Michael Adams (presenter)

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Michael Adams
Born (1999-08-23) 23 August 1999 (age 24)
Sunderland, England
Occupation Media personality
Years active2012–present
TelevisionShow Me What You're Made Of, Blue Peter, CBBC

Michael Adams (born 23 August 1999) is a British television personality. He has appeared on various programmes for CBBC, including Show Me What You're Made Of with Stacey Dooley. [1]

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Background

Adams was born in Sunderland, though was raised in Houghton-le-Spring, just outside of Durham. He was educated at Houghton Kepier School in the town between 2010 and 2015, continuing studies for a further two years at the Durham Sixth Form Centre. He had shown an interest in television from a young age.

He currently resides in Manchester, where he previously studied broadcast journalism at the University of Salford. [2]

Career

Adams first appeared on television during continuity links on CBBC with Iain Stirling in April 2012. He later went on to appear on Blue Peter with Helen Skelton and Barney Harwood during episodes broadcast in June 2012, including one on their Big Olympic Tour. [3] The following year he appeared on continuity links for CBBC with Sam and Mark.

He was later seen on documentary series Show Me What You're Made Of with BBC Three regular Stacey Dooley in December 2013. [4] Whilst in Brazil filming the programme, Adams worked in a bike factory, prawn farm, technology factory, baseball cap factory and a cattle farm.

In mid-2014, Adams appeared briefly in programmes for CBBC Live in Newcastle Gateshead, and worked alongside Swizzels Matlow in designing a Geordie Love Hearts sweet, which read 'Alreet Pet'.

Archival footage of Adams featured in the fifth series of Show Me What You're Made Of in 2015, and at a similar time he began contributing to media relations surrounding soap opera Coronation Street.

In August 2017 he spoke with BBC Radio 5 Live's Phil Williams about Barbara Knox's potential departure from Coronation Street. The following month he paid tribute to the late Liz Dawn in an interview with Judith Moritz for the BBC News at Six.

In January 2019, Adams confirmed on Twitter that he would appear as an uncredited bit part in the eighth series of ITV sitcom Cold Feet. [5] Later in the year, he appeared in the revived series of Supermarket Sweep on ITV2, hosted by Rylan Clark-Neal. [6] [7]

Adams has worked for both of ITV's flagship soap operas, [8] Coronation Street and Emmerdale and regularly features across broadcast media as a television critic. [9] [10] In February 2022, he quizzed OJ Borg as part of BBC Radio 2's Midnight Mastermind. Adams's specialist subject was the Australian soap opera Neighbours. [11]

Between June and October 2022, he presented the weekday breakfast show on Chatterbox Radio Manchester. [12] Following the station's closure he was then redeployed within the same production company as main co-presenter of Your Manchester, a twice weekly online magazine programme focusing on Greater Manchester news and events. [13] Adams had previously served as a reporter for the show since March of the same year.

Filmography

Television
YearTitleNotes
2012–14 CBBC PresentationContinuity links
Blue Peter 3 episodes
2013 Friday Download Show Me What You're Made Of promotion
2013–15 Show Me What You're Made Of 5 episodes (2013)
Archival footage (2015)
2017 BBC News at Six Liz Dawn tribute
2019 Cold Feet Uncredited bit part
Supermarket Sweep Contestant
2022–Your ManchesterMain co-presenter, former reporter
2022 This Morning I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! report with Georgia Toffolo
2023Bridge of LiesContestant
Radio
YearTitleNotes
2013 BBC Radio Newcastle Drivetime interview
2014 BBC Radio Tees
2017–18, 2022 BBC Radio 5 Live Soaps commentator
2020 BBC Radio WM
2022–
TV critic
BBC Hereford and Worcester TV critic
2022 BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat feature
ABC Radio Melbourne Interview with Sammy J
Drivetime interview
BBC Radio 2 Midnight Mastermind with OJ Borg
Chatterbox RadioWeekday breakfast presenter

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References

  1. ↑ "show Me What You're Made Of Episodes of Season 7". Seriestop. Retrieved 30 August 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Michael Adams [@michaeladamsuk] (30 November 2021). "…and it's over... @UoSJournalism thank you" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 December 2021– via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "CBBC – Blue Peter's Big Olympic Tour". BBC. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Sunderland teen chosen to front CBBC TV show about factory children in Brazil". Sunderland Echo. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Michael Adams [@michaeladamsuk] (28 January 2019). "Stay (very) eagle-eyed for yours truly in tonight's #ColdFeet at 9pm on @ITV. Am getting up to mischief at the fabulous Lost Days festival! 🎪🎵🏕" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 February 2019– via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "ITV - Supermarket Sweep S1, E5". ITV. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Supermarket Sweep [@SuperSweepTV] (13 September 2019). "Cactus makes perfect 🥴🌵 #SupermarketSweep" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 September 2019– via Twitter.
  8. ↑ "Coronation Street paid tribute to a 1968 moment with Kelly – did you spot it?". Metro.co.uk. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "It's the TV cliffhanger of the year - will Neighbours survive?". ABC Melbourne. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Neighbours: Lifelong fans gutted as the soap faces uncertain future". BBC Newsbeat. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  11. ↑ Michael Adams [@MichaelAdamsUk] (16 February 2022). "Looking forward to joining @OJBorg on @BBCRadio2 very late tonight (or very early tomorrow, depending on how you look at it!) from 00:30 - I'll be quizzing him as part of Midnight Mastermind. No prizes for guessing what the topic will be. Hope you can join me 📻" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 March 2022– via Twitter.
  12. ↑ Chatterbox Radio [@ChatterboxOnAir] (27 June 2022). "WE ARE LIVE! Chatterbox Radio starts NOW with @MichaelAdamsUk serving you brekkie. Don't forget to download our app to tune in 🥓🍳🥞🥐" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 August 2022– via Twitter.
  13. ↑ Media, Your Manchester. "Your Manchester Media". Your Manchester Media. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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