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Verity Lambert (1935–2007)

A young Verity Lambert began her career as TV producer when given the chance to produce the new children's television sci-fi series Doctor Who in early 1963. Due to the fact this was her first job as a producer, Mervyn Pinfield was given guardian role over the series, but Verity's talents were soon recognised... See full bio »

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(age 71) in London, England, UK

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2005-2008 Love Soup (TV series) (producer - 17 episodes)
Home (2008) (producer)
Human Error (2008) (producer)
Whose God Is It Anyway? (2008) (producer)
Kiss of Death (2008) (producer)
Lobotomy Bay (2008) (producer)
 
1998-2004 Jonathan Creek (TV series) (producer - 20 episodes)
Gorgons Wood (2004) (producer)
The Chequered Box (2004) (producer)
The Seer of the Sands (2004) (producer)
The Tailor's Dummy (2003) (producer)
Angel Hair (2003) (producer)
 
2001 The Cazalets (TV series) (producer)
 
1999 Doctor Who: The Crusade (video) (producer)
 
1997 A Perfect State (TV series) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
Episode #1.7 (1997) (executive producer)
Episode #1.6 (1997) (executive producer)
Episode #1.5 (1997) (executive producer)
Episode #1.4 (1997) (executive producer)
Episode #1.3 (1997) (executive producer)
 
1995 Heavy Weather (TV movie) (producer)
 
Class Act (TV series) (executive producer - 7 episodes, 1995) (producer - 7 episodes, 1994)
Episode #2.7 (1995) (executive producer)
Episode #2.6 (1995) (executive producer)
Episode #2.5 (1995) (executive producer)
Episode #2.4 (1995) (executive producer)
Episode #2.3 (1995) (executive producer)
 
1995 Capital Lives (TV series) (producer - 5 episodes)
Sweet (1995) (producer)
Dying Day (1995) (producer)
In Cahoots (1995) (producer)
The Homecoming (1995) (producer)
Temp (1995) (producer)
 
1995 Temp (TV movie) (producer)
 
1995 She's Out (TV mini-series) (producer - 6 episodes)
Episode #1.6 (1995) (producer)
Episode #1.5 (1995) (producer)
Episode #1.4 (1995) (producer)
Episode #1.3 (1995) (producer)
Episode #1.2 (1995) (producer)
 
1989-1994 May to December (TV series) (executive producer - 38 episodes)
Until It's Time for You to Go (1994) (executive producer)
Let the Heartaches Begin (1994) (executive producer)
Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White (1994) (executive producer)
Son of My Father (1994) (executive producer)
Take Good Care of My Baby (1994) (executive producer)
 
1992-1994 So Haunt Me (TV series) (executive producer - 19 episodes)
Episode #3.6 (1994) (executive producer)
Episode #3.5 (1994) (executive producer)
Episode #3.4 (1994) (executive producer)
Episode #3.3 (1994) (executive producer)
Episode #3.2 (1994) (executive producer)
 
1993 Comics (TV movie) (producer)
 
1992 Eldorado (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
Episode #1.42 (1992) (executive producer)
 
1992 Boys from the Bush (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
Wedding Prezzies (1992) (producer)
 
1991 G.B.H. (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
Over and Out (1991) (executive producer)
Message Understood (1991) (executive producer)
Message Received (1991) (executive producer)
Message Sent (1991) (executive producer)
Send a Message to Michael (1991) (executive producer)
 
1991 Sleepers (TV series) (executive producer - 4 episodes)
Welcome Home (1991) (executive producer)
On the Run (1991) (executive producer)
The Net Tightens (1991) (executive producer)
The Awakening (1991) (executive producer)
 
1990 Coasting (TV series) (producer - 7 episodes)
Another Fine Mess (1990) (producer)
Star Quality (1990) (producer)
Press Stud (1990) (producer)
Poetic Justice (1990) (producer)
Blackpool Rock (1990) (producer)
 
1988 A Cry in the Dark (producer)
 
1988 American Roulette (executive producer)
 
1986 Clockwise (executive producer)
 
1986 Link (executive producer)
 
1985 Dreamchild (executive producer)
 
1985 Morons from Outer Space (executive producer)
 
1979-1984 Minder (TV series) (executive producer - 48 episodes)
A Well Fashioned Fit-Up (1984) (executive producer)
Get Daley (1984) (executive producer)
Windows (1984) (executive producer)
Willesden Suite (1984) (executive producer)
A Star Is Gorn (1984) (executive producer)
 
1983 Saigon: Year of the Cat (TV movie) (producer)
 
1983 Reilly: Ace of Spies (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)
Shutdown (1983) (executive producer)
The Last Journey (1983) (executive producer)
The Trust (1983) (executive producer)
After Moscow (1983) (executive producer)
Endgame (1983) (executive producer)
 
1983 The Nation's Health (TV series) (executive producer - 4 episodes)
Collapse (1983) (executive producer)
Chronic (1983) (executive producer)
Decline (1983) (executive producer)
Acute (1983) (executive producer)
 
1983 Widows (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
Episode #1.6 (1983) (executive producer)
Episode #1.5 (1983) (executive producer)
Episode #1.4 (1983) (executive producer)
Episode #1.3 (1983) (executive producer)
Episode #1.2 (1983) (executive producer)
 
1981 The Flame Trees of Thika (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 7 episodes)
The Drums of War (1981) (executive producer)
Safari (1981) (executive producer)
A Real Sportsman (1981) (executive producer)
Friends in High Places (1981) (executive producer)
Happy New Year (1981) (executive producer)
 
1980 Fox (TV series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
The Family... and the Future (1980) (executive producer)
Oh Dear - Oh Dear - Oh Dear! (1980) (executive producer)
Just Another Villain in a Cheap Suit (1980) (executive producer)
Just an Iron Monkey (1980) (executive producer)
Fox: Big 'F' - Family (1980) (executive producer)
 
1979 A Deadly Game (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1979 Quatermass (TV mini-series) (executive producer - 4 episodes)
An Endangered Species (1979) (executive producer)
What Lies Beneath (1979) (executive producer)
Lovely Lightning (1979) (executive producer)
Ringstone Round (1979) (executive producer)
 
1979 The Knowledge (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1979 A Performance of Macbeth (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1978 The Sailor's Return (executive producer)
 
1977 The Norman Conquests: Table Manners (TV movie) (producer)
 
1977 The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden (TV movie) (producer)
 
1977 The Norman Conquests: Living Together (TV movie) (producer)
 
1977 ITV Playhouse (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
Roadrunner (1977) (executive producer)
 
Couples (TV series) (executive producer - 63 episodes, 1975-1976) (producer - 24 episodes, 1975)
Episode #1.87 (1976) (executive producer)
Episode #1.86 (1976) (executive producer)
Episode #1.85 (1976) (executive producer)
Episode #1.84 (1976) (executive producer)
Episode #1.83 (1976) (executive producer)
 
1976 Rock Follies (TV series) (executive producer - 6 episodes)
The Blitz (1976) (executive producer)
The Pounds Sterling (1976) (executive producer)
The Talking Pictures (1976) (executive producer)
The Road (1976) (executive producer)
The Little Ladies (1976) (executive producer)
 
1975 The Naked Civil Servant (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
1974 Shoulder to Shoulder (TV mini-series) (producer - 6 episodes)
Sylvia Pankhurst (1974) (producer)
Outrage (1974) (producer)
Christabel Pankhurst (1974) (producer)
Lady Constance Lytton (1974) (producer)
Annie Kenney (1974) (producer)
 
1973 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes)
Blinkers (1973) (producer)
Adam (1973) (producer)
 
1973 Between the Wars (TV series) (producer - 2 episodes)
The Silver Mask (1973) (producer)
Mr Loveday's Little Outing (1973) (producer)
 
1973 A.D.A.M. (TV movie) (producer)
 
1973 Achilles Heel (TV movie) (producer)
 
1973 After Loch Lomond (TV movie) (producer)
 
1971-1972 Budgie (TV series) (producer - 26 episodes)
Brief Encounter (1972) (producer)
The Man Outside (1972) (producer)
The Outside Man (1972) (producer)
King for a Day (1972) (producer)
 
1969-1970 W. Somerset Maugham (TV series) (producer - 26 episodes)
Flotsam and Jetsam (1970) (producer)
The Human Element (1970) (producer)
The Alien Corn (1970) (producer)
Footprints in the Jungle (1970) (producer)
Virtue (1970) (producer)
 
1969 Take Three Girls (TV series) (producer)
 
1968 Detective (TV series) (producer - 17 episodes)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1968) (producer)
Deaths on the Champs Elysees (1968) (producer)
Artists in Crime (1968) (producer)
Crime of Passion (1968) (producer)
The Golden Dart (1968) (producer)
 
1966-1967 Adam Adamant Lives! (TV series) (producer - 29 episodes)
A Sinister Sort of Service (1967) (producer)
Wish You Were Here (1967) (producer)
The Resurrectionists (1967) (producer)
The Deadly Bullet (1967) (producer)
The Tunnel of Death (1967) (producer)
 
1963-1965 Doctor Who (TV series) (producer - 86 episodes)
Mission to the Unknown (1965) (producer)
The Exploding Planet (1965) (producer)
Air Lock (1965) (producer)
Trap of Steel (1965) (producer)
Four Hundred Dawns (1965) (producer)
 
1965 The Newcomers (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
Episode #1.1 (1965) (producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2007 Doctor Who (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
Voyage of the Damned (2007) (in memory of - as Verity Lambert OBE)
 
Show ShowSelf (31 titles)
2011 Jacqueline Hill: A Life in Pictures (video short)
Herself
 
2007 Children's TV on Trial (TV series documentary)
Herself
1960s (2007) … Herself
 
2007 The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 The Cult of... (TV series documentary)
Herself
Adam Adamant Lives! (2006) … Herself
 
2006 Budgie's Birds (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2006 TV's 50 Greatest Stars (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 This Man Is the One (video documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Cast Iron Killers: The Story of 'Danger UXB' (video documentary)
 
2006 Over the Edge: The Story of the Edge of Destruction (video documentary short)
Herself (as Verity Lambert OBE)
 
2006 Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS (video short)
Herself (as Verity Lambert OBE)
 
2006 Doctor Who: Origins (video documentary)
Herself (also archive footage) (as Verity Lambert OBE)
 
2006 Creation of the Daleks (video short)
Herself
 
2005 Drama Connections (TV series documentary)
Herself
Prime Suspect (2005) … Herself
Minder (2005) … Herself
 
2005 Tales of Isop (video short)
Herself - Producer
 
2005 ITV 50 Greatest Shows (TV movie)
Herself
 
2005 The Planet of the Doctor (documentary)
Herself
 
2004 The Truth About 60s TV (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 The Story of 'Doctor Who' (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 The BAFTA TV Awards 2002 (TV movie)
Herself
 
2001 The Greatest (TV series documentary)
Herself
100 Greatest TV Characters (2001) … Herself
 
2000 100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell (TV special)
Herself
 
1999 Adventures in Space and Time (TV special documentary short)
Herself
 
1999 Myth Makers: William Hartnell (video documentary)
Herself
 
1997 Arena (TV series documentary)
Herself
A Night in with the Girls (1997) … Herself
 
1993 'Doctor Who': Thirty Years in the Tardis (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1989 The Media Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #5.10 (1989) … Herself
 
1983 Nationwide (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 17 March 1983 (1983) … Herself
 
1980 Look Here (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.3 (1980) … Herself
 
1971 Aquarius (TV series)
Herself
Pressure Cookie (1971) … Herself
 
1970 Frost on Sunday (TV series)
Herself - Television Drama Series Winner
Frost at the London Palladium for the British Film and Television Awards (1970) … Herself - Television Drama Series Winner
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2008 Verity Lambert: Drama Queen (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Masters of Sound (video short)
Herself
 
2002 Remembering 'The Aztecs' (video documentary short)
Herself (in photo)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Audio commentary for the DVD release of "Doctor Who: The Aztecs (1964)" with William Russell and Carole Ann Ford. "The Aztecs" consisted of the episodes: The Temple of Evil, The Warriors of Death, The Bride of Sacrifice and The Day of Darkness. See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

Verity Lambert OBE
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I got Waris Hussein, which was hugely lucky. He was young, and a bit po-faced about Doctor Who at first, but he very quickly saw that there was incredible potential for a director. We didn't have the sort of format that any other running serial had. Every time we changed the serial, we made our own rules... See more »

Trivia:

She worked as a Production Secretary at ABC TV, Didsbury, Manchester, UK, around 1960, working with a young Canadian Director called Ted Kotcheff. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius