| Birth Date: | November |
| Birth Place: | Lewisham, London, England |
| Parents: | Una Howe and Darcus Howe |
| Occupation: | Television production manager and executive |
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".
Tamara Howe, daughter of editors of Race Today Una Howe and Darcus Howe,[4] was born in Lewisham, London.
Howe's start in television was as trainee production assistant at Bandung Productions[5] (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, before joining BBC Current Affairs as Head of Production & Finance in 2003.[6] 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.[7] [8] [9]
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]