In the recent history of British television, there are few more significant and influential figures than Verity Lambert. From the early days of her career at ABC Television in the early 1960s, to her final production ‘Love Soup’ which she was making for the BBC at the time of her death in 2007, Verity Lambert had a career that spanned the widest range of television genres, from comedy to drama, to soap operas and even the occasional bit of science fiction.