Tamara Howe (born November 1965)[1] is a British television production manager and executive with more than 30 years' experience, including working at London Weekend Television, before joining BBC TV, where she held various posts,[2] culminating with the role of Controller of Business, Comedy & Entertainment, Television.[3] She featured in Powerlist 2013: Britain's Most Influential Black People, described as "one of the most influential people at the BBC".[4]
Tamara Howe | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 1965 (age 58–59) Lewisham, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Television production manager and executive |
| Parent(s) | Una Howe and Darcus Howe |
Early life edit
Tamara Howe, daughter of editors of Race Today Una Howe and Darcus Howe,[5] was born in Lewisham, London.[1]
Career edit
Howe's start in television was as trainee production assistant at Bandung Productions[6] (whose programmes included The Bandung File co-edited by Darcus Howe with Tariq Ali), and she was Director of Production at Granada from 1999 to 2002, during which time she was a founding member of the Cultural Diversity Network, working with other key broadcasters to improve representation on and off the screen,[2][4] before joining BBC Current Affairs as Head of Production & Finance in 2003.[7] She moved on to become Chief Operating Officer, BBC Children's (2006–12) where she was instrumental in moving Blue Peter to a smaller studio and then in 2012 became Controller Production Operations, Vision, with responsibility for such flagship programmes such as EastEnders, Top Gear, The One Show, Luther and Strictly Come Dancing.[8][9][4]
In 2012, she was appointed the BBC's Controller of Business, Comedy & Entertainment, Television.[10]
In Vice Media's restructuring of its UK-based TV and digital operations, Howe was brought in to oversee content in 2018.[11]
Howe is a London Council member of the Prince's Trust, chairs the Edinburgh TV Festival Talent Schemes, and is a governor at Ravensbourne University London.[12]
References edit
- ^ a b "Tamara Howe" at IMDb.
- ^ a b Barros, Simon, "Hiive Live Q&A panel - Tamara Howe, Ian Livingstone CBE & Tom Box", Hiive.
- ^ Sherwin, Adam (28 November 2016). "BBC failing to take religion seriously says Radio 4 host Roger Bolton". iNews. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "Media, Publishing & Entertainment | Tamara Howe", Power List 2013, p. 40.
- ^ Photiou, Andrea (27 April 2017). "Darcus' final farewell: "An real revolutionary…I miss the him"". The Voice. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "The secrets of Tamara Howe's success....", Edinburgh TV Festival, 26 – 28 August 2015, 21 February 2012.
- ^ "Tamara Howe" at Ravensbourne.
- ^ Childs, James, "WHERE ARE THE UK’S BLACK ACTRESSES?", Artefact, 28 October 2014.
- ^ Neilan, Catherine, "Howe takes on BBC's in-house reins", Broadcast, 13 December 2011.
- ^ Benzine, Adam (20 September 2012). "Lisa Opie takes on Knowledge role at BBC Vision". Realscreen. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ Clarke, Stewart, "Hires and Layoffs (EXCLUSIVE): BBC alum Tamara Howe takes new content chief role", Variety, 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Tamara Howe", Edinburgh TV Festival.