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Campbell attracted a large audience, and when Radio 2 wanted a replacement for Jimmy Young, he revealed that he was the BBC's choice and detailed a series of meetings between himself and the controller of Radio 2. Campbell was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours, for his services to children. Something went wrong, please try again later. Nicky Campbell: ‘There was a lifelong whisper: “My mother didn’t want me”’ Nicky with his beloved golden labrador Maxwell After struggling for years to come to terms with being adopted, Long Lost Family presenter Nicky Campbell finally had a breakdown. Long-lost siblings: DJ and TV presenter Nicky Campbell and his birth sister Esther who have written a book about their adoption Ironically, it had taken the … He hosted the second series of the BBC Two quiz show Battle of the Brains in 2009. that aired 11 July 2007, where he was seen tracing his adoptive family's roots in Scotland and Australia. With his beloved dog Maxwell by his side, Nicky finally opened the letters she had sent and found a line which confirmed that she had never wanted to give him up. Broadcaster Nicky Campbell first met his birth sister Esther as adults, after they had independently traced their Irish birth mother. Stand up comedian Ahir Shah and his older sister Akanksha (Tash, Didi, Dips) are … I can’t imagine what that’s like. Campbell featured in an episode of Who Do You Think You Are? But their search does not end there, as presenter Nicky Campbell brings some heartwarming news. 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. Ahir & Tash Shah. [9] When they subsequently parted she gave interviews in which she said his career break had been a publicity stunt. He has written and co-produced a jazz swing album for singer and actor Mark Moraghan, Moonlight's Back in Style, released on Linn Records in September 2009. Nicky later got to know his birth half-sister Esther who he discovered was a friend of his pal’s sister. Nicky has traced his roots and his own story would make for a heartbreaking episode of his show Long Lost Family. “But there it was – the shame but the steely determination, the courage to tell people who’d never known and would never imagine this woman would have had secret children,” wrote Nicky in his new book. Nicky was born in April 1961 and adopted four days later by Scottish couple Frank and Sheila Campbell. She refuses to speak about the reason for giving her son up, only admitting: "I've had a hard life." Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell introduce the stories of Laura McCarthy and Sarah Gale. Campbell started out as a jingle writer and when he was on BBC Radio 1 from 1987 to 1997, he wrote a lot of music for the station. Nicholas Andrew Argyll Campbell, OBE (born Nicholas Lackey, 10 April 1961) is a Scottish radio and television presenter and journalist. After struggling for years coming to terms with being adopted, Nicky had a devastating breakdown. Inside he was left with a “lifelong whisper that his mother didn’t want him” - and their eventual reunion did not have a fairytale ending. In early 2014, Campbell presented four-part series Wanted: A Family of My Own beginning 24 April on ITV. “With my adoption, I had some scant details and my parents were very forthcoming and said, if I ever wanted to know more, they’d tell me as much as they could and would help me in any tracing process,” he explained. Pictured left to right: Frank Campbell (Nicky Campbell's father), Sheila Campbell (Nicky's mother), Nicky Campbell and Fiona Campbell (Nicky's half sister) She … Nicky as a boy with his mum, dad and sister Fiona on holiday in the Highlands, 1967. In 2013, overwhelmed by a damburst of depression, Campbell collapsed in the street outside Euston station. He was educated at the independent school Edinburgh Academy. Campbell presented the British version of Wheel of Fortune (produced by Scottish Television for the ITV network) from 1988 to 1996. Nicky Campbell is an open & engaging character, & isn't afraid to lay himself emotionally bare as he follows the various clues that led him down the rabbit-hole of his search for his birth mother & father. Nicky Campbell and Davina McColl return for a new series as Christine Rose searches for the sisters she was separated from as a child From 2007 until 2009, Campbell hosted For the Rest of Your Life for Endemol, beginning in May 2007. “Her life’s work was as a social worker helping others. Since 2011, Campbell has co-presented the BAFTA award-winning Long Lost Family, with Davina McCall on ITV. 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Nicky Campbell, 59, would like to say sorry to his birth mum Stella Lackey, for not having more contact with her while Nicky Campbell when he was a baby (Image: ITV) Just 18 months before Nicky was born, Stella had given birth to his half-sister Esther and also given … As a result of his book and his work promoting adoption, he was asked to become a Patron of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF). However, the BBC later claimed that Campbell had initiated the meetings himself, and his public revelations prompted the wrath of Greg Dyke.[1]. First he found his mother (a mighty peculiar character in her own right) & his half-sister, a real soul-mate. 901 Likes, 44 Comments - Nicky Campbell (@nickyaacampbell) on Instagram: “Old photographs. 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Campbell was born in Edinburgh and adopted at four days old. He struggled with his birth mother’s ongoing need to be in his life and felt his personal quest was over. Nicky Campbell with reunited half sisters Cathie and Anne and Davina McCall (Image: TV pic). He currently presents The Big Questions on BBC One and has done so since 2007. This was a fascinating read! Whereas his birth mother was from a Dublin Protestant family, his biological father was a Northern Irish Catholic thirteen years younger than her. He has presented the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast programme since 2003, BBC One's Sunday morning show The Big Questions since 2007, and Long Lost Family on ITV since 2011. He presented the mid-morning programme on 5 Live for over 5 years before replacing Julian Worricker in the breakfast slot in January 2003, co-presenting initially with Victoria Derbyshire. In the book, Nicky also opens up about how being adopted made him feel like an “outsider”. 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Just 18 months before Nicky was born, Stella had given birth to his half-sister Esther and also given her up for adoption. Relatively Podcast Broadcaster Nicky Campbell first met his birth sister Esther as adults, after they had independently traced their Irish birth mother. The 59-year-old was adopted by Sheila and Frank Campbell in April 1961, when he was just a few days old. Nicky has admitted he can recognise the feeling of rejection that some adopted people feel, but feels incredibly grateful to his adoptive parents. We made a BBC programme together about her service as a radar operator and she was immensely proud of her role on D-Day. “I try and take my own feelings and compare them and it’s difficult, it’s completely different.”, *Long Lost Family airs tonight on ITV at 9pm. Campbell has won seven Sony Awards, including a Gold Award in 2007 for the Radio 5 Live Breakfast programme as "Best News and Current Affairs Programme" (with Shelagh Fogarty). Campbell left BBC Radio 1 in October 1997 and joined the news and sport network BBC Radio 5 Live, when offered the job by Roger Mosey, the station's head. 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. Everyone did. He works closely with Will Travers, Virginia McKenna and the Born Free Foundation. [13], He has homes in Salford, Clapham and Glenelg. He presented the game show Wheel of Fortune from 1988 until 1996, and the consumer affairs programme Watchdog from 2001 to 2009. Nicky Campbell discovered his family history on the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? “I’m incredibly grateful to my adoptive parents who selflessly provided a loving and stable family home,” said the presenter. That’s because Nicky was adopted at just four-days-old, leaving him with a “fragile” identity growing up and at times feeling he was “living a lie”. Maybe it was self-protection – subconsciously, I just couldn’t let the hurt she’d already caused go deeper.”. Jane Horrocks was eighteen when she left the small Lancashire town of Rawtenstall to work as an actress in London. “I am so lucky and proud to have had her as my mum and we will miss her more than we can ever express. www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/nicky-campbell.shtml [8], Campbell met his first wife Linda Larnach, who was eight years older, in Scotland. The day she and Dad adopted me was the day I won the lottery. Then a true friend helped him find peace… At 6.30 I said good morning – the biggest lie I’d ever […] He has spoken at the annual 'March for Elephants and Rhino' and written extensively on the issues for the national press. [5] In 2015, he wrote and presented an episode of Perspectives on his great love for 'The Great American Song Book' and a one-off episode called Rebuild Our Home, both for ITV.[6]. At university, Campbell's best friend had been the actor Iain Glen. He discovered that his dad was an Irish Republican from Belfast and also claimed that his grandad fought alongside IRA leader, Michael Collins. [citation needed]. Campbell married his second wife, journalist Christina "Tina" Ritchie who is the former head of Virgin Radio News,[10] in December 1997 in Kensington, and the couple have four daughters. His adoptive mother was a psychiatric social worker and his adoptive father a publisher of maps. Nicky didn’t want to break off contact completely but he started putting Stella’s letters in a draw unopened and phone calls became less frequent. He describes it with detached, journalistic precision: ‘I couldn’t bear anything, so I gave up. It was nominated for a National Television Award in the "Factual Programme" category, but lost out to Gogglebox. Nicky Campbell reveals how his Labrador helped him to recover from a breakdown in a memoir. In 2004, he wrote a book called 'Blue Eyed Son', about his own adoption experience. Campbell is a company director of Mhor Music Ltd.,[7] an original music company producing bespoke and original music for feature film, television, corporate media, online content and ringtones; and Mhor Productions Ltd., a supplier of radio and television programming and broadcasting activities. [2] Campbell joins the programme half an hour later than Burden (6:30 am, as opposed to 6 am) and usually continues on his own for an hour at the end when the show becomes a topical events phone-in (Your Call). So many discoveries as my sister and I start to clear Mums house. Describing it as a surreal moment, confessed he felt sorry for his birth mother due to her “complicated, rather tragic life”. ... Long Lost Family, hosted by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, starts at 9pm - and it's looking to be a tear-jerker. “I knew the bare bones of it and that’s so much more than any foundling would ever have any chance of doing,” he said. He regularly hosted Top of the Pops from 1988 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1997. After a doctor asked if bipolar was in his family, Nicki realised his birth mother had the condition and made him question who she was. [citation needed]. In early 1988, he took over the weekend early morning show from 6 am to 8 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 pm to midnight Monday to Thursday. Radio 5 Live presenter Nicky Campbell appreciates that more than most, after his Labrador Maxwell helped him through recovery from a breakdown. She knew her unstable mood swings made it hard for her to take care of herself, let alone a baby (in fact, two babies: Campbell discovered he has a … In 2001, Campbell began presenting the BBC consumer affairs programme Watchdog. However, these claims appear false as stated by many members of his family that his father's side of the family was Protestant and his grandfather a member of the Garda Siochana. He also presented an interactive programme called Now You're Talking on the radio. [4] The show aims to reunite family members and as of 2021, ten series have aired. She was my adoptive mum. Both sides of his birth families helped with and contributed to the book. She doted on her grandchildren and my girls completely adored her. Both had been given up for adoption as babies, grew up in Edinburgh and were left with complicated feelings around belonging. [12], He is also deeply involved in campaigning on animal rights issues. Despite his Irish roots, Nicky insists he is still a proud Scot after being brought up in the country. In 2006, Campbell appeared in the singing show Just the Two of Us, with Beverley Knight. Both had been given up for adoption as babies and grew up in Edinburgh, and were left with complicated feelings around belonging. He worked at Northsound Radio in Aberdeen from 1981 to 1985, first as a jingle writer, before going on to host the breakfast show. It all came to a head one day after presenting on the radio when he collapsed to his knees on a patch of grass outside a tube station and rang his wife in tears. In an emotional Twitter post, he wrote: “My mum Sheila died yesterday at 96. Stella gave birth to Nicky in 1961 after a brief relationship when she lived in Portobello. Our family home…” Campbell currently narrates the C5 Documentary series Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords (June 2019). In his new book One of the Family, Nicky wrote: “I couldn’t magic up feelings that weren’t there. “I understand, no matter how happy your adoption is, that nagging sense of rejection that many adopted people get. Campbell and Moraghan met on Just the Two of Us in 2006. Nicky as a baby, 1961 ★ ★ ★ ★ To understand what led to this breakdown, I have to travel back. In 2008, he received an Honorary Doctorate from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. He later nursed her through a health scare and ME, and took time out from his career. While Stella wanted to make up for lost time, the presenter admitted he felt “no emotional connection” to his birth mother. The Long Lost Family host decided to track down his birth parents in 1989 while in his 20s. He also discovered that his grandfather had been in the IRA in 1919–1921, and his biological father had been active in the IRA of the 1950s, and still held Irish Republican views. [14] She had appeared in her son's episode of Who Do You Think You Are in 2007. It’s important to bring those ­feelings to it and it’s not a conscious decision to bring them or not, I think it just happens,” he said back in February 2019. Nicky was referred to a psychiatrist and diagnosed as ‘clinically depressed and bipolar type 2’. [11], In 2004, Campbell wrote Blue-Eyed Son [Story of an Adoption], his account of being adopted and tracing both his birth parents and his extended families in Ireland. On December 12, 2019, Campbell announced via social media that his mother Sheila had died at the age of 96. 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Campbell also narrates the CBeebies show "Our Story".[3]. Admitting he was in a “downward spiral”, Nicky suffered terrible lows, deep depressions and random moments of crying in despair. His biological mother Stella Lackey, who has sadly passed away, was an unmarried Dublin Protestant. Pictured left to right: Frank Campbell (Nicky Campbell’s father), Sheila Campbell (Nicky’s mother), Nicky Campbell and Fiona Campbell (Nicky’s half sister) She was stationed at Beachy Head and helped guide plane to their targets on D-Day. His birth mother, Stella, died in 2007; Campbell spoke at her Dublin funeral. “It’s something they’ve lived with since age nought, a massive eyesore on their psychological landscape, on their inner life. Campbell left the network briefly in October 1993 to care for his sick wife. Adoptive dad Frank died from pancreatic cancer in 1996 and Nicky regretted that he didn’t tell him he had traced his birth mother. Nicky started to trace his biological father, Joseph in 2002, while researching for his 2004 ­autobiography, Blue-Eyed Son. Stella died in 2008 and Nicky flew over to the funeral in Dublin with half-sister Esther, but there was no explanation as to who they were. The sisters meet at a pub in Plymouth, in pre-Covid times. The presenter had a 'nagging sense of rejection' growing up and his reunion with his birth mother did not have the fairytale ending we often see on Long Lost Family. 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 pm to midnight. While Nicky had some information passed down about his biological parents, he feels for those foundlings who are left with a “void”. In 1989, during his first marriage, Campbell traced his birth mother, and after having children of his own with Ritchie, he decided in 2002 to find his Irish biological father. 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When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. She was my real mum.”. Campbell also co-hosted BBC One's Your Money Their Tricks opposite Rebecca Wilcox and Sian Williams in July 2013. 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. In the 1990s, Campbell fronted Central Weekend on Central Television in the English Midlands and Carlton Live in London with Richard Littlejohn and then Andrew Neil. Nicky Campbell and his birth sister Esther They felt that at last their family was complete with me, and as Mum always said, it just seemed as if it was meant to be. In May 2011, Fogarty left the breakfast show and was replaced by Rachel Burden. When his adoptive mother Sheila sadly passed away in 2019, Nicky proudly stated she was his “real mum”. Stella travelled from Ireland to Edinburgh to find a family for Nicky and to escape the shame being an unmarried mother carried at the time. In August 1993, Campbell also took over a Sunday morning show from 10 am to 1 pm, following the on-air resignation of Dave Lee Travis. NICKY was adopted by publisher Frank William Argyle Campbell and his … Pictured: Nicky Campbell with his pet Maxwell This short memoir is a tribute to 12-year-old Maxwell, who loved his master patiently as he pieced himself back together. 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. Although she sent Christmas cards for the first five years of his life, they didn’t have any direct contact until they met in a Dublin hotel when Nicky was 29 in 1990. https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/long-lost-brother-sister-meet-16523301 In 2013, Long Lost Family won a Royal Television Society Award for best 'Popular Factual' programme and in 2014 a Television BAFTA award for best "Features Programme". They might think badly of her; they would certainly see her completely differently, but it was the right thing to do.”. Meeting his half-sister, the first child Stella had given up for adoption, was a ray of sunshine, but in 2008 – 17 years after first meeting – Stella died. In that moment he finally came to terms with his adoption. He was also regularly joined by Frankie Howerd in the last years of the comedian's life. She wrote: “All the people who matter know about you.”. He replaced Paddy O'Connell, who presented the first series. Working on Long Lost Family, it can be hard for Nicky hearing the stories of foundlings abandoned with no history or identity. Growing up, Nicky did know details of his birth and his adoptive parents were happy to tell him anything he wanted to know. “She told the ‘people who mattered’. Nicky, who is an ambassador for Adoption UK, had an incredible childhood with his loving family. In early 1994, he took over the weekday drivetime show from 4 pm to 7 pm, and in 1995, he took over the afternoon show from 2 pm to 4 pm. Campbell and Kate Robbins co-wrote and recorded an album, We're Just Passing Through, which was released on 7 July 2014. Each week we see Nicky Campbell helping to reunite loved ones on Long Lost Family - and his own personal story is as heartbreaking as those featured in the show. 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