Donna Taberer

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]

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

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

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]

• Richard Woolfe, former Channel control of Five from 2009