Adam Shaw
Encyclopedia
Education
Shaw was educated at an inner city comprehensive school in KilburnKilburn
Kilburn is an area of north west London, England, which is divided between three London Boroughs, Brent, Camden, and a small part in Westminster. The main thoroughfare running northwest-southeast is Kilburn High Road, part of the modern A5 road which forms the boundary between the boroughs of Brent...
, in north-west London.
Life and career
Until October 2008 Shaw presented Working LunchWorking Lunch
Working Lunch was a television programme broadcast on BBC Two which covered business, personal finance and consumer news between 1994 and 2010. The programme was first aired on 19 September 1994. It had a quirky, relaxed style, especially when compared to other BBC business shows such as World...
, BBC Two
BBC Two
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's main lunchtime economics programme. He has previously presented Business Breakfast
Business Breakfast
Business Breakfast is a business programme which aired on BBC One from September 4, 1989 to September 29, 2000.-Breakfast News:Breakfast News was a daily news programme which aired between 6:00am and 7:00am, directly preceding Breakfast News between January 4, 1993 and September 29, 2000...
and World Business Report
World Business Report
World Business Report is a television business news programme produced by BBC News and shown daily on BBC World News and the BBC News channel. The programme is broadcast 10 times daily Monday - Thursday and 9 times daily on Fridays. The main presenters of the programme are Tanya Beckett, Sally...
.
He appeared in August 2009 as the Business & Politics expert on BBC2 quiz show "Knowitalls
Knowitalls
Knowitalls was a British quiz show hosted by Gyles Brandreth. It was first shown on BBC Two in 2009.Filming took place between 15 and 21 June 2009. It was first broadcast on July 27, 2009. The show's strapline is that it's "the quiz without questions"...
".
He married his college sweetheart Nicolette sorba now known as (Shaw)
Working Lunch
Between 1994 and 2008 Shaw presented on Working LunchWorking Lunch
Working Lunch was a television programme broadcast on BBC Two which covered business, personal finance and consumer news between 1994 and 2010. The programme was first aired on 19 September 1994. It had a quirky, relaxed style, especially when compared to other BBC business shows such as World...
, working alongside Adrian Chiles
Adrian Chiles
Adrian Chiles is a British television and radio presenter, currently working for ITV Sport presenting football coverage....
, Nik Wood and Paddy O'Connell
Paddy O'Connell
Guy Patrick Bennett O'Connell , known as Paddy O'Connell, is an English television and radio presenter, working mainly for the BBC....
.
He was particularly known for the Shaw's Shares segment of the programme, in which he rounds up the day's happenings on the stock market
Stock market
A stock market or equity market is a public entity for the trading of company stock and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately.The size of the world stock market was estimated at about $36.6 trillion...
.
It was announced in July 2008 that, as part of a Working Lunch relaunch, Shaw would leave the programme and be replaced by Declan Curry
Declan Curry
Declan Curry is an Irish journalist, presenter and businessman, currently employed by the BBC and best known as the former Business Correspondent for BBC Breakfast.-Early career:Curry studied chemistry at Imperial College, London...
. He left Working Lunch on 26 September.
Shaw will instead replace Curry as the main business presenter on BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast is the morning television news programme simulcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel. It is presented live from BBC Television Centre in White City, West London, and contains a mixture of news, sport, weather, business and feature items...
, the BBC News Channel during the mornings and the BBC News at One.
Adam Shaw has two children. Francesca Shaw and Leonardo Shaw. Francesca being the older one. Francesca was born on the morning before working lunch and the birth was announced on national television.