Beryl Vertue dead: TV producer behind Men Behaving Badly and Sherlock dies aged 90

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"We were there so the passing was as good as one could hope for."Nothing wrong with her brain - even earlier this week she was grilling us both about work."It's really impossible to believe that she has gone though, because I know we're not alone in thinking that somehow she'd go on forever.She meant so much to so many."The sisters continued to say what their mother meant to them and the influence she had on so many.They continued: "She wasn't just our mum, she was our best friend, our mentor, our adviser, our role model, our holiday companion, our giggle-maker and our boss!"She adored her family and was so proud of us all.She also adored her career and spending time with everybody."She was more than a mother to us - she was also a friend.To many in the industry she was more than a friend - she was often a mother."Beryl founded Hartswood Films in 1979 and it would go on to produce shows like the 1990s sitcom Men Behaving Badly starring Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey and Leslie Ash.Her company was also behind the popular and critically acclaimed drama Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch.For her outstanding contribution to TV, she was made an OBE in 2000 and a CBE in 2016.In 2004 she received BAFTA's Alan Clarke Award for outstanding creative contribution to television.In 2016 she was presented with a lifetime achievement prize at the Women in Film and TV Awards by actor Benedict Cumberbatch.Her daughter Sue followed in the TV industry as a producer and is married to writer and producer Steven Moffat, the former showrunner of Doctor Who and co-creator of Sherlock.Her career started when she was asked by Steptoe And Son writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson to type up their scripts.She also had success selling shows such as.