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CodeDS/UK/517
Person NameLisemore; Martin Arnold (Jul 1939 - 3 Feb 1977); Television producer
DatesJul 1939 - 3 Feb 1977
Dates and PlacesEducated at Abingdon School and Hardye's School, Dorchester.
ActivityMartin Arnold Lisemore was a British television producer. He was responsible for many period drama adaptations for the BBC, including ‘Jude the Obscure’, 1971, ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ 1971, and ‘Emma,’ 1972.

Lisemore became a leading producer of classic period drama for the BBC, often working in partnership with script editor Betty Willingale.

He achieved his greatest success with the dramatisations of ‘The Pallisers,’ 1974, ‘How Green Was My Valley,’ 1975–76, and ‘I Claudius,’ 1976, the later winning both BAFTA and Emmy awards.

Sadly, on 3 February 1977, during the production of his next series, ‘Murder Most English’, Lisemore was killed in a road accident.
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BW/1/1Readers Reports and script proposals
BW/1/1/1Reader Reports A
BW/1/1/2Reader Reports B
BW/1/2/2'I, Claudius,' 1976
BW/1/1/3Reader Reports C
BW/1/1/4Reader Reports D
BW/1/1/5Reader Reports E-G
BW/1/1/6Reader Reports H
BW/1/1/7Reader Reports I-J
BW/1/1/8Reader Reports K-L
BW/1/1/9Reader Reports M-N
BW/1/1/10Reader Reports O-R
BW/1/1/11Reader Reports S
BW/1/1/12Reader Reports T
BW/1/1/13Reader Reports U-V
BW/1/1/14Reader Reports W
BW/1/1/15Reader Reports Z
BW/1/2/1'Little Dorrit,' 1975
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