Adam Boulton

Adam Boulton
Adam Boulton in March 2008
Born	Thomas Adam Babbington Boulton (1959-02-15) 15 February 1959 (age 57) Reading, Berkshire, England
Education	Christ Church, Oxford Johns Hopkins University
Occupation	Editor-at large Sky News
Notable credit(s)	Political Editor Sky News
Spouse(s)	Anji Hunter

Thomas Adam Babbington Boulton (born 15 February 1959) is the Editor-at-large of Sky News, and the current presenter of All Out Politics. He also the former political editor of Sky News. He is based at Sky News' Westminster studios in Central London. He was previously the political editor of TV-am, an ITV early-morning broadcasting franchise holder. Boulton is also Sky News's Editor at Large. He held the post of Sky's Political Editor since being asked to establish its politics team for the launch of the channel in 1989. He is the former presenter of Sky News' Sunday Live with Adam Boulton, and presented a regular weekday news and political programme on Sky News, entitled Boulton and Co from 2011 to 2014.

Boulton's father was a doctor. He was educated at Tower House School, a preparatory independent school in south-west London, at St Andrew's School, Pangbourne, a preparatory school in Berkshire, and at Westminster School, a boarding independent school for boys in Westminster in Central London, where he took A-levels in English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. He then studied at Christ Church, Oxford and Johns Hopkins University where he gained degrees in English and International Relations. In 2013 Boulton received an Honorary Doctorate of Business from Plymouth University.

Before joining Sky News, Boulton worked as a journalist in the parliamentary lobby. He was then Political Editor for TV-am, where his colleague was Kay Burley who later joined Sky News. It was during the 1987 general election that he was punched by Denis Healey after Anne Diamond asked Healey about his wife using private healthcare; the incident was witnessed by gossip columnist Nigel Dempster.