Martin Arnold Lisemore (July 1939 – 3 February 1977) was a British television producer.
[2] He was responsible for many period drama adaptations, including The Woodlanders, The Spoils of Poynton, Jude the Obscure (1971), Sense and Sensibility (1971) and Emma (1972).
Lisemore quickly established himself as a leading producer of classic period drama, often working in partnership with script editor Betty Willingale.
[3] He achieved his greatest success with the dramatisations of The Pallisers (1974), How Green Was My Valley (1975–76) and I Claudius (1976), the later winning 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.