Donna Taberer is a British television producer and former head of entertainment at Channel 5.

Early life

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She was born in East Sussex. She attended grammar school in East Sussex.[citation needed]

Career

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She began as a journalist at the age of 18, and trained on the NCTJ course.[citation needed]

She joined the BBC in 1990 as a researcher on That's Life!. She worked in factual programmes and factual entertainment as an executive producer. She oversaw the Children's Party at the Palace in 2006.[citation needed]

She rejoined the BBC in September 2010.[1]

BSkyB

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From 2006 to 2009 she was in charge of commissioning entertainment on Sky 1, Sky 2 and Sky 3.

Five

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In August 2009 she joined Five as their head of Entertainment,[2] where she stayed for a year.

BBC Academy

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In September 2010, Taberer joined the BBC Academy[2] where she is head of public service partnerships;[3] the Academy includes, among other initiatives, a media training program for journalists and other experts aimed at helping to achieve gender parity on television.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ BBC Ariel September 2014
  2. ^ a b Farber, Alex (27 September 2010). "C5's Donna Taberer returns to BBC". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  3. ^ "BBC to award £750,000 in scholarships to NFTS students as part of 3 year deal | National Film and Television School". nfts.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  4. ^ Bardou, Florian (20 October 2014). "Médias, femmes et stéréotypes : la France a un (bon) train de retard". L'Observatoire des médias. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
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Preceded by
Head of Entertainment Commissioning (Five)
August 2009 - September 2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Commissioner: Entertainment and Features (Sky 1, 2 and 3)
2006 - 2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Deputy Controller of Factual (BBC)
2005 - 2006
Succeeded by