EXCLUSIVE: The Traitors producer Studio Lambert and John de Mol’s Talpa Studios are on the rise. The pair has teamed to bring psychological quiz format The Golden Elevators to the U.S. and UK after Talpa’s creative team developed the show. Talpa has international format…

Stephen Lambert, the influential British television producer behind The Traitors and Undercover Boss, says his company is in the early stages of developing shows for YouTube for the first time. With YouTube viewing surging on television devices, Lambert told the Edinburgh TV Festival that his…

Arise, Sir Gary Oldman! The Oscar-winning Darkest Hour and Slow Horses actor has been knighted by King Charles III in the monarch’s birthday honors. Oldman has been knighted for his services to drama — the first time he has received a royal accolade for his body of distinguished work. He joins…

EXCLUSIVE: Seven days of rioting on the streets of Britain has prompted one of the country’s top production companies to email staff to condemn the unrest and signpost welfare support. Studio Lambert, the production company behind The Traitors and Squid Game: The Challenge, described the…

EXCLUSIVE: An unlikely dream contestant has emerged for The Traitors: Liz Truss. Stephen Lambert, executive producer of the hit BBC reality series, said the former UK prime minister would be a perfect candidate for the show. A celebrity version is all but confirmed for 2025 and Deadline…

EXCLUSIVE: Squid Game: The Challenge producer Studio Lambert has promoted a trio of senior execs as drama boss Sue Hogg steps back from the day to day. Longserving Squid Game: The Challenge EP Tim Harcourt is being upped to Chief Creative Officer, Gogglebox exec Mike Cotton takes on Creative…

Studio Lambert has introduced the world to Gogglebox, Race Across the World and The Circle but the indie has faced its greatest test in Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge, and the road has been a bit of a bumpy one. Stephen Lambert’s 15-year-old British production house, which its founder says…

Stephen Lambert, CEO of storied UK producer Studio Lambert, has delved deep into the differences in casting between the UK and U.S. versions of The Traitors. Much has been made of the fact that the Alan Cumming-hosted Peacock U.S. version opted for several celebrities amongst civillians, while…

Some of the UK’s biggest stars and creators issued passionate defences of Channel 4 at tonight’s BAFTA TV Awards in the wake of the UK government’s decision to privatize it. Big names, from 12 Years A Slave creator Steve McQueen to Studio Lambert founder Stephen Lambert and comedy presenter Mo Gilligan, used…

NBC has been unveiled as the network behind the U.S. version of John de Mol’s Million Dollar Island (working title), the high-stakes social experiment that will be produced by Stephen Lambert’s Circle and Gogglebox producer Studio Lambert. De Mol’s Talpa is producing the Dutch version, revealed exclusively by Dead…

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Lambert and John de Mol, two of the world’s greatest format-creators, are combining for the first time on UK and U.S. versions of de Mol’s Dutch format Million Dollar Island. Lambert’s Gogglebox and The Circle outfit Studio Lambert will produce the two editions, which are not yet attached to…

BBC director of content Charlotte Moore fired thinly-veiled shots at Netflix and Amazon at a gathering of some of the UK’s top writing, production and on-screen talent on Monday night. At a lavish party at London’s Sky Garden bar, overlooking some of the capital’s biggest landmarks, the BBC attempted to lay down…