Cinema Verity

Cinema Verity is a British independent television and film production company, founded in 1986 by Verity Lambert, the television producer, who named the company after herself and as a pun on the expression 'cinéma vérité'.

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British - Television - Film - 1986 - Verity Lambert - Cinéma vérité

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The company's first major venture was the 1988 feature film A Cry in the Dark, which was produced by Lambert herself and based on the infamous Azaria Chamberlain 'dingo baby' case in Australia in the early 1980s.

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1988 - Film - A Cry in the Dark - Azaria Chamberlain 'dingo baby' case - Australia - 1980s

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Thereafter, the company has been active mainly in television, producing two successful sitcoms for the BBC One network, May to December (1989-94) and So Haunt Me (1992-94). Less successfully during this period, they also co-produced the much-derided soap opera Eldorado (1992-93).

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Sitcom - BBC One - May to December - 1989 - 94 - So Haunt Me - 1992 - Soap opera - Eldorado - 93

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Other work has included playwright Alan Bleasdale's acclaimed drama serial G.B.H. for Channel 4 in 1991, and the literary adaptation The Cazalets for BBC One in 2001, the latter of which was co-produced by actress Joanna Lumley, whose initial idea the adaptation had been.

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Alan Bleasdale - G.B.H. - Channel 4 - 1991 - The Cazalets - 2001 - Joanna Lumley

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