Tributes have been paid to Beryl Vertue, the legendary TV producer who has died aged 90.
Vertue's career and influence stretched from The Goons to contemporary comedy. She started out as a secretary and soon became an agent to 1950s comedy luminaries including Spike Milligan and Frankie Howerd.
More recently her company Hartswood went on the produce Men Behaving Badly, first for ITV and then for BBC. The company made many more hits also including Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch.
Her daughters Debbie and Sue said "I know we're not alone in thinking that somehow she'd go on forever. She meant so much to so many. 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 was often the last person at a party, she didn't suffer fools, she was fair, she was kind, she was fun, she was stubborn, in fact she was the total package and we will miss her beyond words".
"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," her daughters added.
