Stephen Lambert

British television producer, chief executive of Studio Lambert

Born: 22 March 1959, London
Age: 67

Stephen Lambert OBE is an English television producer and executive who works in Britain and the United States. He is the chief executive of Studio Lambert, the production company he launched in 2008, which makes Gogglebox, The Traitors, Undercover Boss, Race Across the World, The Circle and Squid Game: The Challenge. Earlier, at RDF Media, he devised Faking It and Wife Swap.

Early life and education

Lambert was born in London and educated at Thames Valley Grammar School and the University of East Anglia, where he took a first in politics and philosophy. As a postgraduate at Nuffield College, Oxford, he wrote Channel 4: Television with a Difference?, a history of British broadcasting policy published by the British Film Institute in 1982.

BBC

He joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1983 and spent fifteen years in its documentaries department, producing and directing for 40 Minutes and Inside Story. In 1994 he became the founding editor of BBC Two's documentary strand Modern Times, and he executive-produced Adam Curtis's series The Mayfair Set.

RDF Media

In 1998 he joined the independent producer RDF Media as its first director of programmes. He devised and executive-produced Faking It (2000) and Wife Swap, both for Channel 4 and both winners of the BAFTA for best features programme, and continued to executive-produce Adam Curtis's documentaries, including The Century of the Self and The Power of Nightmares.

Studio Lambert

He launched Studio Lambert in 2008. With Tania Alexander and Tim Harcourt he created Gogglebox, and the company has gone on to make The Traitors in Britain and the United States.