Studio Lambert

Studio Lambert
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelevision production
Founded2008; 16 years ago (2008)
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Los Angeles, United States
Manchester, United Kingdom
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Number of locations
4
Key people
Stephen Lambert (CEO)
Tim Harcourt (Creative Director)
Susan Hogg (Head of Drama)
Jack Burgess (EVP, SL USA)
ParentAll3Media
Websitewww.studiolambert.com

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.

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  2. ^ "About". www.studiolambert.com.
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  4. ^ "Do You Want to Play the 'Squid Game'? Now You Can". Tudum. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Indie Survey Table 2024". Broadcast. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Peer poll: Studio Lambert circles in on top spot". Broadcast. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Peer Poll: top 10 revealed". Broadcast. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Best independent production company: Studio Lambert". Broadcast. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  9. ^ "2024 Broadcast Awards winners revealed". Virgin Radio. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  10. ^ "BBC Veteran Susan Hogg Joins Studio Lambert As Scripted Programming Chief, Head Of Drama". Deadline.com. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Three Girls and Game of Thrones lead Bafta TV Craft Awards 2018". Radio Times. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Bafta TV awards 2018: full list of winners". TheGuardian.com. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  13. ^ "'Walking Dead' Writer Channing Powell Plugs Into Dystopian Thriller 'The Feed'". Variety. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Quiz and The Nest: Dramas score highly in Easter TV battle". BBC News. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Cast confirmed for BBC One drama Three Families, from the producers of Three Girls". BBC Media Centre. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.