Stephen Lambert, chief executive of Studio Lambert said the Scottish television community is “large and talented”, adding the production company has worked with Scottish production staff on drama series, such as the thriller series, “The Nest”, which was made in Glasgow for BBC One.
“But a very different set of specialised skills and experience are required to make reality shows on the scale of The Traitors,” he said.
“We are employing and training talented people based in Scotland to work on The Traitors.
“But one of the reasons why the show is so popular and acclaimed is because we employ the most experienced reality show production talent in the UK.”
He continued: “We’re confident that over the coming years the proportion of that talent who are based in Scotland will increase and it is great news for the industry as a whole that such a well-loved show is coming from this part of the UK.”
BBC Scotland News asked Studio Lambert to confirm what percentage of people working on each series of The Traitors are based in Scotland.
They did not respond.
