Studio Lambert appoints UK boss

Undercover Boss prodco Studio Lambert has hired a BBC Factual producer to head up its UK arm, a move that allows founder Stephen Lambert more freedom for US projects.

Gary Hunter

Gary Hunter will join the transatlantic firm as head of Studio Lambert UK. At the BBC he is a senior factual production executive and is currently working on a trio of BBC2 projects, two of which are copros with UK cabsat nets. He will complete these before joining the All3Media-backed indie in November.

Hunter was behind the 2002 re-launch of BBC2 hit Top Gear and has developed Bafta-winning factual series Coast among other others.

“Gary is an exceptionally strong creator and produce of programmes,” said Studio Lambert CEO Lambert. “He will be the UK equivalent to Eli Holzman, the president of Studio Lambert USA, who has been so successful at building our American business with the launch of nine new series this year. Gary’s appointment will give me greater freedom to work across both the UK and US markets.”

Hunter added: “Over the last dozen years I have had a very creative exciting and rewarding time at the BBC but I had begun to feel it was time to return to the independent sector where I worked for fifteen years before joining the Corporation.”

Earlier this year, C21 revealed Studio Lambert had poached Fever Media’s head of development Tim Harcourt for the same role. He’s based out of the indie’s London office, which Hunter will now head up.