Jeremy Howe (radio drama editor)
Jeremy Howe | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jeremy Howe |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Editor of The Archers |
| Notable work | Commissioning over 300 titles per year on BBC radio.[1] |
Jeremy Howe is the editor of long running radio drama The Archers for the BBC since 2018. From 2008, Howe was previously BBC Radio 4's Commissioning Editor for Drama and Fiction.[2]
He was educated at Dulwich College[3] and then studied at Oxford University, worked as a theatre director from 1981-1986 - at York Theatre Royal, The Mercury Theatre, Colchester, Nottingham Playhouse and the Lyric Theatre, Belfast before joining BBC Northern Ireland as a producer of radio drama in 1986. From 1989 to 1991 he was an Assistant Commissioning editor at Channel 4, where he was in charge of development of Film4. He returned to radio and was managing editor for the drama on Radio 3 before moving back into television as an executive producer for BBC Two 10x10 new directors strand where he gave breaks to Joe Wright, Sarah Gavron, Andrea Arnold, Debbie Isitt, Ian Iqbal Rashid and others, as well as producing documentaries and single dramas like The Falklands Play and This Little Life.
In 2011 he published a memoir - Mummydaddy - about bringing up his two daughters singlehandedly after the tragic death of his first wife, the academic Dr Elizabeth Howe, author of The First English Actresses.
He is now married to the writer and movie producer Jennifer Howarth, whose producing credits include Distant Voices, Still Lives, On the Black Hill and Blame It on the Bellboy.
Response towards Howe’s appointment[edit]
Gwyneth Williams, controller of BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra said: “Jeremy has made an outstanding contribution over many years as Radio 4’s Drama Commissioning Editor.”[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jeremy Howe announced as new editor of The Archers". BBC Media Centre. 7 February 2018. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "Jeremy Howe's first day as the new editor of The Archers". The Archers. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Jeremy Howe Radio 4".
- ^ "Jeremy Howe revealed to be new boss of The Archers". Radio Times. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
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