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Martin Lisemore (Born 1939; died 3 February 1977) was a British television producer.
Having been a Production Unit Manager at the BBC drama department for some years, he became a producer in the late 1960s,. He was responsible for many period drama series and adaptations, including The Woodlanders, The Spoils of Poynton, and adaptations of Sense and Sensibility in 1971 and Emma the following year.
He quickly established himself as a leading producer of classic period drama, often working in partnership with script editor Betty Willingale. He achieved arguably his greatest success with the smash-hit BBC2 series I Claudius which was nominated for both BAFTA and Emmy awards.
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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