Brett Adams

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]

Brett Adams
Born (1976-12-29) 29 December 1976
Newcastle, UK
Occupation(s)Actor, singer, songwriter
TelevisionByker Grove

After leaving Byker Grove he went on to perform around the world in boyband Point Break.

Television

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.[4][5] Brett's portrayal of Noddy and that famous kiss scene (the first kiss shared between two men on children's TV) 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.[6][7]

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.[8]

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 "If my storyline upset 10,000 people but helped one person then I see it as a monumental success.”[9]

His younger brother Grants Adams also played Ed in Byker Grove.[10]

Music

After Brett Adams and David 'Ollie' Oliver left UK children's TV programme Byker Grove they formed the band Point Break, who were signed to Warner Music and managed by Danielle Barnett, they were looking for a new member and then discovered Declan Bennett and Point Break was formed.

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.

They went on to perform on Top of the Pops.

Their song Stand Tough was used in Australia as the Seven Network's theme for coverage of the AFL in 2000. [11]

Discography

Albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[12]		 FIN
[13]		 JPN
[14][15]
Apocadelic 213583

Singles
Year Title Peak chart positions Album
UK
[12]		 AUS
[16]		 JPN
[15]
1999 "Do We Rock?" 29—7 Apocadelic
2000 "Stand Tough" 74910
"Freakytime" 13—11
"You" 14——
"What About Us?" 24——

References
  1. "Brett Adams". Discogs. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. "Brett Adams". BFI. BFI. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. "LGBT+ History Month: 16 watershed moments on British TV and radio". wired-gov. Ofcom. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. Justin, Price. "Noddy: Brett Adams". the Unofficial Byker Grove Web Site.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Rooks, Simon; Bourne, Stephen; Escolme, John. "History of the BBC". BBC. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  9. 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.
  10. "Grant Adams". IMDB. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  11. "Point Break". Mojim. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  12. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 430. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  13. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Swisscharts.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04.
  14. "ポイント・ブレイクのアルバム売上ランキング". ORICON NEWS.
  15. Oricon Singles Chart Oricon Singles Chart (Retrieved 2 November 2012)
  16. Steffen Hung. "Point Break – Stand Tough". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2012-12-22.
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