{{Short description|British television production manager and executive (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Use British English|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = November {{birth year and age|1965}} | birth_place = Lewisham, London, England | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | mother = Una Howe | father = Darcus Howe | spouse = | relatives = | occupation = Television production manager and executive | years_active = | alma_mater = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Tamara Howe''' (born November 1965)<ref name=IMDb>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397899/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm "Tamara Howe"] at IMDb.</ref> 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,<ref name=Hiive>Barros, Simon, [https://app.hiive.co.uk/knowledge/blogs/hiive-live-qa-panel-tamara-howe-ian-livingstone-cbe-tom-box/553/ "Hiive Live Q&A panel - Tamara Howe, Ian Livingstone CBE & Tom Box"], Hiive.</ref> culminating with the role of Controller of Business, Comedy & Entertainment, Television.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/essentials/culture/television/bbc-failing-take-religion-seriously-says-radio-4-presenter-roger-bolton/|title=BBC failing to take religion seriously says Radio 4 host Roger Bolton|last=Sherwin|first=Adam|date=28 November 2016|work=iNews|access-date=2 June 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref> She featured in ''Powerlist 2013: Britain's Most Influential Black People'', described as "one of the most influential people at the BBC".<ref name=Powerlist />
==Early life== Tamara Howe, daughter of ''Race Today'' editors Una Howe and Darcus Howe,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/darcus%E2%80%99-final-farewell-%E2%80%9C-real-revolutionary%E2%80%A6i-miss-him|title=Darcus' final farewell: "An real revolutionary…I miss the him"|last=Photiou|first=Andrea|date=27 April 2017|work=The Voice|access-date=2 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> was born in Lewisham, London.{{dead link|date=April 2025}}<ref name=IMDb />
==Career== Howe's start in television was as a trainee production assistant at Bandung Productions<ref>[http://edinburghtvfestival.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/continuing-on-in-our-quest-to-give-you.html "The secrets of Tamara Howe's success...."], Edinburgh TV Festival, 26 – 28 August 2015, 21 February 2012.</ref> (whose programmes included Channel 4's ''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,<ref name="Hiive" /><ref name="Powerlist" /> before joining BBC Current Affairs as Head of Production & Finance in 2003.<ref>[https://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/staff/tamara-howe/ "Tamara Howe"] at Ravensbourne.</ref> 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''.<ref>Childs, James, [https://www.artefactmagazine.com/2014/10/28/the-importance-of-black-actresses-in-the-uk/ "WHERE ARE THE UK’S BLACK ACTRESSES?"], ''Artefact'', 28 October 2014.</ref><ref>Neilan, Catherine, [http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/people/howe-takes-on-bbcs-in-house-reins/5035706.article "Howe takes on BBC's in-house reins"], ''Broadcast'', 13 December 2011.</ref><ref name="Powerlist">[http://content.yudu.com/A1zgh3/PowerList2013/resources/42.htm "Media, Publishing & Entertainment | Tamara Howe"], Power List 2013, p. 40.</ref>
In 2012, she was appointed the BBC's Controller of Business, Comedy & Entertainment, Television.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://realscreen.com/2012/09/20/lisa-opie-takes-on-knowledge-role-at-bbc-vision/|title=Lisa Opie takes on Knowledge role at BBC Vision|last=Benzine|first=Adam|date=20 September 2012|work=Realscreen|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref>
In Vice Media's restructuring of its UK-based TV and digital operations, Howe was brought in to oversee content in 2018.<ref>Clarke, Stewart, [https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/vice-restructures-uk-and-emea-1202691927/ "Hires and Layoffs (EXCLUSIVE): BBC alum Tamara Howe takes new content chief role"], ''Variety'', 8 February 2018.</ref>
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.<ref>[http://www.thetvfestival.com/talent-committee/tamara-howe/ "Tamara Howe"], Edinburgh TV Festival.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{LinkedIn page|in/tamara-howe-7b038122}}
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