The Celestial Toyroom
2013 · Movie
Verity Lambert
1935-11-27
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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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Verity Lambert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Dr. Forever!
2013 · TV Show
as Herself
Vision On
2012 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Don't Lose Your Head: The Making of 'The Reign of Terror'
2012 · Movie
as Herself (archive footage)
Daleks! Beyond the Screen
2010 · Movie
as Self
Daleks! Conquer and Destroy
2010 · Movie
as Self
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008 · Movie
as (Archive Footage)
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007 · Movie
as Self
Doctor Who: Origins
2006 · Movie
as Self
Creation of the Daleks
2006 · Movie
as Herself
Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'
2006 · Movie
as Self
Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
2006 · Movie
as Self
Masters of Sound
2006 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Tales of Isop
2005 · Movie
as Self
The Story of Doctor Who
2003 · Movie
Remembering 'The Aztecs'
2002 · Movie
as Self (in photo) (archive footage)
A Night in with the Girls
1997 · Movie
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993 · Movie
as Herself
Doctor Who Then & Now
1987 · TV Show
No image
The Last Moguls
1986 · Movie
as Self
No image
Film '72
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Crew Credits
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
2023 · Movie
Producer
Tales of the Tardis
2023 · TV Show
Producer
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
2021 · TV Show
Creator
Love Soup
2005 · TV Show
Producer
The Cazalets
2001 · TV Show
Producer
No image
A Perfect State
1997 · TV Show
Producer
Jonathan Creek
1997 · TV Show
Producer
She's Out
1995 · TV Show
Producer
Class Act
1994 · TV Show
Producer, Executive Producer, Creator
Comics
1993 · TV Show
Producer
Running Late
1992 · Movie
Producer
So Haunt Me
1992 · TV Show
Producer
Sleepers
1991 · Movie
Executive Producer
G.B.H.
1991 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Boys from the Bush
1991 · TV Show
Producer
Sleepers
1991 · TV Show
Executive Producer
May to December
1989 · TV Show
Producer
Evil Angels
1988 · Movie
Producer
American Roulette
1988 · Movie
Executive Producer
Clockwise
1986 · Movie
Executive Producer
Link
1986 · Movie
Executive Producer
Dreamchild
1985 · Movie
Executive Producer
Morons from Outer Space
1985 · Movie
Executive Producer
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983 · Movie
Producer
Widows
1983 · TV Show
Producer
Reilly: Ace of Spies
1983 · TV Show
Executive Producer
The Nation's Health
1983 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
1981 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Flame Trees of Thika
1981 · TV Show
Producer, Executive Producer
Fox
1980 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Macbeth
1979 · Movie
Executive Producer
Quatermass
1979 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Minder
1979 · TV Show
Creator
The Sailor's Return
1978 · Movie
Executive Producer
Rock Follies
1976 · TV Show
Producer
The Naked Civil Servant
1975 · Movie
Executive Producer
Shoulder to Shoulder
1974 · TV Show
Producer, Creator
A.D.A.M.
1973 · Movie
Producer
Achilles Heel
1973 · Movie
Producer
Adam Adamant Lives!
1966 · TV Show
Producer
Doctor Who: The Rescue
1965 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: The Chase
1965 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: Galaxy 4
1965 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: The Space Museum
1965 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: The Time Meddler
1965 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: The Romans
1965 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: The Web Planet
1965 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: The Crusade
1965 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: Mission to the Unknown
1965 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: The Aztecs
1964 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: The Daleks
1964 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
1964 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
1964 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: The Sensorites
1964 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
1964 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
1964 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: Marco Polo
1964 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
1964 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
1963 · Movie
Producer
Doctor Who
1963 · TV Show
Producer, Creator
