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Drama and Delight: The Life and Legacy of Verity Lambert

Available to order from www.tenacrefilms.co.uk

NEW PRINTING SHIPPING FROM JANUARY 11. Richard Marson’s acclaimed biography returns for a limited reprint. For five decades, the name Verity Lambert appeared on the end credits of many of Britain’s most celebrated and talked about television dramas, among them Adam Adamant Lives!, Budgie, The Naked Civil Servant, Minder, Edward and Mrs Simpson, Eldorado, G.B.H. and Jonathan Creek.

For five decades, the name Verity Lambert appeared on the end credits of many of Britain’s most celebrated and talked about television dramas, among them Adam Adamant Lives!, Budgie, The Naked Civil Servant, Minder, Edward and Mrs Simpson, Eldorado, G.B.H. and Jonathan Creek.

She was the very first producer of Doctor Who, which she nurtured through its formative years at a time when there were few women in positions of power in the television industry. Later, she worked within the troubled British film business and became a pioneering independent producer, founding her own highly-successful company, Cinema Verity.

Within her profession, she was hugely respected as an intensely driven, sometimes formidable but always stylish exponent of her craft, with the stamina and ability to combine quantity with quality. Many of her productions have had a lasting cultural and emotional impact on their audiences and continue to be enjoyed to this day.

But who was the woman behind all these television triumphs and what was the price she paid to achieve them?

Combining painstaking research and interviews with many of Lambert’s closest friends and colleagues, Drama and Delight will capture the energy and spirit of this remarkable woman and explore her phenomenal and lasting legacy.


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5 comments

  • Harold Shand

    November 20th, 2022 - 2:42pm

    Sold Out unfortunately

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  • Doug Who

    November 14th, 2022 - 1:26pm

    Verity Lambert was simply amazing with a fantastic legacy in TV. Remember seeing her at a convention many years ago and she was a wonderful speaker. I love Delia Derbyshire’s anecdote about Verity and Waris Hussein descending on the Radiophonic Workshop like gods!

    Missed out on the book the first time round so will get it this time round!

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  • Coleman

    January 14th, 2022 - 4:53pm

    This cover reminds me of one something like Delia Smith would do.

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    • Coleman

      November 14th, 2022 - 12:20pm

      Wow, the Cover still reminds me of a Cookbook from the 80s.

    • Peter C

      May 26th, 2024 - 4:33pm

      Egg-sterminate!!!

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