Nicky Campbell

Television and Watchdog

His career in television began in the late 80’s presenting ITV’s Wheel of Fortune and Top of the Pops. In the 1990s Campbell fronted the legendary debate series Central Weekend Live which transferred to London as Carlton Live and also became an ITV Network show. He has just finished a nine year stint on Watchdog, the longest running presenter of that show and currently hosts the flagship live faith and ethics debate show, ‘The Big Questions’ on BBC One on a Sunday morning.

He also presented game shows including ITV’s ‘For the Rest of Your Life’ and the ‘Battle of the Brains’ on BBC2. Campbell featured in the BBC’s ‘Who Do You Thing You Are’ in 2007 where he traced his adoptive family's roots in Scotland and Australia.

Other Interests

Nicky is Patron of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF). He wrote a critically and commercially successful exploration of adoption – Blue Eyed Son in 1994 and speaks all over the country about his own adoption and tracing story.

He has written and co- produced  a jazz/swing album, ‘Moonlight’s Back in Style’ released in Sept  2009 and performed by the actor and brilliant singer Mark Moraghan whom he met when they both appeared on the BBC’s celebrity singing contest ‘Just the Two of Us’ in 2006.

Nicky plays the piano, guitar, ukulele and lives in South London with his wife, four daughters and dog Maxwell

“His Political interviews and debates are now regarded as some of the most incisive on radio, while his smooth satirical style has landed him with the label ‘The Cerebal Scot’”.
THE TIMES

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