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==Early life==
==Early life==
Adams attended Abbotsgrange Middle school in Grangemouth and Grangemouth High before moving to the fee-paying [[St George's School, Edinburgh]]<ref name="gazetteer" /> and the [[University of Edinburgh]], from which she graduated with an MA Honours in Economics and Politics.<ref name=BBCprofile />
Adams attended [[Grangemouth middle schools|Abbotsgrange Middle school]] in [[Grangemouth]], and Grangemouth High, before moving to the fee-paying [[St George's School, Edinburgh]]<ref name="gazetteer" /> and the [[University of Edinburgh]], from which she graduated with an MA Honours in Economics and Politics.<ref name=BBCprofile />


==Media career==
==Media career==
Adams started her media career as a graduate trainee at [[ITV Central|Central Television]], concentrating on political and news journalism – her first coup was a one-hour interview with [[Margaret Thatcher]]. For the next few years, Adams remained focused on hard news when, in early 1988, moved to [[Scottish Television]]'s nightly news programme, ''[[Scotland Today]]''. She was one of the first journalists on the scene of the [[Pan Am Flight 103|Lockerbie disaster]] in 1988. In 1992, a chance opportunity to host a discussion show for [[Scottish Television]], after its original anchor [[Sheena McDonald]] left, set her off on a different path. ''Scottish Women'' ran for six years under Adams’ chair (1993–99), won a number of awards and marked the start of Adams' career as a talk show host.<ref name=BBCprofile />
Adams started her media career as a graduate trainee at [[ITV Central|Central Television]], concentrating on political and news journalism: her first coup was a one-hour interview with [[Margaret Thatcher]]. For the next few years, Adams remained focused on hard news when, in early 1988, moved to [[Scottish Television]]'s nightly news programme, ''[[Scotland Today]]''. She was one of the first journalists on the scene of the [[Pan Am Flight 103|Lockerbie disaster]] in 1988. In 1992, a chance opportunity to host a discussion show for [[Scottish Television]], after its original anchor [[Sheena McDonald]] left, set her off on a different path. ''Scottish Women'' ran for six years under Adams' chair (1993–99), won a number of awards and marked the start of Adams' career as a talk show host.<ref name=BBCprofile />


Since her original success with ''Scottish Women'', Adams has presented ''ITV Weekend Live'', three series of ''Central Weekend Live'' with [[Nicky Campbell]] and [[John Stapleton (English journalist)|John Stapleton]]; ''[[Esther Rantzen|Esther]]'', latterly ''Kaye'' for [[BBC Two]]; and ''Pride and Prejudice'' for [[BBC Scotland]]. Adams co-presented the last ever ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'' before [[Richard and Judy]] left, while, in 2002, she was ''This Morning's'' daily live anchor from [[Australia]], reporting on the first series of ''[[I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!]]''. She has also appeared on ''[[Lily Savage's Blankety Blank]]''.<ref name="blanketyblank2">{{cite episode|series=Lily Savage's Blankety Blank|network=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]|airdate=11 March 2001}}</ref>
Since her original success with ''Scottish Women'', Adams has presented ''ITV Weekend Live'', three series of ''Central Weekend Live'' with [[Nicky Campbell]] and [[John Stapleton (English journalist)|John Stapleton]]; ''[[Esther Rantzen|Esther]]'', latterly ''Kaye'' for [[BBC Two]]; and ''Pride and Prejudice'' for [[BBC Scotland]]. Adams co-presented the last ever ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'' before [[Richard and Judy]] left, while, in 2002, she was ''This Morning's'' daily live anchor from [[Australia]], reporting on the first series of ''[[I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!]]''. She has also appeared on ''[[Lily Savage's Blankety Blank]]''.<ref name="blanketyblank2">{{cite episode|series=Lily Savage's Blankety Blank|network=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]|airdate=11 March 2001}}</ref>


Between 1999 and 2006, Adams anchored the [[ITV Network|ITV]] talk show, ''[[Loose Women]]'' where, combined with the rest of the female panel, she created a popular and engaging mix of topical issues and entertainment. On 5 November 2013, Adams returned to the panel in rotation with [[Carol Vorderman]] and [[Andrea McLean]]. In January 2014, former Loose Woman [[Ruth Langsford]] returned to co-anchor the programme with Adams, Vorderman and McLean in rotation. Vorderman left the show in July 2014.
Between 1999 and 2006, Adams anchored the [[ITV Network|ITV]] talk show, ''[[Loose Women]]'' where, combined with the rest of the female panel, she created a popular and engaging mix of topical issues and entertainment. On 5 November 2013, Adams returned to the panel, in rotation with [[Carol Vorderman]] and [[Andrea McLean]]. In January 2014, former Loose Woman [[Ruth Langsford]] returned to co-anchor the programme with Adams, Vorderman and McLean in rotation. Vorderman left the show in July 2014.


Adams has also presented a daytime show called ''[[The People Versus]]''.<ref name=corner>[http://www.thecountdownpage.com/dwellers.htm List of Dictionary Corner residents]</ref> as well as appearing as a panellist and latterly as chair of ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''.
Adams has also presented a daytime show called ''[[The People Versus]]'',<ref name=corner>[http://www.thecountdownpage.com/dwellers.htm List of Dictionary Corner residents]</ref> as well as appearing as a panellist, and latterly as host of ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''.


Between 2007 and 2010, Adams regularly guest hosted and was a panellist on the [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] panel show ''[[The Wright Stuff]]''.
Between 2007 and 2010, Adams regularly guest hosted and was a panellist on the [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] panel show ''[[The Wright Stuff]]''.


In late 2008, Adams narrated a six-part documentary series ''The Merchant Navy'' on STV.
In late 2008, Adams narrated a six-part documentary series, ''The Merchant Navy'', on STV.


On 26 May 2009, Adams returned to [[STV (TV network)|STV]], more than 20 years after her first appearance on the station, as a guest co-host on the lifestyle programme ''[[The Hour (magazine series)|The Hour]]'' with [[Stephen Jardine]]. Adams presented four shows. In August of that year, Adams joined a long team of reporters on ''[[The One Show]]''.
On 26 May 2009, Adams returned to [[STV (TV network)|STV]], more than 20 years after her first appearance on the station, as a guest co-host on the lifestyle programme ''[[The Hour (magazine series)|The Hour]]'' with [[Stephen Jardine]]. Adams presented four shows. In August of that year, Adams joined a long team of reporters on ''[[The One Show]]''.


Having reported on the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 for [[STV (TV network)|STV]], Adams narrated a special documentary, ''The Lockerbie Bomber: Sent Home to Die'' for the Scottish television channel which aired on 9 August 2010. The programme examined the Lockerbie bomber's conviction and the renewed controversy over the Scottish Government's decision to send him home to Libya on compassionate grounds a year earlier.
Having reported on the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 for [[STV (TV network)|STV]], Adams narrated a special documentary, ''The Lockerbie Bomber: Sent Home to Die'' for the Scottish television channel, which aired on 9 August 2010. The programme examined the Lockerbie bomber's conviction and the renewed controversy over the Scottish Government's decision to send him home to Libya on compassionate grounds a year earlier.


Since 2011, she has guest presented [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]]'s ''LIVE with...'' programme.
Since 2011, she has guest presented [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]]'s ''LIVE with...'' programme.
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In 2013, Adams co-hosted the daytime chat show ''[[Sunday Scoop]]'' with [[Nadia Sawalha]].<ref name=Scoop>{{cite web|title=ITV: Sunday Scoop: Presenters|url=http://www.itv.com/sunday/presenters/kaye-adams|access-date=22 March 2015}}</ref>
In 2013, Adams co-hosted the daytime chat show ''[[Sunday Scoop]]'' with [[Nadia Sawalha]].<ref name=Scoop>{{cite web|title=ITV: Sunday Scoop: Presenters|url=http://www.itv.com/sunday/presenters/kaye-adams|access-date=22 March 2015}}</ref>


Both Nadia Sawalha and Kaye Adams are represented by Nicola Ibison of Ibison Talent Group who acts as both their agent and management.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxHiFqHEbY2Lt0kQwo1it9w/about|title=Ibison Talent Group|via=YouTube}}</ref> Adams and [[Nadia Sawalha]] released a cookery book in 2018 called ''Nadia & Kaye: Disaster Chef''.
Both Sawalha and Adams are represented by Nicola Ibison of Ibison Talent Group, who acts as both their agent and management.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxHiFqHEbY2Lt0kQwo1it9w/about|title=Ibison Talent Group|via=YouTube}}</ref> Adams and Sawalha released a cookery book in 2018 called ''Nadia & Kaye: Disaster Chef''.


In March 2010, Adams joined [[BBC Radio Scotland]] to become the host of daily phone-in programme, ''Call Kaye''.<ref name=BBCprofile>{{cite web|title=BBC: Call Kaye|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3VVG3J1RmNzMCk8gJcMB9L3/kaye-adams|access-date=26 March 2015}}</ref> The show ended in 2015, and was then replaced by the launch of ''The Kaye Adams Show'', which runs every weekday from 9{{nbsp}}am to 12{{nbsp}}pm. Kaye is often covered for by a guest host, particularly on a Friday, due to her work on ''[[Loose Women]]''.
In March 2010, Adams joined [[BBC Radio Scotland]] to become the host of daily phone-in programme, ''Call Kaye''.<ref name=BBCprofile>{{cite web|title=BBC: Call Kaye|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3VVG3J1RmNzMCk8gJcMB9L3/kaye-adams|access-date=26 March 2015}}</ref> The show ended in 2015, and was then replaced by the launch of ''The Kaye Adams Show'', which runs every weekday from 9{{nbsp}}am to 12{{nbsp}}pm. Kaye is often covered for by a guest host, particularly on a Friday, due to her work on ''Loose Women''.


In 2022, Adams was a contestant on the [[Strictly Come Dancing (series 20)|twentieth series]] of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]''. She was paired with [[Kai Widdrington]] and was first to be eliminated.
In 2022, Adams was a contestant on the [[Strictly Come Dancing (series 20)|twentieth series]] of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]''. She was paired with [[Kai Widdrington]], and was first to be eliminated.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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Latest revision as of 01:12, 20 April 2024

For other people with similar names, see Kay Adams.
Kaye Adams
Born (1962-12-28) 28 December 1962 (age 61)
Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationPresenter
Years active1980s–present
Employer(s)BBC, ITV
TelevisionLoose Women
PartnerIan Campbell (1995–)
Children2

Kaye Adams (born 28 December 1962) is a Scottish television presenter and journalist. She was an anchor on ITV topical discussion show Loose Women from 1999 to 2006 and again from 2013 and was a regular panellist on Channel 5's daily morning show The Wright Stuff from 2007 until 2012.[1]

She hosts the morning show on BBC Radio Scotland weekdays from 9 am to 12 noon.

Early life[edit]

Adams attended Abbotsgrange Middle school in Grangemouth, and Grangemouth High, before moving to the fee-paying St George's School, Edinburgh[1] and the University of Edinburgh, from which she graduated with an MA Honours in Economics and Politics.[2]

Media career[edit]

Adams started her media career as a graduate trainee at Central Television, concentrating on political and news journalism: her first coup was a one-hour interview with Margaret Thatcher. For the next few years, Adams remained focused on hard news when, in early 1988, moved to Scottish Television's nightly news programme, Scotland Today. She was one of the first journalists on the scene of the Lockerbie disaster in 1988. In 1992, a chance opportunity to host a discussion show for Scottish Television, after its original anchor Sheena McDonald left, set her off on a different path. Scottish Women ran for six years under Adams' chair (1993–99), won a number of awards and marked the start of Adams' career as a talk show host.[2]

Since her original success with Scottish Women, Adams has presented ITV Weekend Live, three series of Central Weekend Live with Nicky Campbell and John Stapleton; Esther, latterly Kaye for BBC Two; and Pride and Prejudice for BBC Scotland. Adams co-presented the last ever This Morning before Richard and Judy left, while, in 2002, she was This Morning's daily live anchor from Australia, reporting on the first series of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!. She has also appeared on Lily Savage's Blankety Blank.[3]

Between 1999 and 2006, Adams anchored the ITV talk show, Loose Women where, combined with the rest of the female panel, she created a popular and engaging mix of topical issues and entertainment. On 5 November 2013, Adams returned to the panel, in rotation with Carol Vorderman and Andrea McLean. In January 2014, former Loose Woman Ruth Langsford returned to co-anchor the programme with Adams, Vorderman and McLean in rotation. Vorderman left the show in July 2014.

Adams has also presented a daytime show called The People Versus,[4] as well as appearing as a panellist, and latterly as host of Have I Got News for You.

Between 2007 and 2010, Adams regularly guest hosted and was a panellist on the Channel 5 panel show The Wright Stuff.

In late 2008, Adams narrated a six-part documentary series, The Merchant Navy, on STV.

On 26 May 2009, Adams returned to STV, more than 20 years after her first appearance on the station, as a guest co-host on the lifestyle programme The Hour with Stephen Jardine. Adams presented four shows. In August of that year, Adams joined a long team of reporters on The One Show.

Having reported on the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 for STV, Adams narrated a special documentary, The Lockerbie Bomber: Sent Home to Die for the Scottish television channel, which aired on 9 August 2010. The programme examined the Lockerbie bomber's conviction and the renewed controversy over the Scottish Government's decision to send him home to Libya on compassionate grounds a year earlier.

Since 2011, she has guest presented Channel 5's LIVE with... programme.

In 2013, Adams co-hosted the daytime chat show Sunday Scoop with Nadia Sawalha.[5]

Both Sawalha and Adams are represented by Nicola Ibison of Ibison Talent Group, who acts as both their agent and management.[6] Adams and Sawalha released a cookery book in 2018 called Nadia & Kaye: Disaster Chef.

In March 2010, Adams joined BBC Radio Scotland to become the host of daily phone-in programme, Call Kaye.[2] The show ended in 2015, and was then replaced by the launch of The Kaye Adams Show, which runs every weekday from 9 am to 12 pm. Kaye is often covered for by a guest host, particularly on a Friday, due to her work on Loose Women.

In 2022, Adams was a contestant on the twentieth series of Strictly Come Dancing. She was paired with Kai Widdrington, and was first to be eliminated.

Personal life[edit]

Adams is in a relationship with her long-term partner, tennis coach Ian Campbell, with whom she shares two daughters. They live together in Glasgow's West End.[7][8] She is good friends with fellow Loose Women panellist Nadia Sawalha.[9]

Adams is a co-patron of Kindred, a Scottish-based charity supporting families of young people with disabilities and mental health issues.[10]

In 2022, Adams admitted she had been lying to her daughter about her age for around 20 years, knocking a decade off her actual age.[11]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Channel Role
1999–2000, 2002-2006, 2013– Loose Women ITV Regular presenter
Regular panellist & Relief presenter (2016–2018)
Relief panellist (2014–2015, 2019–2022)
2000–2001 Live Talk Regular presenter
2000–2001 This Morning Guest presenter (Filling in for Fern Britton)
2001–2002 The People Versus Presenter
2004 Have I Got News for You BBC One Guest presenter
2007–2012 The Wright Stuff Channel 5 Regular panellist
2008 Celebrity MasterChef BBC One Contestant
The Merchant Navy STV Narrator
2009 The Hour Guest presenter
2010 The Big Questions BBC One Guest presenter
2011 Live with... Channel 5 Guest presenter
2013 The Wright Stuff Guest presenter
Sunday Scoop ITV Co-presenter
2017 Good Morning Britain: Election 2017 Glasgow reporter, live from Glasgow Science Centre
2021 The Celebrity Circle 8th Place; Paired with Nadia Sawalha
2022 Strictly Come Dancing BBC One Contestant; series 20
2024 The Weakest Link Winner; series 3, episode 13[12]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Kaye Adams". Gazetteer for Scotland. 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "BBC: Call Kaye". Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. ^ Lily Savage's Blankety Blank. 11 March 2001. ITV.
  4. ^ List of Dictionary Corner residents
  5. ^ "ITV: Sunday Scoop: Presenters". Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Ibison Talent Group" – via YouTube.
  7. ^ Livingstone, Elaine (28 April 2020). "Glasgow Lives in lockdown, Kaye Adams: 'I am proud to be a charity ambassador'". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Kaye admits she's Communist Russia". HeraldScotland. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Loose Women's Nadia and Kaye: 'We couldn't stand each other!'". Closer. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Kindred". Archived from the original on 10 June 2001. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Loose Women's Kaye Adams celebrates 60th birthday after admitting to lying about her age". Digital Spy. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  12. ^ "The Weakest Link viewers 'dying' over Helen Flanagan answer on BBC gameshow". metro.co.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2024.

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