Verity Lambert
Production
Verity Ann Lambert OBE (27 November 1935 – 22 November 2007) was an English television and film producer. Lambert began working in television in the 1950s. She began her career as a producer at the BBC by becoming the founding producer of the science-fiction series Doctor Who from 1963 until 1965. She left the BBC in 1969 and worked for other television companies, notably having a long association with Thames Television and its Euston Films offshoot in the 1970s and 1980s. Her many credits as producer include Adam Adamant Lives!, The Naked Civil Servant, Rock Follies, Minder, Widows, G.B.H., Jonathan Creek, Love Soup and Eldorado. She also worked in the film industry for Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment. From 1985 she ran her own production company, Cinema Verity. She continued to work as a producer until the year she died. Women were rarely television producers in Britain at the beginning of Lambert's career. When she was appointed to Doctor Who in 1963, she was BBC Television's only female drama producer, as well as the youngest. The website of the Museum of Broadcast Communications hails her as "not only one of Britain's leading businesswomen, but possibly the most powerful member of the nation's entertainment industry ... Lambert has served as a symbol of the advances won by women in the media". The British Film Institute's Screenonline website describes Lambert as "one of those producers who can often create a fascinating small screen universe from a slim script and half-a-dozen congenial players." Description above from the Wikipedia article Verity Lambert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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tvTales of the Tardis
2023
Producer
tvLove Soup
2005
Producer
tvThe Cazalets
2001
Producer
tvJonathan Creek
1997
Producer
tvShe's Out
1995
Producer
tvClass Act
1994
Producer, Executive Producer
tvComics
1993
Producer
movieRunning Late
1992
Producer
tvSo Haunt Me
1992
Producer
tvG.B.H.
1991
Executive Producer
movieSleepers
1991
Executive Producer
tvSleepers
1991
Executive Producer
tvBoys from the Bush
1991
Producer
tvMay to December
1989
Producer
movieEvil Angels
1988
Producer
movieAmerican Roulette
1988
Executive Producer
movieLink
1986
Executive Producer
movieClockwise
1986
Executive Producer
movieDreamchild
1985
Executive Producer
movieMorons from Outer Space
1985
Executive Producer
movieSaigon: Year of the Cat
1983
Producer
tvThe Nation's Health
1983
Executive Producer
tvReilly: Ace of Spies
1983
Executive Producer
tvWidows
1983
Producer
tvThe Flame Trees of Thika
1981
Producer, Executive Producer
movieStainless Steel and the Star Spies
1981
Executive Producer
tvFox
1980
Executive Producer
tvQuatermass
1979
Executive Producer
movieMacbeth
1979
Executive Producer
movieThe Sailor's Return
1978
Executive Producer
tvRock Follies
1976
Producer
movieThe Naked Civil Servant
1975
Executive Producer
tvShoulder to Shoulder
1974
Producer
movieA.D.A.M.
1973
Producer
movieAchilles Heel
1973
Producer
tvAdam Adamant Lives!
1966
Producer
movieDoctor Who: Galaxy 4
1965
Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Chase
1965
Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Crusade
1965
Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Romans
1965
Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Rescue
1965
Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Aztecs
1964
Producer
movieDoctor Who: Marco Polo
1964
Producer
movieDoctor Who: The Daleks
1964
Producer
tvDoctor Who
1963
Producer
Acting21
tvDr. Forever!
2013
Herself
movieDon't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'
2012
Herself (archive footage)
movieVision On
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieVerity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
(Archive Footage)
movieMasters of Sound
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieRemembering 'The Aztecs'
2002
Self (in photo) (archive footage)
Creator5
tvDoctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021
Creator
tvClass Act
1994
Creator
tvMinder
1979
Creator
tvShoulder to Shoulder
1974
Creator
tvDoctor Who
1963
Creator