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Verity Lambert

Verity Lambert

Producer · 1935–2007 · Hampstead, London, England, UK

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Biography

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.

Produced 58

2020s

  1. 2023

    Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour

    Producer

  2. Tales of the Tardis

    Producer

2000s

  1. 2005

    Love Soup

    Producer

  2. 2001

    The Cazalets

    Producer

1990s

  1. 1997

    Jonathan Creek

    Producer

    80
  2. 1995

    She's Out

    Producer

  3. 1994

    Class Act

    Producer, Executive Producer

  4. 1993

    Comics

    Producer

  5. 1992

    Running Late

    Producer

  6. So Haunt Me

    Producer

  7. 1991

    G.B.H.

    Executive Producer

  8. Sleepers

    Executive Producer

  9. Sleepers

    Executive Producer

  10. Boys from the Bush

    Producer

1980s

  1. 1989

    May to December

    Producer

  2. 1988

    Evil Angels

    Producer

    75

  3. American Roulette

    Executive Producer

  4. 1986

    Link

    Executive Producer

    55

  5. Clockwise

    Executive Producer

    70
  6. 1985

    Dreamchild

    Executive Producer

    75

  7. Morons from Outer Space

    Executive Producer

    44
  8. 1983

    Saigon: Year of the Cat

    Producer

  9. The Nation's Health

    Executive Producer

  10. Reilly: Ace of Spies

    Executive Producer

    79

  11. Widows

    Producer

  12. 1981

    The Flame Trees of Thika

    Producer, Executive Producer

  13. Stainless Steel and the Star Spies

    Executive Producer

  14. 1980

    Fox

    Executive Producer

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Quatermass Conclusion

    Executive Producer

  2. Quatermass

    Executive Producer

    69

  3. Macbeth

    Executive Producer

  4. 1978

    The Sailor's Return

    Executive Producer

  5. 1976

    Rock Follies

    Producer

  6. 1975

    The Naked Civil Servant

    Executive Producer

    76
  7. 1974

    Shoulder to Shoulder

    Producer

  8. 1973

    A.D.A.M.

    Producer

  9. Achilles Heel

    Producer

1960s

  1. 1966

    Adam Adamant Lives!

    Producer

  2. 1965

    Doctor Who: Mission to the Unknown

    Producer

  3. Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

    Producer

  4. Doctor Who: The Time Meddler

    Producer

  5. Doctor Who: The Chase

    Producer

  6. Doctor Who: The Space Museum

    Producer

  7. Doctor Who: The Crusade

    Producer

  8. Doctor Who: The Web Planet

    Producer

  9. Doctor Who: The Romans

    Producer

  10. Doctor Who: The Rescue

    Producer

  11. 1964

    Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth

    Producer

  12. Doctor Who: Planet of Giants

    Producer

  13. Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

    Producer

  14. Doctor Who: The Sensorites

    Producer

  15. Doctor Who: The Aztecs

    Producer

  16. Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus

    Producer

  17. Doctor Who: Marco Polo

    Producer

  18. Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction

    Producer

  19. Doctor Who: The Daleks

    Producer

  20. 1963

    Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

    Producer

  21. Doctor Who

    Producer

    83

Acted in 5

2010s

  1. 2013

    The Celestial Toyroom

    Movie

2000s

  1. 2008

    Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

    (Archive Footage)

  2. 2003

    The Story of Doctor Who

    Movie

1990s

  1. 1997

    A Night in with the Girls

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1987

    Doctor Who Then & Now

    TV

Created 4

2020s

  1. 2021

    Doctor Who: Galaxy 4

    Creator

1990s

  1. 1994

    Class Act

    Creator

1970s

  1. 1979

    Minder

    Creator

    76
  2. 1974

    Shoulder to Shoulder

    Creator

Appearances14

2010s

  1. 2013

    Dr. Forever!

    Herself · 5 episodes

  2. 2012

    Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'

    Herself (archive footage)

  3. Vision On

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 2010

    Daleks! Beyond the Screen

    Self

  5. Daleks! Conquer and Destroy

    Self

2000s

  1. 2007

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    Self

  2. 2006

    Creation of the Daleks

    Herself

  3. Doctor Who: Origins

    Self

  4. Masters of Sound

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS

    Self

  6. Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'

    Self

  7. 2005

    Tales of Isop

    Self

  8. 2002

    Remembering 'The Aztecs'

    Self (in photo) (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1993

    30 Years in the TARDIS

    Herself