
Verity Lambert
Personal Info
Known for
Production
Gender
Female
Birthday
1935-11-27
Day of Death
2007-11-22 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Verity Lambert
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."
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Acting
(2021)
(2013)
(2012)
Vision On
as (archive footage)
(2012)
Don't Lose Your Head
as Herself (archive footage)
(2008)
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
as (Archive Footage)
(2007)
(2006)
Doctor Who: Origins
as Self
(2006)
Creation of the Daleks
as Herself
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
Masters of Sound
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
(2002)
Remembering 'The Aztecs'
as Self (in photo) (archive footage)
(1999)
(1997)
(1993)
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Herself
(1986)
The Last Moguls
as Self
Crew
(2023)
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
Producer
(1992)
Running Late
Producer
(1991)
Sleepers
Executive Producer
(1988)
Evil Angels
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
(1983)
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
Producer
(1981)
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
Executive Producer
(1979)
Macbeth
Executive Producer
(1978)
The Sailor's Return
Executive Producer
(1975)
The Naked Civil Servant
Executive Producer
(1973)
A.D.A.M.
Producer
(1973)
Achilles Heel
Producer
(1965)
Doctor Who: The Rescue
Producer
(1965)
Doctor Who: The Chase
Producer
(1965)
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
Producer
(1965)
Doctor Who: The Space Museum
Producer
(1965)
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
Producer
(1965)
Doctor Who: The Romans
Producer
(1965)
Doctor Who: The Web Planet
Producer
(1965)
Doctor Who: The Crusade
Producer
(1965)
(1964)
Doctor Who: The Aztecs
Producer
(1964)
Doctor Who: The Daleks
Producer
(1964)
(1964)
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
Producer
(1964)
Doctor Who: The Sensorites
Producer
(1964)
(1964)
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
Producer
(1964)
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Producer
(1964)
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
Producer
(1963)
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Producer