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Biography

Campbell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to birth parents from Dublin. He was adopted as a four-day old baby, and attended Edinburgh Academy. Edinburgh (() pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second largest city. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic) Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic and Scots1 Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Monarch Queen Elizabeth II... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: 01, +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... Adoption is the legal act of permanently placing a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents. ... The Edinburgh Academy is an independent school. ...

After graduating from the University of Aberdeen with a degree in history, he toyed with ideas of becoming an actor and got involved in commercial production for radio in order to gain his Equity card. He worked at Northsound Radio in Aberdeen from 1981 to 1986, first as a jingle writer, before going on to host the breakfast show. The University of Aberdeen was founded in 1495, in Aberdeen, Scotland. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The British Actors Equity Association (now called Equity) is the British actors trade union. ... Northsound Radio broadcast two commercial local radio stations serving Aberdeen and the north east of Scotland. ... Aberdeen (IPA: ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is Scotlands third largest city with a population of 202,370. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... A jingle is a memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody, mainly broadcast on radio and sometimes on television commercials. ...

He worked at London station Capital Radio from 1986 to 1987 and joined BBC Radio 1 in 1987, presenting a Saturday night show from 10pm-Midnight. In early 1988, he took over the weekend early morning show from 6-8am from Simon Mayo and in October 1988 he presented the Monday - Thursday late-evening music and interview show which he named Into The Night, which went out from 10pm - Midnight. 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, he also took over a Sunday morning show from 10am-1pm, following the on-air resignation of Dave Lee Travis. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the British radio station. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... This page redirects from Radio 1. See Radio 1 (disambiguation). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Simon Mayo (born 21st September 1958 in Southgate, London) is one of the most recognised and respected voices of radio in the UK, currently presenting a daily afternoon programme on BBC Radio Five Live. ... Sir John Major, KG, CH, PC (born 29 March 1943) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the British Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ... Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC (born 12 May 1944 in Bath, Somerset) is a prominent British Conservative politician and a Patron of the Tory Reform Group. ... Frankie Howerd Frankie Howerd OBE (born Francis Alex Howard in York, England, 6 March 1917 - not 1922 as he claimed; died in London, 19 April 1992) was a distinctive English comedian and comic actor. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Born in Buxton, Derbyshire in 25 May 1945, Dave Lee Travis, or DLT, is a UK radio presenter. ...

Campbell left the network briefly in October 1993 to care for his sick wife. In early 1994, he took over the weekday Drivetime show from 4-7pm, and in 1995 he took over the afternoon show from 2-4pm. Campbell attracted a large audience, and when Radio 2 wanted a replacement for Jimmy Young, he claimed that he was the BBC's choice and revealed a series of meetings between himself and the controller of Radio 2. However, it later transpired that Campbell had initiated the meetings himself, and his public revelations prompted the wrath of Greg Dyke^[1] Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Sir Jimmy Young (born probably September 21, 1921) is a well-known British disc jockey and radio interviewer. ... Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a journalist and broadcaster. ...

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Campbell presented the British version (produced by Scottish Television for the ITV network) of Wheel of Fortune from 1988 to 1996, and presented Top of the Pops quite frequently from 1988 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1997. In the 1990s Campbell fronted the regional discussion series Central Weekend on Central Television in the English Midlands. Scottish Television (stv central), now known as stv on air, is Scotlands largest independent television franchisee, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957. ... It has been suggested that Channel 3 (UK) be merged into this article or section. ... Wheel of Fortune was a British gameshow which ran from 1988 to 2001, produced by SMG Productions (Scottish Television) for the ITV network. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Central Weekend (also called Central Weekend Live) was a television debate show which began in 1987 and was presented by Nicky Campbell, broadcast late at night in Central, debating various issues and current affairs. ... Central TV logo, 1985_1998 Central Independent Television, or to give it its familiar name, Central Television or Central, is a British Independent Television company that took over from ATV on 1 January 1982. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In 1996 he hosted the semi-final of The Great British Song Contest, the BBC's qualifying heat for the Eurovision Song Contest. Making Your Mind Up is a BBC TV show broadcast annually to select Britains entry into the Eurovision Song Contest. ... The modern logo was introduced for the 2004 Contest to create a consistent visual identity. ...

Campbell left BBC Radio 1 in October 1997 and joined BBC Radio 5 Live, the news and sport network. He presented the mid-morning programme on 5 Live before moving to his current breakfast slot, which he currently co-presents with Shelagh Fogarty. He also presents BBC consumer show Watchdog and a newer, interactive programme called Now You're Talking. Campbell has won four Sony Awards, including a Gold Award in 2002 for the 5 Live Breakfast programme's coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks. This page redirects from Radio 1. See Radio 1 (disambiguation). ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... BBC Radio Five Live is the radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ... Watchdog is a BBC television series that investigates viewers reports of problematic experiences with traders, retailers, and other companies around the UK. It has had great success in changing the awareness consumers have of their purchasing rights and in changing policies of companies, closing businesses down and pushing for law... The Sony Radio Academy Awards (the Sonys), started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...

In 2006, Campbell starred in the celebrity duet singing show Just the Two of Us, with Beverley Knight. Currently, aside from his Watchdog presenting duties, he fronts For The Rest Of Your Life for Endemol, a daytime game show on ITV1 which began in May 2007. Campbell featured in the BBC programme 'Who Do You Think You Are?' aired 11th July 2007 where he is seen tracing his adoptive family's roots in Scotland and Australia. Just the Two of Us logo with presenters Vernon Kay and Tess Daly Just the Two of Us is a British television reality singing contest hosted by Vernon Kay and Tess Daly. ... Beverley Knight MBE (Born March 22, 1973) is a critically acclaimed British soul singer, songwriter and record producer who released her debut album in 1995. ... A watchdog originally referred to a dogs job, but now has been used in additional contexts with the same implication of watching or safeguarding: For the dogs job, see guard dog. ... For The Rest Of Your Life is a british game show on ITV, hosted by Nicky Campbell. ... Endemol (Euronext: EML) is a television production company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Poland, Netherlands, India, South Africa, and Australia among others. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Background

Campbell met his first wife Linda Larnack, who was eight years older than him, in Scotland. He later nursed her through a cancer scare and myalgic encephalomyelitis, and took time out from his career. He was then criticised when he broke up with her and she gave interviews in which she said his career break had been a publicity stunt ^[2][3]. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a condition of excessive fatigue, cognitive impairment and other varied symptoms. ...

Campbell is married to his second wife, journalist Tina Ritchie who is former head of Virgin Radio News, and the couple have four daughters. When their first daughter was born, Campbell decided to trace his Irish birth parents - and in doing so claimed to have found that his great grandfather was in the IRA at the time of Michael Collins. However, Campbell's birth family denied this ^[4]. In 2004, he wrote Blue-Eyed Son, his account of tracing both his birth parents and his extended family in Ireland ^[5]. This does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the historical army of the Irish Republic (1919–1922) which fought in the Irish War of Independence 1919–21, and the Irish Civil War 1922–23. ... Michael John (Mick) Collins (Irish: ; 16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Finance in the Irish Republic, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations, both as Chairman of the Provisional Government and Commander... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Blue-Eyed Son is an American indie rock band. ...

References

External links

• Biography
• BBC's interview with Campbell