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16 Facts About George Lamb

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George Martin Lamb was born on 20 December 1979 and is an English radio and television presenter.

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George Lamb's career peaked with presenting an eponymous daytime BBC Radio 6 Music 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.

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George Lamb's show mixed shock jock banter with his Ministry of Sound DJ co-host, Marc Hughes.

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George Lamb's last known radio work was a 2010 Starbucks-sponsored Spotify slot and a brief stint at TalkSport.

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George Lamb has presented The Restaurant, Road To V and Young Butcher of the Year, as parodied on Harry Hill's TV Burp, and parodied by Ray Peacock and Ed Gamble on The Peacock and Gamble Podcast.

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George Lamb was the presenter of Big Brother's Little Brother from mid-2008, taking over from Dermot O'Leary who had presented BBLB since 2001.

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George Lamb first presented the show with co-host Zezi Ifore, though she was sacked halfway through the series, leaving Lamb the sole presenter.

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In Jul 2009, George Lamb presented a programme on BBC Three exploring the world of legal party pills and herbal highs.

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George Lamb took part in a reality TV show on ITV2 called The Parent Trip with his father, actor Larry Lamb, in which they visited the Himba people in Namibia.

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George Lamb took part in Channel 4's game show The Million Pound Drop Live on 29 October 2010, alongside his father, Larry George Lamb.

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In 2012, George Lamb presented the Channel 4 game show The Bank Job.

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

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In 2018, George Lamb returned to present Celebs In Solitary, in which Anthea Turner, Professor Green, Eddie Hall, and Shazia Mirza attempt to spend five days in solitary confinement.

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George Lamb was born in West London to an English father, actor Larry George Lamb, and a Scottish mother, Linda Martin from Dundee and grew up in Fulham.

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

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In May 2008, George Lamb was reprimanded for pledging his support on air for Boris Johnson in the London mayoral race.