Michael Adams (born 23 August 1999) is a British

television personality Celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group as a result of the attention given to them by mass media. An individual may attain a celebrity status from having great wealth, their participation in sports ...

. He has appeared on various programmes for

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, including ''

Show Me What You're Made Of ''Show Me What You're Made Of'' is a CBBC documentary series hosted by Stacey Dooley. The series follows British children as they go around the world to experience some of the world's toughest jobs for themselves. Each series is filmed in a dif ...

'' with

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Background

Adams was born in Sunderland, though was raised in

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, just outside of

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. He was educated at Houghton Kepier School in the town between 2010 and 2015, continuing studies for a further two years at the

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. He had shown an interest in television from a young age. He currently resides in

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, where he previously studied broadcast journalism at the

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Career

Adams first appeared on television during continuity links on CBBC with

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in April 2012. He later went on to appear on

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with

Helen Skelton Helen Elizabeth Skelton (born 19 July 1983) is an English television presenter and actress. She co-presented the BBC children's programme '' Blue Peter'' from 2008 until 2013, and since 2014 has been a presenter on ''Countryfile''. She also co- ...

and

Barney Harwood Barnaby John "Barney" Harwood (born 7 November 1979) is a British actor and television presenter. He is known for his work with CBBC beginning in 2002. Career Television For CBBC, Harwood presented '' Prank Patrol'' and was a voice-over comment ...

for a few appearances in June 2012, including one on their Big Olympic Tour. Since then he has appeared on continuity links for CBBC with

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. He was later seen on documentary series ''Show Me What You're Made Of'' with

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regular

in December 2013. 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

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in designing a Geordie

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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

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Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

. In August 2017 he spoke with

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's Phil Williams about

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's potential departure from Coronation Street. The following month he paid tribute to the late

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in an interview with Judith Moritz for the

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. In January 2019, Adams confirmed on Twitter that he would appear as an uncredited bit part in the eighth series of

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sitcom

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. Later in the year, he appeared in the revived series of

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, hosted by

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. Adams has worked for both of

's flagship soap operas, Coronation Street and

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and regularly features across media as a TV critic, most recently speaking about the axing of

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n television series

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. In February 2022, he quizzed

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as part of

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's Midnight Mastermind. Adams's specialist subject was Neighbours. Since June 2022, he has presented the weekday breakfast show on Chatterbox Radio Manchester.

Filmography

References

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