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Noel Edmonds

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Noel Ernest Edmonds(born 22 December 1948) is an English television presenter, radio DJ, writer, producer, and businessman. Edmonds first became known as a disc jockey onRadio Luxembourgbefore moving toBBC Radio 1in the UK, presenting thebreakfast showfor almost five years. He has presented various radio shows and light-entertainment television programmes for 50 years, originally working for theBBC,laterSky UKandChannel 4.

Noel Edmonds
Edmonds in 2020
Born
Noel Ernest Edmonds

(1948-12-22)22 December 1948(age 75)
Ilford,Essex,England
Occupations
  • Television presenter
  • radio DJ
  • writer
  • producer
  • businessman
Years active1968–present
Spouses
  • Gillian Slater
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    (m.1971;div.1982)​
  • Helen Soby
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    (m.1986;div.2005)​
  • Liz Davies
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    (m.2009)​
    [1]
Children4

After presenting children's Saturday morning programmeMulti-Coloured Swap Shop(1976–1982) and various other programmes for the BBC likeTop of the Popsbetween 1972 and 1978 andTop Gear(1979–1980), he became best known for presentingNoel's House PartyonBBC Onefor eight years between 1991 and 1999. The show achieved 15 million viewers at its peak and originated the character ofMr Blobby.After a hiatus from broadcasting, Edmonds presented the game showDeal or No Dealon Channel 4 between 2005 and 2016.

Early life

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Edmonds was born inIlford,Essex,the son of Dudley Edmonds, a headmaster who worked inHainault,London, and Lydia Edmonds, an art teacher.[2][3]He attended Glade Primary School inClayhallandBrentwood SchoolinBrentwood, Essex.[4]

He was offered a place at theUniversity of Surreybut turned it down to focus on his radio career.[3]

Radio career

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Edmonds began working as a newsreader onRadio Luxembourg,[5]which was offered to him in 1968 after he sent tapes tooffshore radiostations.

In 1969, Edmonds moved toBBC Radio 1,where he began by recording trailers for broadcasts and filling in for absent DJs, such asKenny Everett.[5]In April 1970, he began his own two-hour Saturday-afternoon programme, broadcasting from 1to 3p.m., before replacing Everett on Saturdays from 10a.m. to noon in July that year. In October 1971, he was moved to a Sunday slot from 10a.m. to noon before being promoted to hostThe Radio 1 Breakfast Showfrom Monday 4 June 1973 to Friday 28 April 1978, taking over fromTony Blackburn.Edmonds moved to Sunday mornings and middays, from 10a.m. to 1p.m., in 1978 and also presentedTalkabout,an hour-long talk show broadcast on Thursday evenings.[6]Edmonds left Radio 1 in March 1983.[5]

Edmonds made two brief returns to Radio 1. Firstly in 1985 when he sat in forMike Readwhen he was hosting the breakfast show, and again in 1992 to celebrate Radio 1's 25th Birthday.[citation needed]

In 2003, Edmonds made a brief radio comeback, taking over thedrivetimebroadcast onBBC Radio 2for eight weeks whileJohnnie Walkerwas treated for cancer. His stint on Radio 2 lasted from 4 August until 3 October.[7]In December 2004, Edmonds played a detective on a radio murder mystery play on local stationBBC Radio Devon.[8]

In 2020, Edmonds set up an online radio network inNew Zealand,called Positivity Radio.[9]

Television career

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Edmonds at a Radio 1 Raceday,Mallory Park,May 1976

Edmonds hostedTop of the Popsat various points between 1972 and 1978, during which time he also presented a phone-in programme for teenagers calledZ ShedonBBC1as well as a programme calledHobby Horse.He hosted the children's Saturday-morning programmeMulti-Coloured Swap Shop,which ran from 1976 to 1982. With fellowSwap ShopregularsMaggie PhilbinandKeith Chegwin,Edmonds was a member of the trioBrown Sauce,which recorded the single "I Wanna Be a Winner" in 1981. It reached number 15 in the UK singles chart.[10][11]In 1980, Edmonds took part in theEurovision Song Contest,introducing the UK entry live on stage at the final inthe Hague.DuringSwap Shop's run Edmonds hostedLucky Numbers,a Saturday evening phone-in quiz programme which required viewers to call in and answer questions based on clips of films shown, and a revival of the 1960s pop music seriesJuke Box Jury.

Edmonds was one of the original presenters of the BBC's motoring seriesTop Gearduring the late 1970s. During his time on the programme he mocked theFiat Strada,saying it "wasn't very good", which causedFiatto threaten to sue the BBC unless he apologised for the comments.[12]Edmonds reappeared in one episode ofTop Gearin the 1990s, to road test the classic 1960sFord GT40supercar, of which he owned two, because the hostJeremy Clarkson– at 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall – was unable to fit into the cockpit. In 1997 Clarkson was one of Edmonds' star team for the 1997Le Mans racewhich was featured inNoel's Le Mans Dream,a two-part documentary for BBC 2.[13]In the 1980s Edmonds hosted a series on BBC1 calledThe Time of Your Life,in which celebrities recalled the time they were at their happiest professionally. It ran for three series from 1983.

The Late, Late Breakfast Show

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Main article:The Late, Late Breakfast Show

The Late, Late Breakfast Showwas Edmonds' first Saturday-evening light-entertainment show on the BBC. Presented by Edmonds live on Saturday evenings from 4 September 1982 to 8 November 1986, initially with co-hostLeni Harper.It also featuredMike SmithandJohn Peel.

The programme is remembered for several accidents during its regular "Give it a Whirl" stunt slot; in particularthe death of Michael Lush.The show was cancelled by the BBC on 15 November 1986, following Lush's death two days earlier. While rehearsing abungee jumpto be performed live on the show, Michael Lush plunged 120 feet (37 m) to his death when his rope came loose. Edmonds resigned from the BBC immediately afterwards.

Telly Addicts

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Main article:Telly Addicts

Telly Addictswas a BBC1 game show hosted by Edmonds, who also owned the format.Telly Addictsbroadcast for 13 years from 3 September 1985 until 29 July 1998. Questions were based on past and present television programmes, and generally took the form of a short clip being shown followed by a series of questions either specifically about the clip or more generally about the programme from which it had been taken. Two teams sat opposite each other on sofas.

In 1991 he presented a prime time series calledNoel's Addicts,but this show had no similarity to theTelly Addictsformat and only ran for one series.

Noel's Saturday Roadshow

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Main article:The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow

Noel's Saturday Roadshowwas Edmonds's second BBC television light entertainment show, broadcast on Saturday evenings from 3 September 1988 to 15 December 1990.[14] Presented by Edmonds, it was his first major TV project since the demise ofThe Late, Late Breakfast Showtwo years earlier. The programme contained several elements found in its predecessor, such as phone-in quizzes, celebrity interviews and bands performing in the studio. The premise for the new show was that unlikeThe Late Late Breakfast Show,which had been broadcast from the BBC's studios each week, the Roadshow would come from a new, different and exotic location each week. These "locations" were in fact elaborate studio sets dressed to resemble each week's location, such as the North Pole, a space station, Hollywood,Niagara Falls.The irony of this was not lost on Edmonds, whose self-deprecating presentation style frequently made light of the low-budget production values.

The programme was a slow-burning success and, following the third series in 1990, Edmonds's popularity and reputation were sufficiently re-established with the public for him to pitch his idea forNoel's House Partyto the BBC.

The show introduced regular features such as the Gunge Tank, the Gotcha Oscars and Wait 'Til I Get You Home, which would all be carried across and subsequently developed inHouse Party.Another item was Clown Court, in which a guest actor from a TV series would be on trial for all the bloopers made during the shooting of that show, for exampleSylvester McCoyfor the title role ofDoctor Who,andTony Robinsonfor his character of Baldrick inBlackadder the Third.

Noel's House Party

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Main article:Noel's House Party

By 1991, theSaturday Roadshowmorphed intoNoel's House Party,which ran for eight years, from Edmonds' mansion in the fictional village of Crinkley Bottom. Regular features included NTV, in which cameras were secretly hidden in viewers' homes, often in VHS tape cases. There was also the "Gotchas", with celebrities caught in elaborate and embarrassing set-up situations.

In one incident NTV's hidden cameras caught celebrity psychicUri Gellerapparently bending a spoon with his hands while demonstrating his "powers" to a member of the public. When then-Radio 1 DJDave Lee Traviswas "Gotcha'd" live on Radio 1, he infamously yelled "Edmonds, you are a dead man!" He later participated when Edmonds himself was "Gotcha'd".Mr Blobby,a pink and yellow spotted character, initially appeared in the "Gotcha" section, and became a regular feature of the programme. The character even achieved the1993 Christmas No. 1.[15]

Noel's House Partywas a staple of BBC1's autumn and spring schedules throughout the 1990s. The show regularly attracted audiences of over 15 million but along with the general decline in the traditional Saturday night ratings by the time it ended it was pulling in less than 8 million.[16]In the final programme, broadcast on 20 March 1999, Edmonds signed off with thanks to the audience and the wish that history would be kind to the programme.[17]

Deal or No Deal

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Main article:Deal or No Deal (British game show)
Edmonds presented the Channel 4 game showDeal or No Dealbetween 2005 and 2016

In 2005, Edmonds was persuaded back to TV presentation byPeter Bazalgette,then CEO ofEndemol,which was experiencing great success with its new game show format ofDeal or No Deal.Edmonds initially declined the approach, citing that he was concentrating on business interests, but eventually agreed to host a short run of 66 shows.[18]The programme was initially recorded at Paintworks inBristolbut later moved to a dedicated studio inThe Bottle Yard Studiosin 2014.Deal or No Dealbegan UK transmission on 31 October 2005, and was broadcast on afternoons, and occasionally evenings, six days a week. In March 2006 Edmonds had his contract for presentingDeal or No Dealextended until autumn 2007, for a fee rumoured to be £3 million, making him one of the highest-paid personalities on UK television.[19]In 2006, Edmonds was nominated for aBAFTA Television Awardfor his work on the programme but lost out on the night toJonathan Ross.[20]

On 16 March 2007, Edmonds made acameo appearanceas himself in a sketch withCatherine Tatewho appeared in the guise of her characterJoanie "Nan" TaylorfromThe Catherine Tate Show.Nan appeared on a special episode ofDeal or No Deal,where she ended up cheating. The sketch was made for the BBCRed Nose Dayfundraising programme of 2007.[21]

Deal or No Dealran for 11 years and almost 3,000 shows were recorded, with over £40m being given away during its run. Celebrity specials were aired sporadically between 2012 and 2015. In the summer of 2016 by mutual agreement Edmonds andChannel 4agreed to end the show.[22]In celebration of one of UK TV's longest and most popular gameshow runs, the final shows were recorded on location.[23]Games were filmed on aBoeing 737,theFlying Scotsman,atop theBlackpool Towerand down a cave inSomerset.[24]

Work with Sky

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Main articles:Noel's HQandAre You Smarter than a 10 Year Old? (British game show)

On 24 May 2007,Sky Oneannounced that Edmonds would host the UK version of the American hitAre You Smarter than a 5th Grader?,titledAre You Smarter than a 10 Year Old?.The programme made its debut on Sky One on 7 October 2007. Edmonds hosted the peak-time showing of the programme, with the daily programme being presented byDick & Dom.

Sky1's autumn 2008 season saw Edmonds hostNoel's HQ,a new live entertainment show with a philanthropic purpose, his fees going to a charitable trust.[25][26]This was later developed into a series. The show received a negative review fromThe Guardian.[27]Sky edited a repeat broadcast after Edmonds launched an extended verbal attack on a council press officer.[28]In March 2009, Sky1 announced the cancellation of the show.[29]

Other television appearances

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Edmonds in 2006

Edmonds has hosted major TV events including theBAFTA Awards,theBrit Awardsand the launch of theUK National Lottery.Edmonds was involved in theLive Aidconcerts in 1985, transporting stars to and from theWembley Stadiumconcert via helicopter and appearing on stage at Wembley to introduce the joint set byStingandPhil Collins.Edmonds also took Collins toHeathrow Airport,where Collins boardedConcordeto fly to the United States to perform at thePhiladelphiaconcert.

Noel's Christmas Presentswas an annual broadcast in which Edmonds delivered special presents to special people. Some of the gifts included arranging trips toLaplandfor ill or disadvantaged children, or arranging family reunions.[30]Noel's Christmas Presentswas originally broadcast onBBC Oneon Christmas Day from 1989 until 1999 (except 1992), before it returned to UK screens courtesy ofSky1on 23 December 2007. Further editions were screened on 21 December 2008, 20 December 2009, 18 December 2010 and 18 December 2011.[31]

In 1997, Edmonds was involved in an episode of theChris Morrisspoof documentary seriesBrass Eye,in which he unwittingly pledged his allegiance on camera to a campaign to rid the country of a new killer drug, the entirely fictitious "cake", which apparently made 10 seconds appear as a few hours to a user by stimulating part of the brain called Shatner's Bassoon.[32]Edmonds was also a guest host for the fourth-series episode ofThe Friday Night Project,broadcast on 26 January 2007.[33]In 2014 he appeared inBBC Four'sThe Life of Rock with Brian Pernas himself.[34]

In 2017, Edmonds presentedCheap Cheap Cheap,a cross between a sitcom and a game show. Edmonds came up with the concept, produced byHat Trickand Channel 4 commissioned 30-hour-long episodes. The action took place in 'Noel's Store' and according to theRadio Times,"contestants are presented with three similar items – be it laundry detergent, noodles, baked beans, coffins, live poultry or lottery tickets – and must identify the cheapest one of the three in order to win money." A cast of actors play workers at the store.[35]Stuart Heritage ofThe Guardiansaid that "It's like watching a weird piece of existential Lithuanian amateur community theatre [...] It's the worst idea in the world, stretched out for all eternity".[36]The Daily Telegraph's Ed Power described it as "naff, tacky and numbingly dull" and "mind-bendingly outlandish".[37]

The Curse of Noel Edmonds,a documentary tracing the rise and fall of his showbiz career, was transmitted byFiveon 9 November 2004, with former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read being one of the contributors to the programme.[citation needed]On 27 August 2022, Edmonds was the subject of an in-depth documentary onChannel 5,titledNoel Edmonds: The Rise & Fall of Mr. Saturday Night.The show documented the highs and lows of Edmonds' career to date.[38][39]

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!

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Further information:I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 18)

In November 2018, Edmonds participated in the eighteenth series ofI'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[40]Edmonds' appearance fee of £600,000 made him the highest paid participant ever in the show's history up to that date.[41]

He was the first celebrity to leave the series when he was voted out on 30 November 2018.[42]Many fans of the show were surprised by the departure, withRadio 1 Breakfast ShowhostGreg Jamesdescribed as "furious and sad".[43]

Business ventures

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Unique Group

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In 1985, Edmonds formed the Unique Group, which consisted of various operations. TheUnique Broadcasting Company Media Groupplc (UBCMG) was an independent producer of audio programming in the UK, supplyingBBCand independent radio.Michael Peacockwas an executive of the group between 1989 and 2005, and former Radio 1 controllerJohnny Beerlingjoined the group following his departure from the network in 1993. It ownedClassic Gold Digitalbefore selling the stations back toGCap Mediawhich merged them into theGoldnetwork.[44]Edmonds resigned as non-executive director of UBCMG in March 2006 as a direct result of the success ofDeal or No Deal.[45]As of 2006, Edmonds also had interests in Unique Motor Company, a producer of small off-road vehicles, including theQpod.[46]

In July 2019, Edmonds agreed to a compensation deal withLloyds Banking Groupas a victim of theHBOS Reading branch fraud.He had claimed that bank staff had destroyed Unique Group.[47]

Theme parks

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Further information:Crinkley Bottom

Edmonds-licensedtheme parkattractions based on Crinkley Bottom and Mr Blobby were set up in existing parks atCricket St Thomasin Somerset andPleasurewood HillsTheme Park inLowestoft,Suffolk. A park was also built inMorecambe,Lancashire, on the site of the former Happy Mount Park. Following disappointing visitor numbers, and in the case of Morecambe, legal disputes with the local council, the deal was scrapped and the park closed. The two existing parks reverted to their previous state. Edmonds was said to be very critical ofLancastercity council's management of the Morecambe park.[48]

A report by the district auditor found that the council had behaved 'unlawfully' in its dealings with Edmonds, which cost £2.5m, and two former senior officers were found to have committed 'misconduct', although this was not deemed to be 'wilful'.[49]The affair was dubbed 'Blobbygate' by the media.[50]

Buying the BBC

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In March 2014, Edmonds declared onNewsnightthat he was part of a consortium which planned to buy the BBC, because the corporation was "sleepwalking itself to destruction".[51]He said that he did not have a TV licence and only watched BBC programmes oncatch-up.[52]

Personal life

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Edmonds married Gillian Slater in 1971. The marriage ended in divorce after 11 years.[4]From July 1986 to 2005, he was married to Helen Soby; the couple have four daughters.[53]In July 2009, Edmonds married his third wife, Liz Davies, who was a make-up artist on the programmeDeal or No Dealwhen they first met.[1]

Edmonds is a licensedhelicopterpilot, and one of his early personal aircraft was registered G-NOEL.[54]He was president of theBritish Horse Societybetween 2004 and 2007.[55]

On 27 September 2015, Edmonds received an award from the Atlantic Award Group for his extensive contributions to broadcasting.[56]The selection process was initiated by a nomination by a viewer ofDeal or No Deal.Edmonds was the first TV personality to receive an award from the AAG and was also the first recipient from the UK in 2015.

In June 2017 Edmonds said he had attempted suicide in 2005, afterfraud by a group of HBOS financiersdestroyed his Unique Group business: "Until these criminals took me to the brink of emotional annihilation, I had always felt those who opt out by taking their own lives were selfish and cowardly... But having been cast into that bottomless dark space devoid of logic and reason, I have a much deeper understanding of life without hope... I seek no sympathy and feel no shame in admitting that on the evening of January 18th 2005 I attempted to end the overwhelming mental pain which had consumed my whole being."[57]In September 2017, Edmonds said there was a direct link between fraudulent HBOS financiers causing stress and hisprostate cancer.He stated: "I don't say cancer was caused by the stress, but that my health deteriorated to such an extent I got prostate cancer. I am absolutely sure the negative forces acting on me impacted on my health. There is a wealth of information from various clinical studies of a direct link between stress and cancer. I am absolutely certain there was a link in my case."[58]

Edmonds and his wife decided to move to New Zealand in 2015 and eventually emigrated in 2019; during theCOVID lockdownhe set up 100 online community radio stations called Positivity Radio.[59]He currently lives inNgātīmoti,in theSouth Island,with his wife, having gained residency permission in February 2020.[60]Living in the country since the previous September, Edmonds said he and his wife had felt an "incredible spiritual pull" on a visit in 2016, leading them to settle in the country.[61]

Edmonds is fond ofreferring to himself in the third person.[3]

Political views

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Edmonds was chairman of theRenewable Energy Foundation(REF),[62][63]an organisation which is staunchly opposed towind farms.He was said to have joined "because of the threat near his home inDevon".[62]He has been quoted as saying that, "Politicians are promoting the wind industry as agreen icon,but they are misleading the public into believing the propaganda of the wind industry. The reality is that wind power is too costly and can never meet our energy needs; but it will destroy the countryside ".[64]His view is that those who are promoting wind farms are energy companies with a vested financial interest, and thatwind turbinesare not reliable enough as a source of sustainable energy.[citation needed]

Edmonds is an outspoken critic of immigration[65]and theBBC's Welsh language service.[66]

He coordinated the Heart of Devon campaign to provide information for farmers affected by thefoot and mouthepidemic in 2001.[67]

TV licence boycott

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Edmonds said that he had stopped payment on hisTV licencein early 2008, in response to the sometimes controversial methods used to enforce collection of the TV licence fee. Edmonds said that it is wrong to "threaten" and "badger" people, in response to the collection authority's common assumption that the non-possession of a licence can mean licence evasion, as well as the large fines which can be used as enforcement for non-payment.[68]TV Licensing later claimed that Edmonds did possess a valid current TV licence, but this claim was denied by a spokesman for Edmonds.[69]

Spiritualism

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For many years, Edmonds has been a believer inspiritualism,in particular the concept ofcosmic ordering,a subject he became interested in after being introduced toBärbel Mohr's bookThe Cosmic Ordering Service – A Guide to Realising Your Dreamsby hisreflexologist.[70]He had not worked on TV since the end of his BBC TV showNoel's House Partyin 1999 and one of his wishes was for a new challenge. Later he was offered the chance to return to TV to work onDeal or No Deal.[71]Edmonds later went on to write his own book[72]titledPositively Happy: Cosmic Ways To Change Your Life.[73][74]

Edmonds said in 2008 that he is constantly accompanied by two melon-sized "spiritual energy" balls, which appear over his shoulders and which he believes to be the spirits of his dead parents. "Orbs are little bundles of positive energy and they think they can move between 500 and 1,000 miles per hour," according to Edmonds. "They look like little round planets but they come in all shapes and sizes."[75]He has asserted that the orbs appear only on digital photographs.[76]

In August 2015, Edmonds gave an interview to theDaily Mirrorin which he stated that the greatest problem facing humanity was "electrosmog" due toWi-Fiand other "systems", causing the destruction of "our natural electro-magnetic fields". He also stated a belief that death was impossible because the body was merely a container for "a universal energy", and that this had "been known for a very long time". When he dies, Edmonds anticipates that "My energy will return to where it came from – part of a massive, incomprehensible universal web of energy".[77]

EMP Pad

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On 7 June 2016, Edmonds said on Twitter that an electromagnetic pulse device costing £2,315 was "A simple box that slows ageing, reduces pain, liftsdepressionandstressand tacklescancer.Yep tackles cancer! ".[78][79]Edmonds provoked further criticism after tweeting to a man withkidney cancer,lymph node metastasesandpsoriatic arthritisthat "Scientific fact-disease is caused by negative energy. Is it possible your ill health is caused by your negative attitude? #explore."[79][78]The following day, Edmonds was interviewed byPhillip SchofieldandHolly WilloughbyonITV'sThis Morningtelevision programme stating that he had been diagnosed withprostate cancerin November 2013. He said that a "very stressful, very negative period" in life had caused his prostate cancer, "I was, I thought, very, very healthy. I know why I got my cancer... the definition of stress is negative energy. It didn't just decide to manifest itself, there was cause". He went on to add: "I then had my tumour destroyed by sound waves, proving yet again energy is at the heart of this issue" and said that "I believe pulsed electromagnetism has a role to play in tackling cancer and I will always believe that".[80][81]

In response, the firm responsible for the device, EMP Pad Limited, said it did not agree with his claim "in any way, shape or form", and that it had not paid him in relation to it. While EMP Pad said it did not pay Edmonds to promote the product, the company's owner Maria Robertson, previously worked as an assistant to the TV presenter and acknowledged having known Edmonds for 25 years and having worked with him and his daughter.[79]Cancer Research UKproduced an article to reassure the public that "the best studies looking at this topic have failed to show a link between emotional stress and an increased risk of cancer" and that "no reliable evidence has ever been produced thatRifemachines – or any similar devices producing low-frequency electromagnetic pulses – have any benefit for cancer patients. Nor have organisations that scrutinise new treatments and devices (like theUS Food and Drug Authorityor theEuropean Medicines Agency) approved any as a therapy for any type of disease ".[82]

David Grimes,a cancer researcher at theUniversity of Oxford,toldThis Morning:"It's not just untrue, it's patronising andvictim blaming,cancer is bad luck... the healthiest people in the world get cancer and it's not because they are negative ".[83]Prof. John Gribben, chair of medicaloncologyatQueen Mary University of London,said: "This is complete gibberish and undermines all the good work everyone does with evidence-based medicine and targeted approaches".[84]Edzard Ernst,emeritus professor at theUniversity of Exetersaid: "The reason why most of us put 'negative energy' in inverted commas is simple: it is a pure figment of the imagination of fantasists. That would not be so bad except that, as we see, some VIPs seem to take this nonsense seriously. The result might be that some desperate patients believe them, and choose the nonsense over the best that real medicine has to offer. And that could hasten deaths."[84]

In 2016 the UK'sAdvertising Standards Authoritysaid that it was "urgently looking into" a complaint made over the claims, because advertising any proven or unproven cancer treatment would violate theCancer Act 1939if payments had been made.[78]Later the ASA said that no rules had been broken.[79]The same year theMedicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agencysaid that it was investigating the products available from EMP Pad "to determine whether there are any breaches of the Medical Device Regulations 2002".[79]

Dispute with Lloyds Bank

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A major turning point for Edmonds was the 2005 collapse of his entertainment company Unique Group – an umbrella for various production companies that owned the rights to, among other things,Mr BlobbyandTelly Addicts.Edmonds heldLloyds Bankresponsible, because it had acquiredHBOS,whose Reading branch was involved in the alleged scam.[85]Edmonds sought £60m in losses and damages.[85]Edmonds complained to theAdvertising Standards Authorityabout the "By Your Side" Lloyds marketing campaign, claiming it was hypocritical; the complaint was not upheld.[86]In 2017, the HBOS bankers and others involved in the scam were found guilty of committing fraud and jailed.[87][88]In 2019 it was reported that the dispute was settled, with Lloyds Bank Group agreeing a compensation deal with Edmonds, and apologising to him for the "distress" he had suffered.[85]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Channel Notes
1970 Come Dancing Himself/Presenter BBC1 1 episode
1972–1981 Top of the Pops 76 episodes
1973 Disney Time 1 episode
1974 Going a Bundle Self Southern TV
1975 Call My Bluff BBC2 2 episodes; series 9
Seaside Special Self/Presenter BBC1 3 episodes
1976 New Faces Self/Panellist ATV 7 episodes
1976–1981 Star Turn Self BBC1 8 episodes
1976–1982 Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Self/Presenter 165 episodes
1977–1978 Blue Peter Self 2 episodes
1978–1979 Lucky Numbers Self/Presenter 17 episodes
1979 Juke Box Jury 10 episodes
1979–1999 Top Gear Self BBC2 26 episodes
1982–1986 The Late, Late Breakfast Show Self/Presenter BBC1 79 episodes
1983–1985 The Time of Your Life 37 episodes
1984 The Montreux Golden Rose Pop Festival 3 episodes
1984–1988 Christmas Morning with Noel akaThe Live Live Christmas Breakfast Show
1985–1998 Telly Addicts 83 episodes
1986 The Noel Edmonds Show Self ABC Television pilot
1987–1988 Whatever Next... Self/Presenter BBC1 16 episodes
1988 The Britannia Music Awards Awards ceremony
1988–1990 The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow 48 episodes
1988–1993 Going Live! Self Children's BBC 6 episodes
1989–1999 Noel's Christmas Presents Self/Presenter BBC1 7 episodes
1991–1999 Noel's House Party 168 episodes
1993 Mr Blobby Self BBC1/VHS Music video
The Detectives BBC1 1 episode
1994 The National Lottery Live Self/Presenter Launch show
1995–1997 Live & Kicking Self/Guest Children's BBC "Hot Seat" interviewee
1996–1997 Noel's Telly Years Self/Presenter BBC1 20 episodes
1997 Noel's Le Mans Dream Self BBC Two Documentary
Brass Eye Channel 4 Prank victim
1998 Red Dwarf A-Z BBC Two Television film
1999 Faking It Channel 4 Television film
The World of the Secret Camera Self/Presenter BBC One 3 part series
Kirsty YoungInterviews Self/Guest Channel 5 Television special, interviewee
2003 Loose Women Guest ITV1 1 episode
2004 The Curse of Noel Edmonds Self; archive footage only Five Mockumentary
2005–2016 Deal or No Deal Self/Presenter Channel 4 3,001 episodes in total
2006 It Started With Swap Shop BBC Two Television special
Parkinson Self/Guest ITV1 1 episode
National Lottery Day: Everyone's a Winner Self/Presenter BBC One Television special
2006–2007 TV Burp Self/Cameo ITV1 Both archive and original footage
2007 The Friday Night Project Self/Presenter Channel 4 Guest host
Red Nose Day 2007 Self BBC One Sketch withCatherine Tate
2007–2011 Noel's Christmas Presents (revival) Self/Presenter Sky One 5 specials
2008–2009 Noel's HQ 6 episodes
2008–2010 Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old? 11 episodes
2011–2018 This Morning Self ITV 8 episodes
2012 Run for Your Wife Man in shop N/A Direct-to-DVDfilm
2013 The Sarah Millican Television Programme Self BBC Two Guest, Series 2 Episode 2
2012–2015 Celebrity Deal or No Deal Presenter Channel 4 14 specials
2014 The Life of Rock with Brian Pern Self BBC Four Mockumentary
Newsnight BBC Two Guest
The Fight for Saturday Night BBC Four Television special
The Late Late Show Self/Guest RTE One 1 episode, 10 October 2014
2016 Deal or No Deal on Tour Presenter Channel 4 10 episodes
Noel's Sell or Swap Live Presenter Television special
2017 Cheap Cheap Cheap Self/Presenter 30 episodes; also creator and writer
2018 Victoria Derbyshire Self/Guest BBC News 1 episode
Eight Go Rallying: The Road to Saigon Self BBC Two 4 episodes
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! ITV 11 episodes
2021 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway The Overlord 1 episode
Banksters Self N/A Documentary film
2022 Noel Edmonds: The Rise & Fall of Mr. Saturday Night Self; archive footage only Channel 5 Documentary
Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes Self; archive footage only N/A Documentary

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