Nicky Campbell
| Nicky Campbell OBE |
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|---|---|
| Born |
Nicholas Lackey (renamed Nicholas Andrew Argyle Campbell on adoption) 10 April 1961 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Residence | Salford, Clapham, Kylerhea |
| Television | Wheel of Fortune Top of the Pops Watchdog For the Rest of Your Life The Big Questions Long Lost Family |
| Spouse(s) | Linda Larnach (divorced) Tina Ritchie (m. 1997) |
| Children | 4 daughters |
| Website | |
Nicholas Andrew Argyll "Nicky" Campbell, OBE (born Nicholas Lackey, 10 April 1961) is a Scottish radio and television presenter and journalist who presented the game show Wheel of Fortune from 1988 until 1996. He also presented the consumer affairs programme Watchdog for eight years.
Since 2011, he has co-hosted Long Lost Family with Davina McCall on ITV and currently presents both the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast programme and BBC One's Sunday morning show The Big Questions.
Campbell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and adopted at four days old. He was educated at the independent school Edinburgh Academy. His adoptive mother was a psychiatric social worker and his adoptive father a publisher of maps.
After graduating from the University of Aberdeen with a 2:1 in history, Campbell toyed with the idea of becoming an actor and got involved in commercial production for radio to gain his Equity card. At university, Campbell's best friend had been the actor Iain Glen. He worked at Northsound Radio in Aberdeen from 1981 to 1985, first as a jingle writer, before going on to host the breakfast show.
Campbell worked at London station Capital Radio from 1986–87, occasionally presented on Music Box and joined BBC Radio 1 in 1987, presenting a Saturday night show from 10:00 pm–midnight. In early 1988, he took over the weekend early morning show from 6:00 am–8:00 am from Simon Mayo and in October 1988 he presented the music and interview show which he named Into the Night, which went out from 10:00 pm–midnight Monday to Thursday. Guests included political figures, with Campbell interviewing John Major in 1991, after Conservative Party chairman Chris Patten recommended the show to the Prime Minister when Radio 1 sent an invitation to No.10. He was also regularly joined by Frankie Howerd in the last years of the comedian's life. In August 1993, Campbell also took over a Sunday morning show from 10:00 am–1:00 pm, following the on-air resignation of Dave Lee Travis.
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