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Studio Lambert
British TV production company
Studio Lambert is a British television production company based in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Los Angeles. It creates and produces scripted and unscripted programs for British and American broadcasters, cable networks and streaming platforms. It is part of All3Media, the global production group.[1]
Stephen Lambert, creator of many well-known global formats, launched the company in 2008. Tim Harcourt joined in 2012, first as head of development then becoming creative director.[2] The company quickly grew a reputation on both sides of the Atlantic for making "innovative" and popular unscripted shows.[3] Studio Lambert is known for many productions including award-winning global hits Undercover Boss, Gogglebox, The Traitors UK and The Traitors US as well as Race Across the World, The Circle and Four in a Bed. In 2022, it was announced Netflix had given Studio Lambert a series order for the biggest reality competition ever, Squid Game: The Challenge – a co-production with The Garden, featuring 456 players and a prize of $4.56m.[4] In the 2024 Broadcast Magazine survey of independent UK production companies, Studio Lambert ranked #3 by size of turnover.[5] In 2019 and in 2024, the same survey ranked the company #1 in its peer poll.[6][7] Studio Lambert won Best Independent Production Company at both the 2020 and 2024 Broadcast Awards.[8][9]
A scripted division was established in 2015 to produce high quality drama series with British and American writers, directors and on-screen talent.[10] The company’s first scripted show, Three Girls, won five BAFTA awards in 2018.[11][12] The Feed launched on Prime Video in 2019,[13] The Nest premiered on BBC One to high ratings and acclaim in 2020,[14] and Three Families launched in 2021.[15]
The original 'Studio Lambert' was a very successful television adverts production company in the 1960s, 70s and 80s run by Stephen Lambert's father, Roger Lambert, a director of many well-known television adverts.