Tamara Howe

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Tamara Howe
BornNovember 1965 (age 58–59)
Lewisham, London, England
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]

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Early life

Tamara Howe, daughter of editors of Race Today Una Howe and Darcus Howe, [5] was born in Lewisham, London. [1]

Career

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tamara Howe" at IMDb.
  2. 1 2 Barros, Simon, "Hiive Live Q&A panel - Tamara Howe, Ian Livingstone CBE & Tom Box", Hiive.
  3. ↑ Sherwin, Adam (28 November 2016). "BBC failing to take religion seriously says Radio 4 host Roger Bolton". iNews . Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Media, Publishing & Entertainment | Tamara Howe", Power List 2013, p. 40.
  5. ↑ Photiou, Andrea (27 April 2017). "Darcus' final farewell: "An real revolutionary…I miss the him"". The Voice . Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "The secrets of Tamara Howe's success....", Edinburgh TV Festival, 26 – 28 August 2015, 21 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Tamara Howe" at Ravensbourne.
  8. ↑ Childs, James, "WHERE ARE THE UK’S BLACK ACTRESSES?", Artefact, 28 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Neilan, Catherine, "Howe takes on BBC's in-house reins", Broadcast , 13 December 2011.
  10. ↑ Benzine, Adam (20 September 2012). "Lisa Opie takes on Knowledge role at BBC Vision". Realscreen. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  11. ↑ Clarke, Stewart, "Hires and Layoffs (EXCLUSIVE): BBC alum Tamara Howe takes new content chief role", Variety , 8 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "Tamara Howe", Edinburgh TV Festival.
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