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Nicky campbell Bio, Age, Height, Education, BBC , Parents, Wife, Books, Salary And Net worth

Nicky Campbell is a Scottish radio and television journalist and presenter. He was presented in the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast program since
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Nicky Campbell Biography

Nicky Campbell is a Scottish radio and television journalist and presenter. He was presented in the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast program since 2003, BBC One’s Sunday morning show The Big Questions since the year 2007, and also appearing in the Long Lost Family on ITV since 2011. Moreover, Nicky is a presenter of the game show Wheel of Fortune from 1988 until 1996 and in addition to that Nicky was the consumer affairs in the program Watchdog from 2001 to 2009.

Nicky Campbell Age/Birthday

How old is Nicky? Nicky is 60 years old having been born on April 10th,1961 in Edinburgh, in the United Kingdom. He does celebrate his birthday with friends and relatives on 10th April every year.

Nicky Campbell Height/Measurement

Nicky stands at an average height of 6 feet 0 inches. Nonetheless, he has not provided other information regarding his other body measurements to the public limelight. We will revise this section and provide the lacking information.

Nicky Campell Education

He has studied in an independent school Edinburgh Academy. He graduated from the University of Aberdeen.

Nicky Campbell Family/ Parents/Siblings

Campbell is an adopted child. Therefore his biological mother is Stella Lackey, sadly she has passed away and was an unmarried Dubin protestant. She traveled from Ireland to Edinburg to find a family for Campbell just to escape Shane being an unmarried mother for long. Therefore, he was adopted by Scottish couple Sheila Campbell and Frank.

Nicky Campbell Wife/Children/ Daughters

Nicky met her first wife, Linda Larnach when she was 8 years old in Scotland. Campbell nursed her through his health scare and took time for her and time out from his career. Nicky married a second wife, a journalist, Christina “Tina” Ritchie who was the former head of Virgin Radio News. They were blessed with four daughters.

Nicky Campbell BBC

He grabs the idea of becoming an actor after graduating from the University of Aberdeen with a 2:1 in history and involves himself in commercial production for radio to gain his Equity card. From 1989-1987, Campell worked at London station Capital Radio. Moreover, Nicky was presenting on Music Box and later joined BBC Radio 1 in 1987. He was presenting a Saturday night show from 10 pm to midnight. He changed the show and started presenting from 6 am to 8 am from Simon Mayo.

In October 1988, Campbell was presenting a show which he named Into the Night which captures music and interviews. It was live from 10 pm to midnight from Monday – Thursday.  Campbell interviewed John Major after conservative party chairman Chris Patten. In the year 1993, Nicky took and covers over the Sunday morning show from 10 am to 1 pm. In October the same year, Campbell left the network briefly to care for his early wife. He resumes the network where he took over the weekday drivetime show from 4 pm to 7 pm and covers 2 pm to 4 pm doing afternoon shows in early 1994. From 1988 to 1996, he started to present the British version of Wheel of Fortune. Most of the time, he was hosting Top of the Pops from 1988-1991. In 2001, he started presenting the BBC being the consumer affairs in a program Watchdog.

Campbell has appeared in the singing show in 2006, Just the Two of Us together with Beverley Knight. He was hosting For the Rest of Your Life for Endemol. There was an episode, Who Do You Think You Are? where he has featured it. Since 2007, he was presenting at The Big Question on BBC One. In early 2014, Campbell has been presenting four past series Wanted: A Family of My Own that has been beginning on ITV. He presented an episode of Perspective on “The Great American Song Book” in 2015 and an off episode called Rebuild Our Home, both for ITV.

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Nicky Campbell Books

Nicky has written many books. One of the books he wrote is Blue-Eyed Son Book. It became the world’s largest community for readers.

Nicky Campbell Salary

On the BBC revealed salaries. Campbell was at the top list having a salary of $ 300,000 – $ 304,999.

Nicky Campbell Net Worth

Through his career of being a journalist, his net worth ranges from $ 3 million – $ 5 million.

Is Nicky Campbell Married?

Nicky met her first wife, Linda Larnach when she was 8 years old in Scotland. Campbell nursed her through his health scare and took time for her and time out from his career. Nicky married a second wife, a journalist, Christina “Tina” Ritchie who was the former head of Virgin Radio News. They were blessed with four daughters.