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Best Independent Production Company, Broadcast Awards 2020

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Welcome to Studio Lambert

Studio Lambert is a fast-growing independent television production company based in the UK (London, Manchester and the Scottish Highlands) and the US (Los Angeles). It is part of All3Media, the global production group (click here for further information about All3Media).

Stephen Lambert, creator of many well-known global formats, launched the company in 2008. Tim Harcourt, creative director, joined in 2012. The company quickly grew a reputation on both sides of the Atlantic for making innovative and popular unscripted shows, including award-winning global hits Undercover Boss and Gogglebox, as well as The Circle, Race Across the World and Four in a Bed.

A scripted division was established in 2015 to produce high quality drama series with British and American writers, directors and on-screen talent. The first scripted show, Three Girls, won five BAFTA awards. This was followed by The Feed for Amazon Prime and The Nest and Three Families for BBC One.

Sep 2023 The Traitors and Gogglebox win at the NTAs

This year’s National Television Awards saw Studio Lambert take home two awards with The Traitors winning in the Reality Competition category and Gogglebox winning The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award.

Sep 2023 Edinburgh TV Festival 2023

It was a great year for Studio Lambert at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival with The Traitors and Gogglebox: The First Ten Years masterclasses. The Traitors also took home the trophy for Best Entertainment Series at this year’s Edinburgh TV Awards.

Aug 2023 Cast of 'Boarders' revealed

The new coming-of-age comedy drama, created by BAFTA nominated Daniel Lawrence Taylor and produced by Studio Lambert explores a group of talented black underprivileged students as they win scholarships to an elite boarding school.

Aug 2023 Cast of Celebrity Race Across the World Announced

The cast for Celebrity Race Across the World will feature…

Aug 2023 Rise & Fall wins at the National Reality TV Awards

The Rise & Fall cast took home the trophy for ‘Best Social Experiment Show’ after the public voted for the show at the 2023 National Reality TV Awards.

Jul 2023 The Traitors US nominated for an Emmy

The Traitors US has been nominated for 'Outstanding Casting For a Reality Program - 2023' at the 75th Emmy Awards.

Jun 2023 Gogglebox wins TRIC Award

TV favourite Gogglebox has won yet another award!

Jun 2023 A first look at Squid Game: The Challenge

Netflix have revealed a first look at Squid Game: The Challenge at this year's TUDUM event.

Jun 2023 Celebrity Gogglebox returns for its 5th series

The much loved show returns with brand new famous faces including Katherine Ryan, Adam Lambert, Ricky Tomlinson & Sue Johnston and many, many more.

May 2023 The Traitors takes home the Reality & Constructed Factual BAFTA

After an incredibly successful first series, The Traitors proved themselves faithful as they were awarded the BAFTA for Reality & Constructed Factual.

Mar 2023 Race Across the World races back to record audiences on BBC One

After a pause due to covid, Race Across The World is back for season 3 with a race across Canada.

Mar 2023 Triple win at the Royal Television Society Awards

Studio Lambert shows won three awards at the RTS Programme Awards - The Traitors won the best entertainment programme and Gogglebox won the best formatted popular factual award.

Mar 2023 Rise & Fall secures an average of 1 million viewers in first week

Studio Lambert's new 18 episode social experiment game for Channel 4 attracted an averaged of 1 million viewers for its first six episodes, with an 8.6% share which outperformed the slot average by 46%.

Mar 2023 Dance 100 released on Netflix

Studio Lambert's spectacular dance series dropped on Netflix featuring eight competing choreographers, one hundred dancers and hosted by Ali Love.

Mar 2023 Broadcasting Press Guild awards The Traitors

The BPG has chosen The Traitors for its best entertainment award.

Jan 2023 The Traitors UK has 28 million views on BBC iPlayer

Dan McGolphin, Director, iPlayer and Channel, announced that to 12 January 2023 The Traitors has been streamed more than 28 million times on BBC iPlayer.

Jan 2023 The Traitors US launched on NBC Peacock and on BBC iPlayer

The US version of The Traitors produced by Studio Lambert is now streaming on NBC’s Peacock streaming service in the USA and on BBC iPlayer in the UK.

Jan 2023 The Circle season 5 released on Netflix

The fifth season of The Circle has been released globally on Netflix. This season is themed The Circle: Singles.

Nov 2022 The Traitors coming soon to BBC One

The first episode will be on BBC One at 9.30pm on Tuesday 29 November.

The first three episodes will all be available on BBC iPlayer!

Oct 2022 Gogglebox wins again at the NTAs

Gogglebox won the award for best factual show at the National Television Awards. It is the sixth time Gogglebox has won the award, voted for by the public.

Aug 2022 Netflix announce new Studio Lambert/Raw TV survival format

Edge of Paradise is a survival reality series set in two worlds: a camp in the wilderness and a luxury villa nearby.

Aug 2022 Channel 4 order Rise and Fall

In a timely new reality competition series from Studio Lambert and Motion Content Group, ordinary British people, from all walks of life and ages, will find themselves as a have or a have-not, either in a position of power or as part of the powerless, as inequality is explored over 18 stripped episodes.

Jul 2022 BBC Three orders coming of age drama series Boarders

Boarders, a brand new comedy drama created by BAFTA nominated Daniel Lawrence Taylor has been commissioned for BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.

Jun 2022 Studio Lambert to co-produce reality version of Squid Game with $4.56m prize

‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ is set to be co-produced by Studio Lambert and The Garden for Netflix.

May 2022 Claudia Winkleman to host BBC One’s The Traitors

Claudia Winkleman is the host of BBC One’s brand new show, The Traitors, a new unscripted competition series built on strategy and suspicion which has started filming in a castle in the Scottish Highlands.

May 2022 Gogglebox wins another BAFTA

Gogglebox won the BAFTA award for Best Reality and Constructed Factual Show at this year’s BAFTA awards.

This was the second time Gogglebox has won this award.

Apr 2022 Alan Cumming to host NBC Peacock’s The Traitors

Set in a remote castle in the Scottish Highlands, 5-time Emmy nominated Alan Cumming plays host to Reality TV icons and America’s best game players…

Apr 2022 The Circle season 4 launches on Netflix

The Circle returns for Season 4 from Wednesday, May 4th. Four episodes will be dropped weekly on successive Wednesdays… But this time with some extra spice!

Mar 2022 Lindsay Lohan unveiled as the voice of Lovestruck High

Launching May 18th on Prime Video, Lindsay will be introducing the many personalities of Lovestruck High’s Class of 2022 as they try and find ‘the one’ among their fellow classmates.

Mar 2022 Ally Love To Host Competition Series ‘Dance 100’ For Netflix

Ally Love is to host the series, which will start production on April 1 in London.

The series is a street dance competition designed to find the next superstar choreographer.

Jan 2022 Studio Lambert and Talpa team up to bring Million Dollar Island to US and UK

Studio Lambert and Talpa have announced a partnership in which Studio Lambert will produce the US and UK editions of Talpa’s latest adventure reality show, Million Dollar Island.

Jan 2022 Undercover Boss season 11 launches on CBS

Studio Lambert’s twice Emmy-winning show Undercover Boss returns to CBS on January 7, 2022 in its regular 8pm Friday night slot.

Oct 2021 BBC & NBCUniversal order hit format “The Traitors” from Studio Lambert

BBC and NBCUniversal announced today the order of a British and a US version of the hit Dutch psychological adventure format “The Traitors”.

The UK and US series will both be shot on location in the Scottish Highlands.

Sep 2021 Studio Lambert launches Scottish office

Studio Lambert is opening an office in the Scottish Highlands, based at Inverness. The company, which already has offices in London, Manchester and Los Angeles, plans to develop projects which will be filmed in the scenery of the Highlands.

Sep 2021 Gogglebox wins again at the NTAs

Gogglebox won the award for best factual show at the National Television Awards. It is the fifth time Gogglebox has won the award, voted for by the public.

Sep 2021 The Circle Season 3 launches on Netflix

The Circle returns for Season 3 from Wednesday, September 8. Four episodes will be dropped weekly on successive Wednesdays.

Sep 2021 Gogglebox and Celebrity Gogglebox win TV Choice Award

Gogglebox and Celebrity Gogglebox won Best Entertainment Show at this year’s TV Choice awards, voted for by the public.

Aug 2021 Netflix orders seasons 4 and 5 of The Circle

On August 9 Netflix’s vice president of Unscripted and Documentary Series, Brandon Riegg revealed why the streamer had renewed The Circle for a further two seasons.

Jul 2021 ITV commissions ‘Undercover Big Boss’

ITV has commissioned a brand new series of the global hit Undercover Boss, the Emmy award-winning format from Studio Lambert, which will see a new group of chief execs and company bosses swap their power suits for overalls…

May 2021 E! orders Reunion Road Trip from Studio Lambert US

Studio Lambert reunites some of the most celebrated TV casts in its new event series Reunion Road Trip which launches on E! on June 10 at 9pm.

Apr 2021 Cast announced for Three Families, Studio Lambert drama for BBC One

Three Families, from Studio Lambert, producers of Three Girls — the multi award-winning account of the Rochdale grooming scandal — will explore the emotive issues around abortion…

Apr 2021 The Hustler renewed at ABC for summer schedule

ABC has ordered a second season of The Hustler.

Produced by Studio Lambert and hosted by Craig Ferguson, the show follows five contestants as they collaborate to answer a series of trivia questions…

Apr 2021 Netflix announces April 14 launch of The Circle US season 2

ALERT! The Circle US is back for Season 2 from April 14.

This time it's bigger and better with more twists and turns in the all-new season.

Mar 2021 The Celebrity Circle launches

A celebrity version of Studio Lambert’s hit format launches on Channel 4 on 9 March as a Stand Up to Cancer week long event.

The cast includes…

Feb 2021 Studio Lambert starts annual trainee scheme

Studio Lambert has selected three individuals as part of its inaugural trainee programme.

Feb 2021 Gogglebox returns with strong ratings

The seventeenth series of Gogglebox on Channel 4 began on Friday 26 February.

Jan 2021 The Hustler launches on ABC

Studio Lambert’s brand new game show, The Hustler, launches on ABC with a sneak preview on Monday 4 January, moving to its regular 10pm slot on Thursday 7 January.

Jan 2021 Studio Lambert makes three new senior hires

Studio Lambert is bolstering its unscripted creative team with the hire of two staff executive producers, Toni Ireland and Stephen Yemoh, as well as Jenny Spearing as its new head of legal and business affairs, unscripted.

Sep 2020 Studio Lambert is the producers’ producer in Televisual’s annual survey

The monthly trade magazine Televisual has just published their annual report into the TV indie sector.

Sep 2020 Undercover Boss launches in new 9pm Friday slot on CBS

Undercover Boss returns to the CBS schedule on 2 October in a new 9pm slot.

Season 11 of the long-running series is currently in production.

Aug 2020 Studio Lambert is first British producer to land a reality entertainment format for Amazon

Amazon Prime’s UK division has ordered an immersive reality dating format from Studio Lambert.

Jul 2020 Race Across The World wins BAFTA award

Race Across the World won the BAFTA award for Best Reality and Constructed Factual programme at a virtual ceremony broadcast on BBC One.

Jun 2020 Channel 4 orders third season of The Circle plus The Celebrity Circle

Channel 4 has recommissioned The Circle for a third series alongside an additional celebrity series, The Celebrity Circle, as part of the Stand Up To Cancer campaign.

Jun 2020 Race Across the World and Celebrity Gogglebox both nominated for same BAFTA award

Race Across the World and Celebrity Gogglebox have both been nominated for the BAFTA award for Best Reality and Constructed Factual programme

Jun 2020 Big launch for second season of Celebrity Gogglebox

The second season of Celebrity Gogglebox launched to 6 million viewers with a 25.1% share, exceeding the slot average by 55%.

May 2020 Race Across the World second highest rating show on BBC Two this year

Season Two of Race Across the World attracted an average 3.7 million viewers with a 14.8% share, exceeding the slot average by 47%.

May 2020 The Nest is BBC’s biggest new drama launch of the year

The Nest launched with an impressive average of 9 million viewers, making it the biggest new BBC drama launch of the year so far. All3 International has sold the series to AMC-owned Acorn in the USA and to several other territories.

Apr 2020 Fox orders Celebrity Watch Party

Fox has ordered a ten episode series of Celebrity Watch Party, a celebrity version of the highly successful Gogglebox format.

Mar 2020 Netflix order two more seasons of The Circle US

Netflix has announced a double pick up of the US version of The Circle. Comedian Michelle Buteau will return to host the show, which has proved to be a hit with Netflix subscribers and US critics since it launched on New Year’s Day.

Feb 2020 Studio Lambert wins Best Independent Production Company Award

Studio Lambert won the award for best independent production company at the 2020 Broadcast Awards which were held in the Grosvenor House, London.

Jan 2020 The Circle US attracts rave reviews and strong online buzz

The New York Times, Time, Wired, Vox, Glamour, Elle, Buzzfeed, Esquire, Vogue and many more have all publish positive pieces about The Circle US which is also attracting a great deal of comment on social media.

Jan 2020 Both The Circle and Gogglebox nominated for NTA awards

The Circle has been nominated in the Challenge Show category and Googlebox has been nominated in the Factual Show category in this year’s National Television Awards.

Jan 2020 The Circle US launches on Netflix

The first four episodes of the US version of The Circle were released on New Year’s Day on Netflix. The remaining eight episodes will be released weekly in two batches of four.

Nov 2019 Studio Lambert inks development deal with showrunner of The Masked Singer

Izzie Pick Ibarra who is the showrunner of Fox’s smash hit The Masked Singer will develop and produce new shows with Studio Lambert in the US.

Oct 2019 Amazon releases trailer ahead of the launch of The Feed on 22 November

Amazon has released the first trailer for The Feed and announced that the series will be released in the US on November 22.

Oct 2019 Studio Lambert developing Ant and Dec’s Street Car Showdown for BBC Two

Studio Lambert and Ant and Dec’s production company Mitre Television are coproducing a pilot for BBC Two of a new entertainment show called Street Car Showdown