Jump to content

Studio Lambert

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.

Programming

[edit]

2023

[edit]

2022

[edit]

2021

[edit]

2020

[edit]

2019

[edit]

2018

[edit]

2017

[edit]

2016

[edit]

2015

[edit]

2014

[edit]

2013

[edit]

2012

[edit]

2011

[edit]

2010

[edit]

2009

[edit]

Awards

[edit]

Studio Lambert won Best Independent Production Company at the 2020 and 2024 Broadcast Awards.[16][17]

In 2023, The Traitors UK won a BAFTA Television Award,[18] Edinburgh TV Award,[19] RTS Programme Award[20] and BPG Award. [21] The Traitors US earned an Emmy Awards nomination and won for Outstanding Casting for a Reality Program. [22]

Gogglebox has won numerous awards. In 2014 and 2022, it won a BAFTA in the Reality & Constructed Factual category.[23] From 2015 to 2018, in 2021 and in 2022, it won a National Television Award.[24] The format won a Rose d’Or Award in 2014.[25]

Race Across the World won a BAFTA in 2020 for Best Reality & Constructed Factual.[26] It also won a Broadcast Award in 2021 for Best Popular Factual Programme[27] and has been nominated twice for the Grierson Awards.[28]

Undercover Boss is a two-time Emmy Awards-winning series,[29] which has been nominated multiple times for the Critics' Choice Television Awards.[30]

BBC One limited drama series Three Girls won five BAFTAs including the award for Best Mini-Series.[31] It won Best TV Drama at Prix Italia 2018,[32] alongside winning awards at the RTS Programme Awards,[33] BPG Awards,[34] Broadcast Awards[35] and Edinburgh TV Awards.

The Circle won the C21 International Format Award for Best Competition Reality Format in 2019.[36]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Group Companies". All3Media.com.
  2. ^ "About". www.studiolambert.com.
  3. ^ "Fox Sets Unscripted Series 'Celebrity Watch Party' Featuring Rob Lowe, Raven-Symoné". Variety. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  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.
  16. ^ "Best independent production company: Studio Lambert". Broadcast. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  17. ^ "2024 Broadcast Awards winners revealed". Virgin Radio. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  18. ^ "'The Traitors' Wins Best Reality & Constructed Factual – BAFTA TV Awards". Deadline.com. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  19. ^ "Edinburgh TV Awards: Doctor Who regeneration wins TV moment of the year". BBC News. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  20. ^ "Kate Winslet, Kit Connor, 'The Traitors' Among Winners at U.K.'s Royal Television Society Awards". Variety. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  21. ^ "'Derry Girls,' 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Traitors' Take Top Honors at U.K. Broadcasting Press Guild Awards". Variety. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  22. ^ "Peacock's Murder-Mystery Series The Traitors Scores Emmy Nomination For All-Star Cast". NBC. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  23. ^ "BAFTA Awards Search - Gogglebox". BAFTA. September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  24. ^ Awards, National Television. "Winners | National Television Awards". www.nationaltvawards.com. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  25. ^ "Gogglebox wins Rose d'Or international TV award". BBC News. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  26. ^ "Reality and Constructed Factual -Race Across the World". 4 June 2020.
  27. ^ "Best popular factual programme: Race Across The World". Broadcast. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  28. ^ "BBC leads Grierson nominations". Televisual. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  29. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (16 September 2012). "2012 Emmy Creative Arts Awards - The Analysis". Deadline.com. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  30. ^ ""Hoarders," "Undercover Boss" vie for Critics' Choice prize". Realscreen. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  31. ^ "Bafta TV Awards: Britain's Got Talent, Love Island and Blue Planet II win". BBC News. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  32. ^ "Prix Italia 2018 Winners". RAI. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  33. ^ "RTS Programme Awards 2018, In Partnership with Audio Network". UK RTS. 13 October 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  34. ^ "BPG Awards 2018". Broadcasting Press Guild Association. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  35. ^ "Winners 2018". The Broadcast Awards. February 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  36. ^ "ITV leads way in Format Awards". C21Media. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
[edit]