Tamara Howe | |
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| Born | November 1965 (age 59–60) |
| Occupation(s) | Television production manager and executive |
| Parent(s) | Una Howe and Darcus Howe |
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, daughter of Race Today editors Una Howe and Darcus Howe, [5] was born in Lewisham, London. [1]
Howe's start in television was as a 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]