager and Mr Loverman; state-of-the-nation dramas Dear England and The Ministry of Time; and character-led series Riot Women, The Dream Lands, Boarders, Reunion and The Split Up.
Previously, Salt was part of the first UK scripted team at Netflix, where she helped to establish a new slate and commissioned shows including hit series Baby Reindeer and One Day. She also worked on Heartstopper and The Crown season five.
Prior to that, she was head of development at Sky drama UK, where she ran the development slate for Sky One and Sky Atlantic and worked across developments ranging from The Lazarus Project to The Third Day.