Kaye Adams (presenter)
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Kaye Adams (born December 28, 1962 in Falkirk, Scotland) is a Scottish television presenter.
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[edit] Biography
Raised in Grangemouth, her parents ran the family road haulage business, while Adams' activities included the Brownie/Girl Guide[1]. Adams attended St. George's School for Girls in Edinburgh and studied economics and politics at Edinburgh University, but wanted to move to a law degree to become a lawyer, but it somehow never happened [2]
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, including STV's 7.30 for 8, but a chance opportunity to host a discussion show for Scottish Television after anchor Sheena McDonald left, set her off on a different path.
"Scottish Women" ran for six years under Adams chair, won a number of Awards and marked the start of Adam's career as a talk show host. Since then, she has presented "ITV Weekend Live", three series of "Central Weekend Live" with Nicky Campbell and John Stapleton; Esther and latterly "Kaye" for BBC2; and Pride and Prejudice for BBC Scotland. Adams co-presented the last ever This Morning before Richard and Judy left, while in 2004 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!
Adams has recently anchored the ITV daytime talk show, Loose Women, where her journalistic training, incisiveness, and humour combine with the rest of the female panel to create a popular and engaging mix of topical issues and entertainment. She has recently been absent from the show on account of her maternity leave. She has also presented a daytime show called The People Versus, appeared in Countdown's Dictionary Corner [3], as well as a panellist and latterly as chair of Have I Got News For You.
Adams writes a weekly column for the Daily Record, is a personal and confidence coach [4] , and a mentor for young journalists [5]
A co-patron with Elaine Smith for Special Needs Information Point, a Scottish based children's charity, Adams and Smith won £125,000 on a celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? In February 2005, Adams was appointed a UNICEF UK Ambassador for Scotland [6]
[edit] Personal life
Adams and her long-time boyfriend, tennis coach Ian Campbell, have a daughter Charly (born 2002), and are expecting their second child in 2007. Since Charly's birth, Adams spends less time filming in London, and gets the sleeper home to share the childcare. [2]
