Kaye Adams: ‘My accent went very Hyacinth Bucket until I returned to Scottish Television’

‘Without being disrespectful to those very clever people presenting Newsnight, I think it’s harder to make people laugh’: Kaye Adams. Photograph: DMG Media

I grew up in a small town in central Scotland called Grangemouth, best known as an annexe to a BP refinery. I had a very happy childhood – Mum, Dad, brother, very stable.

I was the class clown, a show-off. I liked to make people laugh, but was keen to get on with my work. I was a loud mouth. Maybe I needed to shut up and listen more.