Studio Lambert

Studio Lambert
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryTelevision
Founded2008; 18 years ago (2008)
FounderStephen Lambert
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Los Angeles, United States
Manchester, United Kingdom
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Number of locations
4
Key peopleStephen Lambert (CEO)
Tim Harcourt (Chief Creative Officer)
Susan Hogg (Head of Drama)
Jack Burgess (EVP, SL USA)
ServicesTelevision production
OwnerAll3Media (2012–2026)
Banijay Entertainment (2026–present)
ParentBanijay UK (2026–present)
Divisions
  • Studio Lambert USA
  • Studio Lambert North
  • Studio Lambert Scotland
SubsidiariesInner Drive Entertainment
MindMeld Entertainment
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 Banijay UK, the British division of Banijay Entertainment, the global production group.

Stephen Lambert, creator of many global formats, launched the company in 2008. Tim Harcourt joined in 2012, first as head of development then becoming chief creative officer. The company quickly grew a reputation on both sides of the Atlantic for making "innovative" and popular unscripted shows. 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.

In the 2024 Broadcast Magazine survey of independent UK production companies, Studio Lambert ranked #3 by size of turnover. In 2019 and in 2024, the same survey ranked the company #1 in its peer poll. Studio Lambert won Best Independent Production Company at the Broadcast Awards in 2020, 2024 and 2025, and won Production Company of the Year at the Edinburgh TV Awards 2024.

A scripted division was established in 2015 to produce high quality drama series with British and American writers, directors and on-screen talent. The company's first scripted show, Three Girls, won five BAFTA awards in 2018. The Feed launched on Prime Video in 2019, The Nest premiered on BBC One to high ratings and acclaim in 2020, and Three Families launched in 2021. Premiering in 2024, critically rated Boarders became the company's first returning drama.

The original 'Studio Lambert' was a television adverts production company in the 1960s, 70s and 80s run by Stephen Lambert's father, Roger Lambert, a director of many television adverts.

At the start of November 2018, Studio Lambert had established a new North production office based in Manchester and created a new production division that would produce programming based in its Manchester office named Studio Lambert North, marking Studio Lambert's third production office with it being based in Manchester with Studio Lambert had appointed the executive producer of Dragon's Den, Darrell Olsen, to head Studio Lambert's new Manchetser based production unit Studio Lambert North as president of the new unit & Studio Lambert North had taken over production of Studio Lambert's shows like Naked Attraction the following year in 2019.

In September 2021 following the successful opening of Studio Lambert's Manchester-based operation & production division Studio Lambert North, back in November 2018, Studio Lambert expanded its production operations into Scotland by opening up a new production office based in the Scottish Highlands based at Inverness and in Glasgow, Scotland & launched a new Scottish production division entitled Studio Lambert Scotland, Studio Lambert had previously produced its scripted series The Nest in Scotland & the formation of Studio Lambert Scotland will produce & develop programming based in the Scottish highlands starting with the British and American adaptations of the Dutch format De Verraders originally made by All3Media's fellow production subsidiary IPTV, entitled The Traitors and The Traitors US, marking Studio Lambert Scotland's first productions.

In January 2026 following the launch of Studio Lambert's first American production subsidiary MindMeld Entertainment back in June 2025, Studio Lambert had partnered with longtime collaborators, actors and game show format creators Jon Barinholtz and Rob Belushi to formed a newly-formed & Studio Lambert's second American unscripted production & development subsidiary entitled Inner Drive Entertainment that would sit under Studio Lambert's American production division Studio Lambert USA, the new production subsidiary Inner Drive Entertainment would develop & produce unscripted television formats including game shows, challenge formats, social experiment programs, and reality-competition series with Jon Barinholtz and Rob Belushi serving as co-presidents & will work closey with Studio Lambert USA's president Jack Burgess.

Programming

Title Years Network Notes
Undercover Boss2009–2021Channel 4/ITVAlso known as Undercover Big Boss
Undercover Boss USA2010–2022CBSco-production with All3Media America
Ultimate Traveller2010Channel 4
Southern Fried Stings2010–2011TruTVco-production with Zoo Productions
Four in a Bed2010–presentChannel 4
Love Thy Neighbour2011Channel 4/More 4
The Pitch2012–2013AMCco-production with All3Media America and AMC Studios
Girlfriends2012–2013ITV2
Gogglebox2013–presentChannel 4
How to Get a Council House2013Originally titled I Want a Council House
The Million Second Quiz2013NBCco-production with All3Media America, Ryan Seacrest Productions, Bill's Market & Television Productions and Universal Television
The People's Couch2013–2016Bravoco-production with All3Media America and Bravo Media Productions
Co-owned by NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
True Tori2014Lifetimeco-production with All3Media America, Life in the Bowl Productions and Big Country Entertainment
The Great Interior Design Challenge2014–2017BBC Two
Inside Job2014TNTco-production with All3Media America and TNT Originals, Inc.
Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
Tattoo Fixers2015–2019E4
Job or No Job2015ABC Familyco-production with All3Media America
Owned by Disney Platform Distribution
The FearBBC Three
Body Fixers2016–2017E4
Naked Attraction2016–presentChannel 4as Studio Lambert North
Gogglebox IrelandVirgin Media Oneco-production with Kite Entertainment
Tattoo Artist of the Year2017E4
Second Wives ClubE!co-production with All3Media America
Three GirlsBBC One
Spa WarsITVBe
Buy It Now2018Channel 4as Glitterbox
The Circle2018–2021Part of The Circle franchise; co-production with Motion Content Group
Race Across the World2019–presentBBC Two
The Feed2019Virgin Media
Amazon Prime Video		co-productiom with Amazon Studios, All3Media International and Liberty Global
The Circle US2020–presentNetflix/Hulu rowspan="3" | co-production with Motion Content Group
The Circle Brazil2020Netflix
The Circle France
Celebrity Watch PartyFoxco-production with All3Media America
The Hustler2021ABC
Three FamiliesBBC One
Lovestruck High2022Amazon Prime Videoco-production with Amazon Studios
The Traitors2022–presentBBC Oneas Studio Lambert Scotland
The Traitors US2023–presentPeacockas Studio Lambert Scotland
Celebrity Race Across the WorldBBC One
Squid Game: The ChallengeNetflixco-production with The Garden
Boarders2024–2026BBC Three
The Anonymous2024USA Network
Buy It Now USA2024Amazon Prime VideoAn American adaptation of Buy It Now
co-production with Amazon MGM Studios
The Celebrity Traitors2025–presentBBC Oneas Studio Lambert Scotland
The Grand Tour2026–presentAmazon Prime Videoco-production with Amazon MGM Studios
Monopoly TBA Netflix co-production with Hasbro Entertainment

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Awards

Studio Lambert won Best Independent Production Company at the Broadcast Awards in 2020, 2024 and 2025, and won Production Company of the Year at the Edinburgh TV Awards 2024.

The Traitors UK has won multiple BAFTA Television Awards, Edinburgh TV Awards, RTS Programme Awards and BPG Awards.

In 2023, The Traitors US earned an Emmy Awards nomination and won for Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program. In 2024, it won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Competition Program.

Gogglebox has won numerous awards. In 2014 and 2022, it won a BAFTA in the Reality & Constructed Factual category. From 2015 to 2018, in 2021 and in 2022, it won a National Television Award. The format won a Rose d'Or Award in 2014.

Race Across the World won a BAFTA in 2020 for Best Reality & Constructed Factual. It also won a Broadcast Award in 2021 for Best Popular Factual Programme and has been nominated twice for the Grierson Awards. In 2024, Celebrity Race Across the World won a BAFTA for Best Factual Entertainment.

Undercover Boss is a two-time Emmy Awards-winning series, which has been nominated multiple times for the Critics' Choice Television Awards.

BBC One limited drama series Three Girls won five BAFTAs including the award for Best Mini-Series. It won Best TV Drama at Prix Italia 2018, alongside winning awards at the RTS Programme Awards, BPG Awards, Broadcast Awards and Edinburgh TV Awards.

The Circle won the C21 International Format Award for Best Competition Reality Format in 2019.

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