 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Basa rake neBBC rakatanga, mushure mekupedza kudzidza, semubatsiri wechiteshi paBBC Radio Durham. Pakazosvika 1976, aive mutori wenhau weTV mudunhu rePlymouth neSouthampton, asati aenda kuBBC yenyika terevhizheni nhau muna 1979. Akanga ari mutori wenhau aiva pabasa mamwe manheru muna May 1980 uye ndiye akanga ari wokutanga panzvimbo yacho apo Special Air Service SAS yakapinda kuzoputsa kukombwa kweEmbassy yeIran. Sezvo mabhomba omutsi akaputika seri uye varwi veSAS vakamhanyira mukati kunonunura nhapwa, Adie akashuma mhenyu uye asina kunyorwa kune rimwe ramapoka makuru zvikurusa enhau akambovapo apo akanga akahwanda seri kwesuo remota. Uku kwakabvumikisa kuva mukana wake mukuru. Adie akashuma zvikuru nokuda kweBBC News, kubatanidza kubva kuchamhembe kweLondon nzvimbo dzekupara kwemhondi yepamutemo Dennis Nilsen, muna 1983. 