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.
[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.