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Scottish television presenter and journalist (born 1962)

For other people with similar names, see [Kay Adams](/source/Kay_Adams_(disambiguation)).

Kaye Adams Adams in 2024 Born (1962-12-28) 28 December 1962 (age 63) Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland Alma mater University of Edinburgh Occupations Presenter, radio presenter Years active 1980s–present Employer ITV Television Loose Women Partner Ian Campbell Children 2

**Kaye Rintoul Adams** (born 28 December 1962) is a Scottish [television presenter](/source/Television_presenter) and journalist. From 2010 to 2025, she presented a morning show on [BBC Radio Scotland](/source/BBC_Radio_Scotland). She was an anchor on [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) topical discussion show *[Loose Women](/source/Loose_Women)* from 1999 to 2006 and again from 2013. Adams was also a regular panellist on [Channel 5](/source/Channel_5_(UK))'s daily morning show *[The Wright Stuff](/source/The_Wright_Stuff)* from 2007 until 2012.[1]

## Early life

Adams was born in [Falkirk](/source/Falkirk) and brought up in [Grangemouth](/source/Grangemouth),[2] where she attended [Abbotsgrange Middle school](/source/Grangemouth_middle_schools) and Grangemouth High, before moving to the fee-paying [St George's School, Edinburgh](/source/St_George's_School%2C_Edinburgh)[1] and the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh), from which she graduated with an MA Honours in Economics and Politics.[3][4]

## Media career

Adams started her media career as a graduate trainee at [Central Television](/source/ITV_Central), concentrating on political and news journalism: her first coup was a one-hour interview with [Margaret Thatcher](/source/Margaret_Thatcher). For the next few years, Adams remained focused on hard news when, in early 1988, moved to [Scottish Television](/source/Scottish_Television)'s nightly news programme, *[Scotland Today](/source/Scotland_Today)*. She was one of the first journalists on the scene of the [Lockerbie disaster](/source/Pan_Am_Flight_103) in 1988.[5] In 1992, a chance opportunity to host a discussion show for [Scottish Television](/source/Scottish_Television), after its original anchor [Sheena McDonald](/source/Sheena_McDonald) left, set her off on a different path. *Scottish Women* ran for six years under Adams' chair (1993–99), won a number of awards and marked the start of Adams' career as a talk show host.[3]

Since her original success with *Scottish Women*, Adams has presented *ITV Weekend Live*, three series of *Central Weekend Live* with [Nicky Campbell](/source/Nicky_Campbell) and [John Stapleton](/source/John_Stapleton_(English_journalist)); *[Esther](/source/Esther_Rantzen)*, latterly *Kaye* for [BBC Two](/source/BBC_Two); and *Pride and Prejudice* for [BBC Scotland](/source/BBC_Scotland). Adams co-presented the last ever *[This Morning](/source/This_Morning_(TV_programme))* before [Richard and Judy](/source/Richard_and_Judy) left, while, in 2002, she was *This Morning's* daily live anchor from [Australia](/source/Australia), reporting on the first series of *[I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!](/source/I'm_a_Celebrity%2C_Get_Me_Out_of_Here!)*. She has also appeared on *[Lily Savage's Blankety Blank](/source/Lily_Savage's_Blankety_Blank)*.[6]

Between 1999 and 2006, Adams anchored the [ITV](/source/ITV_Network) talk show *[Loose Women](/source/Loose_Women)* where, combined with the rest of the female panel, she created a popular and engaging mix of topical issues and entertainment. On 5 November 2013, Adams returned to the panel, in rotation with [Carol Vorderman](/source/Carol_Vorderman) and [Andrea McLean](/source/Andrea_McLean). In January 2014, former Loose Woman [Ruth Langsford](/source/Ruth_Langsford) returned to co-anchor the programme with Adams, Vorderman and McLean in rotation. Vorderman left the show in July 2014.

Adams has also presented a daytime show called *[The People Versus](/source/The_People_Versus)*,[7] as well as appearing as a panellist, and latterly as host of *[Have I Got News for You](/source/Have_I_Got_News_for_You)*.

Between 2007 and 2010, Adams regularly guest hosted and was a panellist on the [Channel 5](/source/Channel_5_(UK)) panel show *[The Wright Stuff](/source/The_Wright_Stuff)*.

In late 2008, Adams narrated a six-part documentary series, *The Merchant Navy*, on STV.

On 26 May 2009, Adams returned to [STV](/source/STV_(TV_network)), more than 20 years after her first appearance on the station, as a guest co-host on the lifestyle programme *[The Hour](/source/The_Hour_(magazine_series))* with [Stephen Jardine](/source/Stephen_Jardine). Adams presented four shows. In August of that year, Adams joined a long team of reporters on *[The One Show](/source/The_One_Show)*.

Having reported on the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 for [STV](/source/STV_(TV_network)), Adams narrated a special documentary, *The Lockerbie Bomber: Sent Home to Die* for the Scottish television channel, which aired on 9 August 2010. The programme examined the Lockerbie bomber's conviction and the renewed controversy over the Scottish Government's decision to send him home to Libya on compassionate grounds a year earlier.

Since 2011, she has guest presented [Channel 5](/source/Channel_5_(UK))'s *LIVE with...* programme.

In 2013, Adams co-hosted the ITV daytime chat show *Sunday Scoop* with [Nadia Sawalha](/source/Nadia_Sawalha).[8]

Both Sawalha and Adams are represented by Nicola Ibison of Ibison Talent Group, who acts as both their agent and management.[9] Adams and Sawalha released a cookery book in 2018 called *Nadia & Kaye: Disaster Chef*.

From March 2010, Adams was a presenter on [BBC Radio Scotland](/source/BBC_Radio_Scotland). She was the host of daily phone-in programme, *Call Kaye*.[3] The show was replaced in 2015 by *The Kaye Adams Show* and aired weekdays from 9am to midday. The programme was later renamed to *Mornings with Kaye Adams*, with the Thursday and Friday edition of the show hosted by broadcast journalist [Stephen Jardine](/source/Stephen_Jardine).

In 2022, Adams was a contestant on the [twentieth series](/source/Strictly_Come_Dancing_(series_20)) of BBC's *[Strictly Come Dancing](/source/Strictly_Come_Dancing)*. She was paired with [Kai Widdrington](/source/Kai_Widdrington), and was first to be eliminated.

Adams was suspended from her BBC radio show in October 2025 after a junior member of staff complained of bullying.[10][11] In February 2026, it was announced that she would not be returning after complaints from three colleagues were upheld in an internal investigation.[12][13]

## Personal life

Adams and her long-term partner, tennis coach Ian Campbell, live in Glasgow's West End[14][15] and have two daughters.[16] She is good friends with fellow *[Loose Women](/source/Loose_Women)* panellist [Nadia Sawalha](/source/Nadia_Sawalha).[17]

Adams is a co-patron of Kindred, a Scottish-based charity supporting families of young people with disabilities and mental health issues.[18]

In 2022, Adams admitted she had been lying to her daughter about her own age for around 20 years, knocking a decade off her real age.[19]

## Filmography

Year Title Channel Role 1999–2000, 2002–2006, 2013– Loose Women ITV Regular presenter Regular panellist & Relief presenter (2016–2018) Relief panellist (2014–2015, 2019–2022) 2000–2001 Live Talk Regular presenter 2000–2001 This Morning Guest presenter (Filling in for Fern Britton) 2001–2002 The People Versus Presenter 2004 Have I Got News for You BBC One Guest presenter 2007–2012 The Wright Stuff Channel 5 Regular panellist 2008 Celebrity MasterChef BBC One Contestant The Merchant Navy STV Narrator 2009 The Hour Guest presenter 2010 The Big Questions BBC One Guest presenter 2011 Live with... Channel 5 Guest presenter 2013 The Wright Stuff Guest presenter Sunday Scoop ITV Co-presenter 2017 Good Morning Britain: Election 2017 Glasgow reporter, live from Glasgow Science Centre 2021 The Celebrity Circle 8th Place; Paired with Nadia Sawalha 2022 Strictly Come Dancing BBC One Contestant; series 20 2024 The Weakest Link Winner; series 3, episode 13[20]

## See also

- [List of Strictly Come Dancing contestants](/source/List_of_Strictly_Come_Dancing_contestants)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gazetteer_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gazetteer_1-1) ["Kaye Adams"](http://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst2306.html). [Gazetteer for Scotland](/source/Gazetteer_for_Scotland). 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Kaye Adams from The Gazetteer for Scotland"](https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst2306.html). *www.scottish-places.info*. Retrieved 16 April 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BBCprofile_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BBCprofile_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-BBCprofile_3-2) ["BBC: Call Kaye"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3VVG3J1RmNzMCk8gJcMB9L3/kaye-adams). Retrieved 26 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Kaye Adams' hard-working and heartbreaking family roots revealed | Blog"](https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/discoveries/kaye-adams). *www.findmypast.co.uk*. Retrieved 16 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["The new Lockerbie drama provoking fierce criticism from victims' families"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn012g8xlyzo). *BBC News*. 14 January 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-blanketyblank2_6-0)** *Lily Savage's Blankety Blank*. 11 March 2001. [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-corner_7-0)** ["The Countdown Page: Special Guests"](http://www.thecountdownpage.com/dwellers.htm). *www.thecountdownpage.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Scoop_8-0)** ["ITV: Sunday Scoop: Presenters"](http://www.itv.com/sunday/presenters/kaye-adams). Retrieved 22 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Ibison Talent Group"](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxHiFqHEbY2Lt0kQwo1it9w/about) – via YouTube.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** McCool, Mary (19 October 2025). ["Kaye Adams taken off BBC radio show after conduct complaint"](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyp84lerxlo). BBC News.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** PA Media (26 October 2025). ["Kaye Adams says her name has been 'dragged through the mud'"](https://news.stv.tv/entertainment/kaye-adams-says-her-name-has-been-dragged-through-the-mud-after-being-taken-off-bbc-radio-show). STV News.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Horne, Marc (27 February 2026). ["Kaye Adams will not return to BBC Scotland after bullying row"](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/kaye-adams-leaves-bbc-bullying-row-flxh3chnx). *The Times*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Boyle, Fionnuala; Shepherd, Jordan (28 February 2026). ["Kaye Adams 'axed from BBC Scotland' after three misconduct claims upheld"](https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/kaye-adams-reportedly-axed-bbc-33507857). *Glasgow Live*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Livingstone, Elaine (28 April 2020). ["Glasgow Lives in lockdown, Kaye Adams: 'I am proud to be a charity ambassador'"](https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/glasgow-lives-lockdown-kaye-adams-18166903). *GlasgowLive*. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Kaye Adams interview: 'I'm certainly not paid to take crap'"](https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13206967.kaye-adams-interview-im-certainly-not-paid-take-crap/). *The Herald*. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Scougall, Murray (31 July 2022). ["Kaye Adams on embracing her age with Fringe show about turning 60"](https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/kaye-adams/). *The Sunday Post*. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Loose Women's Nadia and Kaye: 'We couldn't stand each other!'"](https://closeronline.co.uk/celebrity/news/nadia-sawalha-kaye-adams-hate-each-other/). *Closer*. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Kindred"](https://web.archive.org/web/20010610145724/http://www.snipinfo.org/). Archived from [the original](http://www.snipinfo.org) on 10 June 2001. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["Loose Women's Kaye Adams celebrates 60th birthday after admitting to lying about her age"](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a42354991/loose-women-kaye-adams-lied-about-age/). *Digital Spy*. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["The Weakest Link viewers 'dying' over Helen Flanagan answer on BBC gameshow"](https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/10/weakest-link-fans-dying-helen-flanagan-answer-gameshow-20435252/). *metro.co.uk*. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.

## External links

- [Kaye Adams](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0011119/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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