Career
She later found that she had become an agent, almost by stealth at Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis , representing comedy writers Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes, Johnny Speight, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and Terry Nation (for whom she famously negotiated to partially keep his rights to his Dalek creation for Doctor Who). She also represented comedians Tony Hancock (until 1961) and Frankie Howerd. In 1967 she joined the Stigwood Organisation, which had absorbed Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis , specialising in selling British television formats to America.
In 1975 she was a co-executive producer of the cinema version of The Who"s rock opera Tommy, directed by Ken Russell and starring Roger Daltrey.
In the 1980s Vertue formed Hartswood Films, which has produced many comedies including Men Behaving Badly, Is lieutenant Legal? and Coupling. She also served as executive producer of their dramatic series Sherlock.
