Stephen Lambert (media executive)
| Stephen Lambert | |
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| Born |
22 March 1959 London, England |
| Alma mater |
University of East Anglia (B.A., Politics and Philosophy, 1981) University of Oxford (postgraduate research, 1982) |
| Occupation | Television producer |
| Notable credit(s) |
Wife Swap Faking It The Secret Millionaire Undercover Boss Gogglebox |
| Spouse(s) | Jenni Russell |
| Children | 1 daughter, 1 son |
| Website | http://www.studiolambert.com |
Stephen Lambert (born 22 March 1959) is an English television producer and executive who works in Britain and America. He is best known for launching international hit formats such as the award-winning Wife Swap, Faking It, The Secret Millionaire, Undercover Boss and Gogglebox.
He is the chief executive of Studio Lambert, one of All3Media's production companies. He is also chairman of Seven Stories, a scripted production company launched in 2015 and backed by All3Media.
His programs have won many international awards, including more than half a dozen BAFTA awards, the Rose D'Or of Montreaux and both Primetime and International Emmys.
In 2010, The Huffington Post selected Lambert as one its Game Changers - '100 innovators, mavericks, visionaries, and leaders who are changing the way we look at the world and the way we live in it.' In 2014, Lambert was included in the Media Guardian 100 and was rated sixth on The Hollywood Reporter list of the "Top 25 Reality Players of 2014". In April 2014, Lambert became the fifth person to be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the industry's Realscreen Awards. In 2016, he was named as one of the twenty most influential people in broadcasting by Debrett's and he was made a fellow of the Royal Television Society.
He is married to newspaper columnist Jenni Russell and they have two children.
Born in London, Lambert was educated at Thames Valley Grammar School and the University of East Anglia graduating with a first in Politics and Philosophy. He studied as a post-graduate student at Nuffield College, Oxford where he wrote a book on the history of British broadcasting policy published by the British Film Institute called Channel 4: Television With A Difference? that coincided with the launch of Britain's fourth terrestrial channel in November 1982.
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