Brett Adams
Brett Adams | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 December 1976 Newcastle, UK |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer, songwriter |
| Television | Byker Grove |
Brett Adams (born 29 December 1976) is an English singer, songwriter[1] and actor.
He gained prominence as Noddy in CBBC's Byker Grove[2] (a character best remembered for being the first teenage gay character in a children's drama)[3].[4]
After leaving Byker Grove he went on to hit The Official Charts and perform around the world in boyband Point Break.[5]
Television
[edit]Brett played Noddy, one of the main characters who first appeared in the 1990 series of Byker Grove and left in the 1995 series staying for 6 seasons.
The character is best remembered for being the first teenage gay character in a children's drama.[6][7] Brett's portrayal of Noddy and that famous kiss scene (the first kiss shared between two men on children's TV)[8] when Noddy kissed his friend Gary (George Trotter) at the cinema was the first time sexuality and dealing with coming out had been tackled on a children’s show and the moment went down in history.[9][10]
After the episode aired in 1994 it was on the news and in the papers and there was a lot of negativity from the British press, which even led The Sun newspaper to call for producer Matthew Robinson to be sacked at the time.[11]
But Brett also received a lot of letters from youngs boys saying how much it had helped them coming out and not feel alone, Brett said in a recent interview with Attitude Magazine, "If my storyline upset 10,000 people but helped one person then I see it as a monumental success.”[12]
Brett Adams character Noddy Inspired many long men in Britain growing up and Noddy's final scene in Byker Grove when he drives away from the Grove in his boyfriends jeep even inspired writer Russell T Davis to pay homage by making the lead character Stuart in TV series Queer as Folk drive a black jeep. Davis said in an interview with Attitude Magazine “One of the few fan letters I’ve ever written was to the man who’s producing Byker Grove, because in the second year they did that story,” said Davies, “Noddy got a boyfriend, and they had to write them out because they had nowhere else to go. But they drove off together in a black jeep. It was so fantastic to watch that on children’s television at ten past five in the afternoon. And you were sitting watching it thinking: ‘They have sex! Those two boys have sex! They’re not showing it, but they absolutely have sex. That’s fact.’ And the black jeep became one of my favourite symbols of gayness.”[13]
His younger brother Grants Adams also played Ed in Byker Grove.[14]
In 2004 he was the Mystery Guest on Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
Music
[edit]After Brett Adams, George Trotter and David 'Ollie' Oliver left UK children's TV programme Byker Grove they formed the band "Aurora". George eventually left and was replaced by Jon who had to drop out due to illness, they were looking for a new member and then discovered Declan Bennett and Point Break was formed after signing to Warner Music and managed by Danielle Barnett.
The band released five singles, four of which made the UK top 20 ("Stand Tough" made it to number 7 in the charts), and an album, which was number one in three countries in South east Asia, including Japan, and made the UK top 40.[15]
They went on to perform on Top of the Pops.[16]
Their song Stand Tough was used in Australia as the Seven Network's theme for coverage of the AFL in 2000. [17]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [18] |
FIN [19] |
JPN [20][21] | ||
| Apocadelic |
|
21 | 35 | 83 |
Singles
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [18] |
AUS [22] |
JPN [21] | |||
| 1999 | "Do We Rock?" | 29 | — | 7 | Apocadelic |
| 2000 | "Stand Tough" | 7 | 49 | 10 | |
| "Freakytime" | 13 | — | 11 | ||
| "You" | 14 | — | — | ||
| "What About Us?" | 24 | — | — | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Brett Adams". Discogs. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Lynch, Tony; North, Zenith (1 January 1990). The Official Byker Grove Annual (Second ed.). UK: Grandreams Ltd for BBC Enterprises Ltd. p. 64. ISBN 0862278600.
- ^ Cobbing, Murphy; Williams, Francesca. "Byker Grove: When Ant and Dec were PJ and Duncan". BBC News. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Brett Adams". BFI. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "The Official Charts". The Official Charts. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "LGBT+ History Month: 16 watershed moments on British TV and radio". wired-gov. Ofcom. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ Justin, Price. "Noddy: Brett Adams". the Unofficial Byker Grove Web Site.
- ^ Dowell, Ben. "BBC axes Byker Grove". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ Waddel, Lily (3 August 2020). "CBBC's first same sex kiss was actually on Byker Grove nearly 30 years ago". Mirror. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Hayden-Smith, Andrew (7 September 2017). "'Byker Grove' star Brett Adams reflects on show's historic 1994 gay kiss". Attitude Magazine. 7 SEPTEMBER 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ Rooks, Simon; Bourne, Stephen; Escolme, John. "History of the BBC". BBC. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Hayden-Smith, Andrew (7 September 2017). "'Byker Grove' star Brett Adams reflects on show's historic 1994 gay kiss". Attitude. Attitude Magazine. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Attitude magazine, September 2005". Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Grant Adams". IMDB. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "The Official Charts - Point Break". The Official Charts. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Point Break - You". YouTube. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Point Break". Mojim. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 430. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Swisscharts.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04.
- ^ "ポイント・ブレイクのアルバム売上ランキング". ORICON NEWS.
- ^ a b Oricon Singles Chart Oricon Singles Chart (Retrieved 2 November 2012)
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Point Break – Stand Tough". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-12-22.