Beryl Vertue dead at 90 – TV producer behind Men Behaving Badly and Sherlock passes away

BELOVED TV producer Beryl Vertue has died at the age of 90, her family has announced.

The esteemed media executive – behind hit shows such as Men Behaving Badly and Sherlock – “passed away peacefully” on Saturday surrounded by her loved ones.

Beryl, who rubbed shoulders with a string of Hollywood stars, enjoyed a stellar career behind the scenes of some of TV’s most popular shows.

In a poignant statement paying tribute to their late mother, daughters Sue and Debbie said: “It’s with the heaviest of hearts that we have to share the sad news that mum/Beryl passed away peacefully last night.

“It wasn’t Covid, it was just her nearly 91-year-old body saying enough is enough.

“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. 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 loved a glass of wine at lunchtime, she loved asking the common sense question, 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.”