Personal life Campbell met his first wife Linda Larnach, a divorcee eight years his senior with two sons whilst working at Northsound Radio in Aberdeen. They moved to North London where he would later nurse her through a health scare and encouraged his young stepsons in their footballing endeavours, hosting auctions to raise funds for their local amateur club. During their marriage he traced his birth mother Stella in 1989. He reportedly took time out from his career during Larnach's illness. When they subsequently separated she gave interviews in which she said his career break had been a publicity stunt. Campbell married his second wife the journalist Tina Ritchie in December 1997. A former presenter of Radio1 Newsbeat, Ritchie is now a newsreader on BBC Radio 4. The couple live in Clapham and have a home in the Scottish Highlands. They have four daughters, Breagha, Lilla, Kirsty and Isla. Following the birth of four children of his own with Ritchie, he decided in 2002 to find his Irish biological father. In 2004, Campbell wrote Blue-Eyed Son -Story of an Adoption, his account of being adopted and tracing both his birth parents and his extended families in Ireland, on both sides of the religious divide. His birth mother Stella died in 2007. Campbell was a coffin bearer and spoke at her Dublin funeral. His birth father died in 2021 in County Leitrim. As a result of his books and his work promoting adoption, he was asked to become a Patron of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) and more recently an Ambassador for Adoption UK. Campbell's adoptive father Frank died in 1996 of pancreatic cancer. Campbell has been diagnosed as bipolar and has candidly discussed his depression. In 2021 he wrote the Sunday Times Bestseller One of the Family - Why A Dog Called Maxwell Changed My Life’ .The book was dedicated to his adoptive mother Sheila. On 12 December 2019, Campbell announced via social media that she had died at the age of 96. The tweet was widely reported. He wrote: Filmography Television Radio References External links Official Twitter Nicky Campbell (BBC Radio 5 Live) His time at Radio 1 – including many audio clips Radio Rewind Linn Records BBC News – Anne Robinson returns to Watchdog 1961 births Living people Television personalities from Edinburgh People educated at Edinburgh Academy Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Alumni of