| George Lamb | |
|---|---|
| Born | George Martin Lamb 20 December 1979 Dundee, Scotland, UK |
| Occupation | Television and radio presenter |
| Years active | 2007–present |
George Martin Lamb (born 20 December 1979) is a Scottish-born British radio and TV presenter. He is the son of actor Larry Lamb.
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Lamb's radio career peaked with presenting his own daytime show on BBC Radio 6 Music for two years from October 2007 to November 2009,[1] before being moved the early weekend mornings for 6 months and eventually leaving the station in May 2010.[2] His show mixed banter with his Ministry of Sound DJ co-host Marc Hughes and Jamaican patois and dance-hall music. The last known radio work was a slot for Spotify as sponsored by Starbucks.[3]
Lamb's television career started in 2007 when he replaced Alex Zane 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, as parodied on Harry Hill's TV Burp.[4]
Lamb has been the presenter of Big Brother's Little Brother (or BBLB) since summer 2008, taking over from Dermot O'Leary 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, Emma Willis joined Lamb as co-presenter.
On 19 February 2010, he presented EastEnders Live: The Aftermath alongside Kirsten O'Brien, interviewing the cast and production team after the first live episode of EastEnders.
He took part in a reality TV show on ITV2 called The Parent Trip with his father, actor Larry Lamb. He also on 31 March 2011 took part in Celebrity Juice with his dad.
Lamb presented a programme on BBC Three exploring the world of legal party pills and herbal highs.[5]
Lamb also took part in Channel 4's game show Million Pound Drop Live on 29 October 2010, alongside with his father, Larry Lamb. They survived the final question with £50,000 for the charity Plan.
Lamb has recently begun appearing on talkSport presenting a Sunday evening show.
He also presented Style Birmingham 2011.
Lamb is the presenter of The Bank Job.
He managed the band Audio Bullys and also the pop singer Lily Allen before she got a record deal. He met Lily in Ibiza.[6]
Lamb is the son of actor Larry Lamb and Linda Martin. He has one older sister called Vanessa Clare Lamb born in 1969 and he has two younger sisters called Eloise Alexandra Lamb, born in 1999, and Eva-Mathilde Lamb, born in 2003.[7] He supports Dundee United[8] and Fulham F.C..[9][10][11][12]
Lamb is a vegetarian. He gave up meat after slaughtering a goat for an ITV show he filmed with his father.[13]
In March 2010 he supported Global Cool by going on a flight-free holiday to Barcelona with his friend and fellow TV presenter Rick Edwards.[14]
Lamb's former 6 Music show proved controversial, being atypical of 6 Music and having more in common with the style of the youth-oriented Radio 1, signalling a change of direction for the station, away from its "music" roots. This was unpopular with many listeners to 6 Music. This provoked rival anti- [15] and pro- [16] petitions and both unfavourable[17] and favourable [18] reviews.
In May 2008 Lamb was reprimanded for appearing to pledge his support on air for Boris Johnson in the London mayoral race.[19]