Peter Hall obituary

As a lecturer in tourism at Manchester Metropolitan University, my father, Peter Hall, showed students at the university's Hollings campus and on field studies in areas as diverse as the Peak District, Snowdonia and Budapest the benefits and limits of sustainable tourism. Peter, who has died aged 78, also enjoyed a long association with the Open University as a lecturer in the arts.

He began his academic career in the general studies department at what was then Hollings College, teaching industrial and interpersonal communications skills. He had been recruited from Granada Television, where he worked as a researcher, scriptwriter and editor on both factual programmes and dramas such as Coronation Street.