Verity Lambert

Verity Lambert

Born: November 27, 1935
Died: November 22, 2007
in Hampstead, London, England, UK
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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Movies for Verity Lambert...

Title: Dr. Forever!
Character: Herself
Released: March 11, 2013
Type: TV
Dr. Forever! was a five-part series of documentary featurettes that were included on several Doctor Who DVD releases.
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Don't Lose Your Head
Title: Don't Lose Your Head
Character: Herself (archive footage)
Released: January 28, 2012
Type: Movie
Don't Lose Your Head was a DVD documentary concerning Doctor Who that was released on 28 January 2013.
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Vision On
Title: Vision On
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 23, 2012
Type: Movie
Vision On was a documentary of Clive Doig discussing the role of the vision mixer in making early Doctor Who episodes, including footage and discussion of studio mishaps that occurred on screen.
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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Title: The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Character: Self
Released: February 3, 2007
Type: Movie
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas presents a long overdue assessment of the rich heritage television drama has to offer. Channel 4 invited over 200 of Britain's top television drama professionals – writers, directors, producers and commissioners – to take part in an exclusive poll to discover what they consider the finest dramas ever produced.
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Creation of the Daleks
Title: Creation of the Daleks
Character: Herself
Released: January 31, 2006
Type: Movie
Featured on the "Doctor Who: The Beginning" box set and tells the story of the Creation of the Daleks.
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Masters of Sound
Title: Masters of Sound
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
Documentary on the sound effects of Doctor Who in the 1960s.
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Over the Edge: The Story of
Title: Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
Documents the making of the Doctor Who Serial, "The Edge of Destruction". It was released on the DVD of the serial and hence in The Beginning box set.
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Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Title: Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
A feature on Doctor Who: The Beginning box set which tells the stories of the Doctor's time machine - the TARDIS.
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Doctor Who: Origins
Title: Doctor Who: Origins
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
A 55-minute documentary, detailing the creation of Doctor Who, including a rare interview with creator Sydney Newman, and new interviews with producer Verity Lambert, directors Waris Hussein and Richard Martin, actors William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, title sequence designer Bernard Lodge, and TARDIS sound effect creator Brian Hodgson
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The Story of Doctor Who
Title: The Story of Doctor Who
Released: December 30, 2003
Type: Movie
Documentary to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of this popular cult sci-fi television series.
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Remembering 'The Aztecs'
Title: Remembering 'The Aztecs'
Character: Self (in photo) (archive footage)
Released: October 21, 2002
Type: Movie
The guest actors of the 1964 "Doctor Who" (1963) story, "The Aztecs", reminisce about their time on the programme and making the series.
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Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
Title: Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
Released: June 2, 1999
Type: Movie
As the very first Doctor, William Hartnell created the character that made Doctor Who a success. No other actor made such a lasting contribution to the programme or influenced it so greatly. In this special Myth Makers, Nicholas Briggs meets William’s friends, colleagues and family and explores the personality of this shy, complex and private man. With contributions from William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Maureen O’Brien, Peter Purves, Verity Lambert, Michael Craze, Anneke Wills, Donald Tosh, Christopher Barry and a revealing interview with Jack Pitt, who was an extra in Doctor Who and shared William’s flat in London. Also featured is Jessica Carney, who has written a biography of the grandfather’s life titled Who’s There? This is not just a Myth Makers tribute… it’s almost a chance to meet the man himself.
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A Night in with the Girls
Title: A Night in with the Girls
Released: March 15, 1997
Type: Movie
Traces the role of women in British television, from 1946 to 1997.
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30 Years in the TARDIS
Title: 30 Years in the TARDIS
Character: Herself
Released: November 29, 1993
Type: Movie
A documentary celebrating the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who, featuring new interviews, rare archive footage and recently discovered material.
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Title: G.B.H.
Released: June 6, 1991
Type: TV
GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael Murray, the Militant tendency-supporting Labour leader of a city council in the North of England and Jim Nelson, the headmaster of a school for disturbed children. The series was controversial partly because Murray appeared to be based on Derek Hatton, former Deputy Leader of Liverpool City Council — in an interview in the G.B.H. DVD Bleasdale recounts an accidental meeting with Hatton before the series, who indicates that he has caught wind of Bleasdale's intentions but does not mind as long as the actor playing him is "handsome". In normal parlance, the initials "GBH" refer to the criminal charge of grievous bodily harm - however, the actual intent of the letters is that it is supposed to stand for Great British Holiday.
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Title: Doctor Who Then & Now
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: TV
Television special about the origins of Doctor Who, featuring interviews with directors, creators, and actors.