Sue Vertue started her working life as a Production Manager in the commercials world before joining Tiger Television in 1989. She began producing in 1991 and her credits whilst there include: MR BEAN the television series starring Rowan Atkinson which won many awards around the world, including an ACE and an Emmy; BBC1's comedy series THE VICAR OF DIBLEY starring Dawn French (BAFTA nomination and Emmy winner 1998); HOSPITAL, a comedy starring Greg Wise and Bob Peck which was commissioned by Channel 5 for their opening night (Banff Award for Best Comedy 1998); GREAT RAILWAY JOURNEYS: HONG KONG TO ULAN BATAR (BBC1), presented by Clive Anderson; THE LAST ENGLISHMAN (BBC1), an hour long period drama starring Jim Broadbent (BAFTA nomination for Best Single Drama) and GIMME GIMME GIMME, for BBC2 which she co-created with the writer Jonathan Harvey, starring Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus (British Comedy Awards nomination 1999 and 2001).

Sue left Tiger Aspect at the end of 1998 to produce COMIC RELIEF 1999 for the BBC (British Comedy Awards winner). This six hour live show broke all records for the amount of money raised on the night. In April 1999 Sue joined her mother Beryl Vertue's company Hartswood Films where she Produced two more series of GIMME, GIMME, GIMME (now in association with Tiger Aspect) - again frequently top of the BBC2 weekly ratings.

Sue produced several new comedy series, including four series of COUPLING for BBC2, created and written by Steven Moffat (winner of the Silver Rose of Montreux), FEAR, STRESS & ANGER for BBC2, CARRIE & BARRY for BBC1 and THE SAVAGES for BBC1, both written by Simon Nye, THE CUP for BBC2 and the major drama series SHERLOCK for BBC1 created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.