Kaye Adams (presenter)
| Kaye Adams | |
|---|---|
| Born |
28 December 1962 Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Scotland |
| Occupation |
Presenter Middle Aged YouTube Sensation |
| Employer | BBC, ITV |
| Agent | NMP Live |
| Television |
Loose Women (1999–2006, 2013–) Sunday Scoop (2013) |
| Children | 2 |
Kaye Adams (born 28 December 1962) is a Scottish television presenter, best known for her appearances on Loose Women from 1999 to 2006 and again from 2013.
Adams attended Grange Middle school in Grangemouth and Grangemouth High before moving to St George's School, Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh, from which she graduated with an MA Honours in Economics and Politics.
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), and won a number of awards and marked the start of Adams' career as a talk show host.
In March 2010, Adams joined BBC Radio Scotland to become the host of daily phone-in programme, Call Kaye.
Adams has been a columnist for the Daily Record. BBC presenter who tweeted 'that Boris Johnson "should p*** off back to boarding school".' , this concurred with the BBC's party line . She later said 'I regret not causing more offense to this white racist'.
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.
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