George Martin Lamb (born 20 December 1979) is an English former

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and

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, farmer and businessman. In 2012, he presented the

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game show ''

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''. He is the son of actor

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Education

Born in

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, West London, Lamb was educated at St Christopher School, a boarding

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Career

Radio

Lamb's career peaked with presenting an eponymous daytime

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show, for two years from October 2007 to November 2009, before being moved the early weekend mornings for 6 months, then leaving 6 Music in May 2010. His show mixed

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banter with his

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DJ co-host, Marc Hughes. Lamb's last known radio work was a 2010

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-sponsored

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slot and a brief stint at TalkSport.

Television

Lamb's television career started in 2007 when he replaced

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as the host of the second series of BBC reality show '' Celebrity Scissorhands'' and returned in 2008 for the third series. He has also presented ''The Restaurant'', ''Road To V'' and ''Young Butcher of the Year'', a
parodied
on ''

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'', and also parodied by

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and

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on ''

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''. Lamb was the presenter of ''

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'' (or BBLB) from mid-2008, taking over from

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who had presented BBLB since 2001. He first presented the show with co-host Zezi Ifore, though she was sacked halfway through the series, leaving Lamb the sole presenter. For the final series of BBLB in 2010,

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joined Lamb as co-presenter. Willis moved with ''Big Brother'' to Channel 5 when the rights were bought from

, however Lamb did not. In Jul 2009, Lamb presented a programme on

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exploring the world of legal party pills and herbal highs. On 19 February 2010, he presented ''

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: The Aftermath'' alongside

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, interviewing the cast and production team after the first live episode of ''EastEnders''. He took part in a reality TV show on

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called ''The Parent Trip'' with his father, actor Larry Lamb, in which they visited the

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. On 31 March 2011, he appeared in an episode of ''

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'' with his dad. In 2017, the pair presented Channel 5's ''Britain by Bike with Larry & George Lamb''. Lamb also took part in

's game show ''

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'' on 29 October 2010, alongside his father, Larry Lamb. They survived the final question with £50,000 for the charity

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. In 2012, Lamb presented the Channel 4 game show ''

''. In 2017, George presented ''In Solitary: The Anti-Social Experiment'', a Channel 5 entertainment show that involves three members of the public being locked up in

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for 5 days. George hosts and also participates. In 2018, Lamb returned to present ''Celebs In Solitary'', in which

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, Eddie Hall, and Shazia Mirza attempt to spend five days in solitary confinement.Celebs in Solitary: Meltdown - Channel 5
Retrieved on 23 October 2018

Personal life

Lamb was born in West London to an English father, actor

, and a Scottish mother, Linda Martin from

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and grew up in

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. He has three sisters; Vanessa Clare Lamb born in 1969, Eloise Alexandra Lamb, born in 1998, and Eva-Mathilde Lamb, born in 2003. He supports

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and

. Lamb is also known for his trademark grey hair. In March 2010, he supported Global Cool by going on a flight-free holiday to

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with his friend and fellow TV presenter Rick Edwards. In 2019, Lamb and Andy Cato founded Wildfarmed, a network of farmers who practice

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. The pair met in

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in 2013, when Lamb took a break from his media career after becoming disillusioned with it. In this role, Lamb and Cato made a guest appearance on the third series of

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's '' Clarkson's Farm''.

BBC 6 Music controversies

Lamb's former 6 Music show proved controversial, being atypical of 6 Musicfor example, its shock jock style encroached upon youth-oriented

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's daytime public service remit. It marked a significant diversion from 6 Music's principally novel, trans-

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eclectic- musicologistic origins and tradition. This gambit proved controversial, driving an attrition of 6 Music's long time listeners and provoking rival petitioning websites: and . Similarly, national media reviews were polarised. Radio veteran

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said Lamb's interview with

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was the "worst interview in the history of broadcasting". In May 2008, Lamb was reprimanded for pledging his support on air for

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in the London mayoral race. In 2014, he criticised the BBC, claiming "You can't have opinions at the Beeb".

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb, George Living people 1979 births English television personalities English television presenters English radio personalities English people of Scottish descent People educated at St Christopher School People from Hammersmith Television personalities from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham BBC Radio 6 Music presenters