Tamara Howe (born November 1965)"Tamara Howe"
at IMDb. is a British television production manager and executive with more than 30 years' experience, including working at

London Weekend Television London Weekend Television (LWT; now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV (TV network), ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00&nbs ...

, before joining

BBC TV BBC Television is a service of the BBC. The corporation has operated a public broadcast television service in the United Kingdom, under the terms of a royal charter, since 1 January 1927. It produced television programmes from its own studios ...

, where she held various posts,Barros, Simon,
"Hiive Live Q&A panel - Tamara Howe, Ian Livingstone CBE & Tom Box"
Hiive. culminating with the role of Controller of Business, Comedy & Entertainment, Television. She featured in ''

Powerlist The Powerlist is a list of the 100 most influential people of African or African Caribbean heritage in the United Kingdom. The list is updated annually and has been published in book format by Powerful Media since 2007. The Powerlist is not lim ...

2013: Britain's Most Influential Black People'', described as "one of the most influential people at the BBC".

Early life

Tamara Howe, daughter of ''

Race Today ''Race Today'' was a monthly (later bimonthly) British political magazine. Launched in 1969 by the Institute of Race Relations, it was from 1973 published by the ''Race Today'' Collective, which included figures such as Darcus Howe, Farrukh Dh ...

'' editors Una Howe and

Darcus Howe Leighton Rhett Radford "Darcus" Howe (26 February 1943 – 1 April 2017)"Civil ...

, was born in

Lewisham Lewisham ( ) is an area of southeast London, England, south of Charing Cross. It is the principal area of the London Borough of Lewisham, and was within the Historic counties of England, historic county of Kent until 1889. It is identified in ...

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Career

Howe's start in television was as a trainee production assistant at Bandung Productions (whose programmes included ''The Bandung File'', co-edited by Darcus Howe with

Tariq Ali Tariq Ali (;; born 21 October 1943) is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, and public intellectual. He is a member of the editorial committee of the ''New Left Review'' and ''Sin Permiso'', and co ...

), and she was Director of Production at

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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, before joining

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Current Affairs as Head of Production & Finance in 2003. 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 ''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...

'', ''

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'', ''

The One Show ''The One Show'' is a British television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on BBC One weekdays at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. It is currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Roman Kemp, Ronan Keating ...

'', '' Luther'' and ''

Strictly Come Dancing ''Strictly Come Dancing'' (commonly referred to as ''Strictly'') is a British dance contest show in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly Ballroom dance, ballroom and Latin dance, Latin dance. Each couple is ...

''."Media, Publishing & Entertainment , Tamara Howe"
Power List 2013, p. 40. In 2012, she was appointed the BBC's Controller of Business, Comedy & Entertainment, Television. In

Vice Media Vice Media Group LLC is a Canadian-American digital media and broadcasting company. Vice Media encompasses four main business areas: Vice Studios Group (film and TV production); Vice TV (a joint venture with A&E Networks, also known as Vicelan ...

's restructuring of its UK-based TV and digital operations, Howe was brought in to oversee content in 2018. Howe is a London Council member of the

Prince's Trust The King's Trust (formerly the Prince's Trust) is a United Kingdom-based charity founded in 1976 by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) to help vulnerable young people get their lives on track. It supports 11-to-30-year-olds who are unempl ...

, chairs the Edinburgh TV Festival Talent Schemes, and is a governor at

Ravensbourne University London Ravensbourne University London is a public university on the Greenwich Peninsula in London, England. It is classified as a digital media and design university, with vocational courses in fashion, television and broadcasting, interactive produc ...

."Tamara Howe"
Edinburgh TV Festival.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Howe, Tamara Living people 1965 births Black British businesspeople British television producers British women television producers Businesspeople from the London Borough of Lewisham English people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Mass media people from London People associated with Ravensbourne University London