July 2025

Latest News from Studio Lambert Scripted

Studio Lambert’s scripted team have been very busy in recent months. Season Three of BBC’s Boarders is currently in production and set to air in 2026.

We’ve also signed a first-look deal with the creator of Boarders, Daniel Lawrence Taylor, to develop new scripted projects.

And we’ve recently optioned Hallie Rubenhold’s highly acclaimed true crime book, Story of a Murder, to be adapted by Amanda Coe.

Our in-house scripted team now includes:

Madeleine Sinclair – Creative Director
Ian Hogan – Head of Production
Gill Lang – Director, Legal & Business Affairs
Laura Timms – Head of Development
Hannah Durham – Script Editor (Boarders, Queenie)
Hannah Samuel-Ogbu – Assistant Script Editor (Boarders)
Hannah Radley – Development Editor
Hannah Westall – Scripted Coordinator

June 2025

Stephen Lambert awarded an OBE

A huge congratulations to our CEO, Stephen Lambert, who has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours. From Faking It, Wife Swap and Undercover Boss to Gogglebox, The Traitors and Squid Game: The Challenge, he has helped shape genre-defining TV that is loved all over the world.

June 2025

Boarders Season Three announced

Boarders Season Three has been announced and the South London teens are back at St. Gilbert’s with new enemies, love interests and broken friendships.

Jodie Campbell (Leah), Sekou Diaby (Toby), Aruna Jalloh (Femi), Myles Kamwendo (Omar) and Josh Tedeku (Jaheim) will all reprise their roles for the final series, alongside writer and creator Daniel Lawrence Taylor who returns as their mentor Gus. Taylor will also make his directorial debut this series, directing the final episode.

The six-part series will be produced by Studio Lambert for the BBC, in association with All3Media International and is expected to air in 2026.

June 2025

Celebrity Gogglebox returns for Season Seven

Celebrity Gogglebox is back for its seventh series, with lots of new famous faces including Vicky Pattison & Pete Wicks, James and Clair Buckley and Larry and George Lamb, as well as fan favourites returning, including Rylan and Linda, Jennifer Saunders and Beattie Edmondson and Mo Gilligan and Babatunde Aleshe.

Fridays at 9pm, Channel 4.

May 2025

Elizabeth Hurley to play ‘The Deceased’ in The Inheritance

Actress, model and British icon Elizabeth Hurley is to play ‘The Deceased’ in Channel 4’s wickedly immersive new reality series, The Inheritance.

Thirteen strangers are summoned to a grand stately home, where they will compete for part of the fortune left in the will of The Deceased, a fabulously glamourous benefactor.

But winning the money won’t be easy. The Deceased had a wicked sense of humour and has designed a mischievous game to ensure only the best players can get their hands on her fortune.

Broadcaster, barrister and author Robert Rinder MBE is The Executor.

The Inheritance comes to Channel 4 later this year.

May 2025

The Celebrity Traitors cast revealed

This autumn, 19 celebrities will play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, in the hope of winning a cash prize up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice.

The celebrities joining Claudia Winkleman in the Scottish Highlands are:

Alan Carr – Comedian
Cat Burns – Singer/Songwriter
Celia Imrie – Actor
Charlotte Church – Singer/Activist
Clare Balding – Broadcaster and Author
David Olusoga – Historian and Filmmaker
Joe Marler – Former England Rugby Player and Podcaster
Joe Wilkinson – Comedian
Jonathan Ross – Presenter
Kate Garraway – Broadcaster
Lucy Beaumont – Comedian
Mark Bonnar – Actor
Nick Mohammed – Actor and Comedian
Niko Omilana – Content Creator
Paloma Faith – Singer/Songwriter and Actor
Ruth Codd – Actor
Stephen Fry – Actor, Writer, Presenter
Tameka Empson – Actor and Comedian
Tom Daley – Olympian, Author, Broadcaster and Entrepreneur

Coming soon to BBC One and iPlayer.

April 2025

Four BAFTA TV Nominations for Studio Lambert

Five intrepid duos are tasked with undertaking the trip of a lifetime, racing over 14,000km across Asia, the world’s largest continent, taking in three of its most diverse and fascinating nations – China, Nepal and India. And they have to do it with the lowest budget in the show’s history – just over £1,000 per person.

Wednesdays at 9pm, BBC One & iPlayer.

March 2025

Four BAFTA TV Nominations for Studio Lambert

The nominations for the BAFTA TV Awards have been announced and Studio Lamber is up for the following:
Memorable Moment – The Traitors
Entertainment Performance – Claudia Winkleman / The Traitors
Reality – The Traitors
Factual Entertainment – Race Across The World

March 2025

The Traitors and Josh Tedeku win at the RTS Awards

This year’s RTS Awards saw The Traitors win in the Entertainment category and Josh Tedeku (Boarders) win the Breakthrough award.

Claudia Winkleman (The Traitors) also won the Outstanding Achievement Award.

March 2025

Boarders TUBI Dates Announced

Fans of Boarders in North America and LATAM will be able to watch Season Two on April 7th on TUBI.

Also currently available on BBC iPlayer in the UK.

March 2025

The Traitors wins Best Entertainment at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards

The awards keep coming for The Traitors as Series Two wins Best Entertainment at this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.

February 2025

Channel 4 Announce ‘The Inheritance’

Twelve strangers arrive at a grand English country estate, lured by one irresistible opportunity: to inherit a chunk of a vast fortune. The fortune belonged to a glamorous benefactor known only as ‘The Deceased’ who has left video messages for the players from beyond the grave.

Produced by Studio Lambert with GroupM Motion Entertainment, The Inheritance will be coming to Channel 4 later this year.

February 2025

The Traitors US wins Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television at the Producers Guild of America Awards

The Traitors US continues to go from strength to strength as it wins the award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television at this year’s Producers Guild of America Awards.

February 2025

Studio Lambert wins Best Independent Production Company at the Broadcast Awards

Studio Lambert held its title as Best Independent Production Company at the Broadcast Awards for the second year in a row and for the third time since 2020.

Squid Game: The Challenge also picked up the award for Best Entertainment Programme.

February 2025

Boarders Series Two launches on BBC Three and iPlayer

With a new headmistress at the helm and their scholarships under threat, the Boarders will need to fight to survive, while an American exchange student arrives to shake things up.

Watch all episodes now on BBC iPlayer.

January 2025

The Traitors US is the #1 Unscripted Series in the US

Season Three of The Traitors US becomes the #1 unscripted streaming show in the US on Peacock. Achieving 499M minutes of viewing in the first week of its launch.

January 2025

The Traitors reaches a record high of 10.3M viewers

Season Three of The Traitors on BBC One is the most watched to date with a season average of 10.3M viewers, becoming the biggest show in the UK’s unscripted market since 2022.