Editing 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 on [[Radio Luxembourg]] before moving to [[BBC Radio 1]] in the UK, presenting the [[Radio 1 Breakfast|breakfast show]] for almost five years. He has presented various radio shows and light-entertainment television programmes for over 50 years, originally working for the [[BBC]] and later [[Sky UK]] and [[Channel 4]].

After presenting children's Saturday-morning programme ''[[Multi-Coloured Swap Shop]]'' (1976–1982) and various other BBC TV shows like ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' and ''[[Top Gear (1977 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' during the 1970s, he became best known for presenting ''[[Noel's House Party]]'' on [[BBC One]] from 1991 to 1999. The show achieved 15 million viewers at its peak and originated the character [[Mr Blobby]]. He also presented the BBC TV shows ''[[Noel's Christmas Presents]]'' (1989-1999) and ''[[Telly Addicts]]'' (1985-1998). Following a hiatus from broadcasting, Edmonds presented the game show ''[[Deal or No Deal (British game show)|Deal or No Deal]]'' on Channel 4 from 2005 to 2016.

==Early life==
Edmonds was born in [[Ilford]], [[Essex]], the son of Dudley Edmonds, a headmaster who worked in [[Hainault, London|Hainault]], [[Chigwell]], and Lydia Edmonds, an art teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BFI Screenonline: Edmonds, Noel (1948-) Biography |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/464608/index.html |access-date=16 August 2022 |website=Screenonline.org.uk}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> He attended Glade Primary School in [[Clayhall]] and [[Brentwood School, Essex|Brentwood School]] in [[Brentwood, Essex]].<ref name="Cooke2006">Rachel Cooke, The Observer, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/29/broadcasting.bbc Noel Edmonds talks to Rachel Cooke], 29 January 2006</ref>

He was offered a place at the [[University of Surrey]] but turned it down to focus on his radio career.<ref name=":3" />

==Radio career==
Edmonds began working as a newsreader on [[Radio Luxembourg]],<ref name="Biography">{{cite web|title=Noel Edmonds Biography |url=http://www.noeledmonds.tv/biography.php| access-date=27 September 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060721202503/http://www.noeledmonds.tv/biography.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 21 July 2006}}</ref> which was offered to him in 1968 after he sent tapes to [[offshore radio]] stations.

In 1969, Edmonds moved to [[BBC Radio 1]], where he began by recording trailers for broadcasts and filling in for absent DJs, such as [[Kenny Everett]].<ref name="Biography"/> In April 1970, he began his own two-hour Saturday-afternoon programme, broadcasting from 1{{nbsp}}to 3{{nbsp}}p.m., before replacing Everett on Saturdays from 10{{nbsp}}a.m. to noon in July that year. In October 1971, he was moved to a Sunday slot from 10{{nbsp}}a.m. to noon before being promoted to host ''[[The Radio 1 Breakfast Show]]'' from Monday 4 June 1973 to Friday 28 April 1978, taking over from [[Tony Blackburn]]. Edmonds then moved back to Sunday mornings, from 10{{nbsp}}a.m. to 1{{nbsp}}p.m., in 1978 and also presented ''Talkabout'', an hour-long talk show broadcast on Thursday evenings.<ref>{{cite web| work=Radio Rewind |title=Noel Edmonds at Dingly Dell |url=http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/noel_edmonds_page.htm| access-date=12 September 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060616191831/http://radiorewind.co.uk/noel_edmonds_page.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 16 June 2006}}</ref> Edmonds left Radio 1 in March 1983.<ref name="Biography"/>

Edmonds made two temporary returns to Radio 1. First in 1985, when he sat in for [[Mike Read]] hosting the breakfast show for 1 week, and again in 1992 to celebrate Radio 1's 25th birthday.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

In 2003, Edmonds made a brief radio comeback, taking over the [[Drive time|drivetime]] broadcast on [[BBC Radio 2]] for eight weeks while [[Johnnie Walker (DJ)|Johnnie Walker]] was treated for cancer. His stint on Radio 2 lasted from 4 August until 3 October.<ref>{{cite web| work=BBC Radio 2|title=Noel Edmonds Returns To His Radio Roots |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/about/noeledmonds.shtml| access-date=10 September 2006}}</ref> In December 2004, Edmonds played a detective on a radio murder mystery play on local station [[BBC Radio Devon]].<ref>{{cite web| work=BBC |title=Noel Edmonds turns detective for BBC Radio Devon's whodunnit.|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/11_november/16/edmonds.shtml| access-date=10 September 2006}}</ref>

In 2020, Edmonds set up an online radio network in [[New Zealand]], called Positivity Radio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18717621.issue-day-noel-edmonds-radio-plants/|title=Issue of the day: Noel Edmonds' radio for plants|website=The Herald|last=Sugden|first=Maureen|date=14 September 2020|access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref>

==Television career==
[[File:Noel Edmonds.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Edmonds at a Radio 1 Raceday, [[Mallory Park]], May 1976]]
Edmonds hosted ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' at various points between 1972 and 1978, during which time he also presented a phone-in programme for teenagers called ''Z Shed'' on [[BBC1]] as well as a programme called ''Hobby Horse''. He hosted the children's Saturday-morning programme ''[[Multi-Coloured Swap Shop]]'', which ran from 1976 to 1982. With fellow ''Swap Shop'' regulars [[Maggie Philbin]] and [[Keith Chegwin]], Edmonds was a member of the trio [[Brown Sauce (band)|Brown Sauce]], which recorded the single "I Wanna Be a Winner" in 1981. It reached number 15 in the UK singles chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vinylsingles.co.uk/iwannabeawinner.htm |title=Label and Recording info. |access-date=2 September 2007 |work=vinylsingles.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928190846/http://www.vinylsingles.co.uk/iwannabeawinner.htm |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://saturdaymornings.co.uk/svgallery.shtml?show=swapshop |title=Sound and Video Gallery:Multi-Coloured Swap Shop |access-date=2 September 2007 |work=saturdaymornings.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929140950/http://saturdaymornings.co.uk/svgallery.shtml?show=swapshop |archive-date=29 September 2007 }}</ref> In 1980, Edmonds took part in the ''[[Eurovision Song Contest 1980|Eurovision Song Contest]]'', introducing the UK entry live on stage at the final in [[the Hague]]. During ''Swap Shop''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s run Edmonds hosted ''Lucky 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 series ''[[Juke Box Jury]]''.

Edmonds was one of the original presenters of the BBC's motoring series ''[[Top Gear (1977 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' during the late 1970s. During his time on the programme he mocked the [[Fiat Ritmo|Fiat Strada]], saying it "wasn't very good", which caused [[Fiat]] to threaten to sue the BBC unless he apologised for the comments.<ref>{{cite news |title=A history of Top Gear presenters: there was life before Clarkson |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/top-gear/a-history-of-top-gear-presenters/noel-edmonds-on-a-ford-gt40/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412030413/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/top-gear/a-history-of-top-gear-presenters/noel-edmonds-on-a-ford-gt40/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 April 2016 |work=The Telegraph |date=11 April 2016}}</ref> Edmonds reappeared in one episode of ''Top Gear'' in the 1990s, to road test the classic 1960s [[Ford GT40]] supercar, of which he owned two, because the host [[Jeremy Clarkson]] – at {{convert|6|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} tall – was unable to fit into the cockpit. In 1997 Clarkson was one of Edmonds' star team for the 1997 [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans race]] which was featured in ''Noel's Le Mans Dream'', a two-part documentary for BBC 2.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Baker|first=Andrew|date=15 June 1997|title=Sport on TV: The Blobbymobile and the Crinkly bottom line|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sport-on-tv-the-blobbymobile-and-the-crinkly-bottom-line-1256068.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sport-on-tv-the-blobbymobile-and-the-crinkly-bottom-line-1256068.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=6 September 2020}}</ref> In the 1980s Edmonds hosted a series on BBC1 called ''The 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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''The Late Late Breakfast Show'' was 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-host [[Leni Harper]]. It also featured [[Mike Smith (broadcaster)|Mike Smith]] and [[John Peel]].

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The programme is remembered for several accidents during its regular "Give it a Whirl" stunt slot; in particular [[The Late Late Breakfast Show#Death of Michael Lush|the death of Michael Lush]]. The show was cancelled by the BBC on 15 November 1986, following Lush's death two days earlier. While rehearsing a [[bungee jumping|bungee jump]] to be performed live on the show, Michael Lush plunged {{convert|120|ft}} to his death when his rope came loose. Edmonds resigned from the BBC immediately afterwards.

===''Telly Addicts''===
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''Telly Addicts'' was a BBC1 game show hosted by Edmonds, who also owned the format. ''Telly Addicts'' broadcast 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 called ''Noel's Addicts'', but this show had no similarity to the ''Telly Addicts'' format and only ran for one series.

===''Noel's Saturday Roadshow''===
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''Noel's Saturday Roadshow'' was Edmonds's second BBC television light entertainment show, broadcast on Saturday evenings from 3 September 1988 to 15 December 1990.<ref>{{cite web| work=Off The Telly |title=The Glory Game – The Rise And Rise Of Saturday Night Telly |url=http://offthetelly.co.uk/lightentertainment/glorygame/part15.htm | access-date=10 September 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041118201432/http://offthetelly.co.uk/lightentertainment/glorygame/part15.htm |archive-date = 18 November 2004}}</ref>
Presented by Edmonds, it was his first major TV project since the demise of ''The Late, Late Breakfast Show'' two 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 unlike ''The 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 for ''Noel's House Party'' to 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 in ''House 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 example [[Sylvester McCoy]] for the title role of ''Doctor Who'', and [[Tony Robinson]] for his character of Baldrick in ''[[Blackadder the Third]]''.

===''Noel's House Party''===
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By 1991, the ''Saturday Roadshow'' morphed into ''Noel'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 psychic [[Uri Geller]] apparently bending a spoon with his hands while demonstrating his "powers" to a member of the public. When then-Radio 1 DJ [[Dave Lee Travis]] was "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 the [[List of Christmas number one singles|1993 Christmas No. 1]].<ref>{{cite web| work=Everything2 |title=UK Number One singles of 1993 |url=http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1341888| access-date=10 September 2006}}</ref>

''Noel's House Party'' was 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&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Duff|first=Seamus|date=16 April 2018|title=Noel Edmonds' House Party set to return after 20 years – with a 'modern' twist|work=Mirror|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/noel-edmonds-house-party-might-12371794|access-date=6 September 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | work=TV Cream | title=The TV Cream Guide to Television Presenters | url=http://tv.cream.org/specialassignments/presenters/e.htm | access-date=12 September 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014025650/http://tv.cream.org/specialassignments/presenters/e.htm | archive-date=14 October 2006 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===''Deal or No Deal''===
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[[File:Noel Edmonds Press (2015).png|thumb|upright|Edmonds presented the Channel 4 game show ''Deal or No Deal'' between 2005 and 2016]]
In 2005, Edmonds was persuaded back to TV presentation by [[Peter Bazalgette]], then CEO of [[Endemol]], which was experiencing great success with its new game show format of ''[[Deal 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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Timms|first=Dominic|date=17 October 2005|title=Bazalgette sealed the Deal for Edmonds|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/oct/17/channel4.broadcasting|access-date=6 September 2020}}</ref> The programme was initially recorded at Paintworks in [[Bristol]] but later moved to a dedicated studio in [[The Bottle Yard Studios]] in 2014. ''Deal or No Deal'' began 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 presenting ''Deal or No Deal'' extended until autumn 2007, for a fee rumoured to be £3&nbsp;million, making him one of the highest-paid personalities on UK television.<ref>{{cite web| work=Manchester Online |title=Noel Edmonds 'set for TV deal' |url=http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/showbiz/s/208/208592_noel_edmonds_set_for_tv_deal.html| access-date=10 September 2006}}</ref> In 2006, Edmonds was nominated for a [[BAFTA Television Award]] for his work on the programme but lost out on the night to [[Jonathan Ross]].<ref>{{Cite news| work=BBC News Online |title=Bafta TV Awards 2006: The winners |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4983252.stm| access-date=10 September 2006 | date=7 May 2006 | location=London}}</ref>

On 16 March 2007, Edmonds made a [[cameo appearance]] as himself in a sketch with [[Catherine Tate]] who appeared in the guise of her character [[Joanie Taylor|Joanie "Nan" Taylor]] from ''[[The Catherine Tate Show]]''. Nan appeared on a special episode of ''Deal or No Deal'', where she ended up cheating. The sketch was made for the BBC [[Red Nose Day]] fundraising programme of 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2007/01/31/tate-in-deal-or-no-deal-41962/ |title=Tate in Deal Or No Deal |work=Metro.co.uk |date=31 January 2007 |access-date=17 April 2013}}</ref>

''Deal or No Deal'' ran 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 and [[Channel 4]] agreed to end the show.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37130769 Deal Or No Deal: No new Channel 4 deal for Noel Edmonds' game show]. 19 August 2016. ''BBC News''. Accessed 19 August 2016.</ref> In celebration of one of UK TV's longest and most popular gameshow runs, the final shows were recorded on location.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Frances|first=Taylor|date=22 December 2016|title=How Deal or No Deal on Tour was filmed 37,000 feet in the air|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-12-22/how-deal-or-no-deal-on-tour-was-filmed-37000-feet-in-the-air/|access-date=6 September 2020|website=Radio Times}}</ref> Games were filmed on a [[Boeing 737]], the [[Flying Scotsman (train)|Flying Scotsman]], atop the [[Blackpool Tower]] and down a cave in [[Somerset]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Caroline|first=Westbrook|date=23 December 2016|title=Deal Or No Deal just rounded off its UK tour with its ninth quarter-millionaire|work=Metro|url=https://metro.co.uk/2016/12/23/deal-or-no-deal-just-rounded-off-its-uk-tour-with-its-ninth-quarter-millionaire-6342830/|access-date=6 September 2020}}</ref>

===Work with Sky===
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On 24 May 2007, [[Sky One]] announced that Edmonds would host the UK version of the American hit ''[[Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?]]'', titled ''Are 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 by [[Dick & Dom]].

[[Sky1]]'s autumn 2008 season saw Edmonds host ''Noel's HQ'', a new live entertainment show with a philanthropic purpose, his fees going to a charitable trust.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7883485.stm |title=Edmonds fronts TV show for free |publisher=BBC News |date=11 February 2009 |access-date=17 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | work= VirginMedia.com | title= Noels broken Britain call | url= http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/news/entertainment/2008/07/02/noels_broken_britain_call | access-date= 2 September 2008 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081227100044/http://latestnews.virginmedia.com/news/entertainment/2008/07/02/noels_broken_britain_call | archive-date= 27 December 2008 | df= dmy-all }}</ref> This was later developed into a series. The show received a negative review from ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Charlie |last=Brooker |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/feb/14/noels-hq-television-charlie-brooker |title=Charlie Brooker's screen burn |work=The Guardian |access-date=17 April 2013 |location=London |date=14 February 2009}}</ref> Sky edited a repeat broadcast after Edmonds launched an extended verbal attack on a council press officer.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ben |last=Dowell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/13/noel-edmonds-threat-to-quit-sky |title=Editing of tirade against council |work=The Guardian |date=13 February 2009 |access-date=17 April 2013 |location=London}}</ref> In March 2009, Sky1 announced the cancellation of the show.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7966659.stm|title=Noel Edmonds show dropped by Sky|work=BBC News|access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref>

===Other television appearances===
[[File:Noel Edmonds 2006.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Edmonds in 2006]]
Edmonds has hosted major TV events including the [[BAFTA Awards]], the [[Brit Awards]] and the launch of the [[UK National Lottery]]. Edmonds was involved in the [[Live Aid]] concerts in 1985, transporting stars to and from the [[Wembley Stadium]] concert via helicopter and appearing on stage at Wembley to introduce the joint set by [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] and [[Phil Collins]]. Edmonds also took Collins to [[Heathrow Airport]], where Collins boarded [[Concorde]] to fly to the United States to perform at the [[Philadelphia]] concert.

''[[Noel's Christmas Presents]]'' was an annual broadcast in which Edmonds delivered special presents to special people. Some of the gifts included arranging trips to [[Lapland (Finland)|Lapland]] for ill or disadvantaged children, or arranging family reunions.<ref>{{Cite news| first = Paul| last = Whitelaw| title = The nightmare over Christmas| url = http://living.scotsman.com/tv.cfm?id=2419582005 | work = The Scotsman|date=17 December 2005| access-date = 16 September 2006}}</ref> ''Noel's Christmas Presents'' was originally broadcast on [[BBC One]] on Christmas Day from 1989 until 1999 (except 1992), before it returned to UK screens courtesy of [[Sky1]] on 23 December 2007. Further editions were screened on 21 December 2008, 20 December 2009, 18 December 2010 and 18 December 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skyone.co.uk/programme/pgefeature.aspx?pid=126&fid=995|title=Sky 1|website=Sky}}</ref>

In 1997 Edmonds was involved in an episode of the [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]] spoof documentary series ''[[Brass 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.<ref>{{cite video | people = Chris Morris |year=1997 | title = Brass Eye, Series 1, Episode 6: Decline | medium = Television series}}</ref> Edmonds was also a guest host for the fourth-series episode of ''[[The Friday Night Project]]'', broadcast on 26 January 2007.<ref>The Channel 4 programme ''[[The Friday Night Project]]'', 26 January 2007</ref> In 2014 he appeared in [[BBC Four]]'s ''[[The Life of Rock with Brian Pern]]'' as himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vrsfr|title=Middle Age of Rock, The Life of Rock with Brian Pern, Brian Pern – BBC Four|website=BBC|access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref>

In 2017 Edmonds presented ''[[Cheap Cheap Cheap]]'', a cross between a sitcom and a game show. Edmonds came up with the concept, produced by [[Hat Trick Productions|Hat Trick]] and Channel 4 commissioned 30 episodes, each an hour long. The action took place in 'Noel's Store' and according to the ''Radio 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.<ref name=rt>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-08-15/noel-edmonds-cheap-cheap-cheap-is-so-bizarre-so-tatty-and-so-ridiculous-it-might-just-be-genius/|title=What is Cheap Cheap Cheap? Noel Edmonds' new Channel 4 game show is unlike anything you've ever seen – review|date=25 August 2017|work=Radio Times}}</ref> Stuart Heritage of ''The Guardian'' said 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".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/14/noel-edmonds-tvs-emperor-of-folly-cheap-cheap-cheap|title=Noel Edmonds: TV's emperor of folly|first=Stuart|last=Heritage|date=14 August 2017|work=The Guardian}}</ref> ''The Daily Telegraph''{{'}}s Ed Power described it as "naff, tacky and numbingly dull" and "mind-bendingly outlandish".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/08/18/noel-edmonds-cheap-cheap-cheap-tragically-weird-show-ever-made/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/08/18/noel-edmonds-cheap-cheap-cheap-tragically-weird-show-ever-made/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Is Noel Edmonds' Cheap Cheap Cheap the most tragically weird show ever made?|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=18 August 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

''The Curse of Noel Edmonds'', a documentary tracing the rise and fall of his showbiz career, was transmitted by [[Five (channel)|Five]] on 9 November 2004, with former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read being one of the contributors to the programme.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} On 27 August 2022, Edmonds was the subject of an in-depth documentary on [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]], titled ''Noel Edmonds: The Rise & Fall of Mr. Saturday Night''. The show documented the highs and lows of Edmonds' career to date.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-vud8ry/noel-edmonds-the-rise-fall-of-mr-saturday-night/|title=Noel Edmonds: The Rise & Fall of Mr Saturday Night|website=Radio Times|access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/whats-on-tv-and-radio-this-weekend-saturday-august-27-and-sunday-august-28-kb6lxrth5|title=What's on TV and radio this weekend: Saturday, August 27, and Sunday, August 28|website=[[The Times]]|last=Dowell|first=Ben|date=27 August 2022|access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref>

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In November 2018, Edmonds participated in the eighteenth series of ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Zoe|first=Shenton|date=30 November 2018|title=Noel Edmonds' I'm A Celebrity earnings per day revealed after £600k star becomes first to exit|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/noel-edmonds-im-celebrity-earnings-13670978|work=Mirror}}</ref> Edmonds' appearance fee of £600,000 made him the highest paid participant ever in the show's history up to that date.<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Amin|first= Meghna|title= The Jungle's Biggest Fat Cats|magazine= [[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|publication-date= 24 November 2023|publisher= [[DMG Media]]|page= 28}}</ref>

He was the first celebrity to leave the series when he was voted out on 30 November 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46397858 |title=No deal for Noel's bus lane claim |first=Lauren |last=Turner |date=30 November 2018 |work=BBC News |access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref> Many fans of the show were surprised by the departure, with ''Radio 1 Breakfast Show'' host [[Greg James]] described as "furious and sad".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/im-a-celebrity-noel-edmonds-elimination-reaction/#:~:text=Noel%20Edmonds%20has%20become%20the,being%20the%20last%20to%20arrive.&text=The%20TV%20veteran%20was%20reportedly,days%20into%20the%20current%20series.|title = Noel Edmonds was voted out of the jungle and I'm a Celeb viewers don't understand what happened|website=Radiotimes.com}}</ref>

==Business ventures==
===Unique Group===
In 1985, Edmonds formed the Unique Group, which consisted of various operations. The [[UBC Media Group|Unique Broadcasting Company Media Group]] plc (UBCMG) was an independent producer of audio programming in the UK, supplying [[BBC Radio|BBC]] and independent radio. [[Michael Peacock (television executive)|Michael Peacock]] was an executive of the group between 1989 and 2005, and former Radio 1 controller [[Johnny Beerling]] joined the group following his departure from the network in 1993. It owned [[Classic Gold Digital Network|Classic Gold Digital]] before selling the stations back to [[GCap Media]] which merged them into the [[Gold (British radio network)|Gold]] network.<ref>{{cite web | work=UBC Media Group plc | title=Radio Stations Overview | url=http://www.ubcmedia.com/view.php?p=2 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051228211129/http://www.ubcmedia.com/view.php?p=2 | url-status=dead | archive-date=28 December 2005 | access-date=12 September 2006 }}</ref> Edmonds resigned as non-executive director of UBCMG in March 2006 as a direct result of the success of ''Deal or No Deal''.<ref>{{cite web | work=UBC Media Group plc | title=Directorate Change | url=http://www.ubcmedia.com/pressview.php?ID=45 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061129180543/http://www.ubcmedia.com/pressview.php?ID=45 | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 November 2006 | access-date=10 September 2006 }}</ref> As of 2006, Edmonds also had interests in Unique Motor Company, a producer of small off-road vehicles, including the [[Qpod]].<ref>{{Cite news|work=The Independent Online |title=The Verdict: Qpod |url=http://motoring.independent.co.uk/road_tests/article321873.ece |access-date=18 September 2006 |url-status=dead |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060108111317/http://motoring.independent.co.uk/road_tests/article321873.ece |archive-date=8 January 2006 }}</ref>

In July 2019, Edmonds agreed to a compensation deal with [[Lloyds Banking Group]] as a victim of the [[HBOS#Reading branch fraud and Operation Hornet|HBOS Reading branch fraud]]. He had claimed that bank staff had destroyed Unique Group.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49138587|title=Noel Edmonds reaches deal with Lloyds over scam|date=27 July 2019|access-date=27 July 2019|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

===Theme parks===
{{further|Crinkley Bottom}}
Edmonds-licensed [[theme park]] attractions based on Crinkley Bottom and Mr Blobby were set up in existing parks at [[Cricket St Thomas]] in Somerset and [[Pleasurewood Hills]] Theme Park in [[Lowestoft]], Suffolk. A park was also built in [[Morecambe]], 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 of [[Lancaster, England|Lancaster]] city council's management of the Morecambe park.<ref>{{Cite news| work=BBC News Online |title=Council broke law in Blobby park failure |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2711393.stm| access-date=12 September 2006 | date=31 January 2003 | location=London}}</ref>

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'.<ref>{{cite web | work=This is Lancashire | title=Council got it wrong says auditor | url=http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/2003/2/6/568681.html | access-date=10 September 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227110041/http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/2003/2/6/568681.html | archive-date=27 December 2008 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The affair was dubbed 'Blobbygate' by the media.<ref>{{cite web|work=The Westmoreland Gazette|title=Blobbygate report 'fair'|url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/archive/display.var.291555.0.blobbygate_report_fair.php|access-date=18 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014732/http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/archive/display.var.291555.0.blobbygate_report_fair.php|archive-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Buying the BBC===
In March 2014, Edmonds declared on ''[[Newsnight]]'' that he was part of a consortium which planned to buy the BBC, because the corporation was "sleepwalking itself to destruction".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13151059.noel-edmonds-ive-put-together-a-consortium-to-buy-out-the-bbc/|title=Noel Edmonds: I've put together a consortium to buy out the BBC|work=The Herald|location=Glasgow|date=18 March 2014|access-date=25 December 2018}}</ref> He said that he did not have a TV licence and only watched BBC programmes on [[BBC iPlayer|catch-up]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Perry|first=Keith|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10704532/BBC-is-sleepwalking-to-destruction-says-Noel-Edmonds.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10704532/BBC-is-sleepwalking-to-destruction-says-Noel-Edmonds.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=BBC is "sleepwalking to destruction" says Noel Edmonds|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=18 March 2014|access-date=8 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Edmonds married Gillian Slater in 1971. The marriage ended in divorce after 11 years.<ref name="Cooke2006" /> From July 1986 to 2005, he was married to Helen Soby; the couple have four daughters.<ref>{{cite news|date=8 January 2005|title=TV star Noel Edmonds to divorce|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4157501.stm}}</ref> In July 2009, Edmonds married his third wife, Liz Davies, who was a make-up artist on the programme ''[[Deal or No Deal (British game show)|Deal or No Deal]]'' when they first met.<ref name="telegraph1" />

Edmonds is a licensed [[helicopter]] pilot, and one of his early personal aircraft was registered G-NOEL.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Gill|first1=Rosemary|title=Swap Shop: Book 4|first2=Crispin|last2=Evans|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|year=1981|isbn=0-563-17989-9}}</ref> He was president of the [[British Horse Society]] between 2004 and 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=The British Horse Society - About Us: President|url=http://www.bhs.org.uk/content/Abt-President.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825045647/http://www.bhs.org.uk/content/Abt-President.asp|archive-date=25 August 2006|access-date=16 September 2006|work=The British Horse Society}}</ref>

On 27 September 2015, Edmonds received an award from the Atlantic Award Group for his extensive contributions to broadcasting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atlanticaward.com/news/859 |title=Award to Noel Edmonds |work=Atlanticaward.com |date=27 September 2015 |access-date=9 January 2019}}</ref> The selection process was initiated by a nomination by a viewer of ''Deal 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, after [[HBOS#Reading branch fraud and Operation Hornet|fraud by a group of HBOS financiers]] destroyed 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."<ref name="metrosuicide">{{cite news|first=Sarah|last=Deen|date=19 June 2017|title=Noel Edmonds says he was 'pushed to the brink of suicide' after falling victim to financial fraud|work=Metro.co.uk|url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/19/noel-edmonds-says-he-was-pushed-to-the-brink-of-suicide-after-falling-victim-to-financial-fraud-6718372/}}</ref> In September 2017, Edmonds said there was a direct link between fraudulent HBOS financiers causing stress and his [[prostate 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."<ref name="metrostress">{{cite news|first=Sarah|last=Deen|date=10 September 2017|title=Noel Edmonds says stress of HBOS financial crisis 'triggered' his prostate cancer|work=Metro.co.uk|url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/09/10/noel-edmonds-says-stress-of-hbos-financial-crisis-triggered-his-prostate-cancer-6915779/}}</ref>

Edmonds and his wife decided to move to New Zealand in 2015 and eventually emigrated in 2019; during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand|COVID lockdown]] he set up 100 online community radio stations called Positivity Radio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/uk-businessman-tracks-down-tv-celebrity-noel-edmonds-in-nz-claims-he-owes-him-money/SXU4IZEYS6GHCM4Z24A4OWBY34/|title=UK businessman hires investigator to track down TV star in NZ|date=22 June 2023|website=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref> He currently lives in [[Ngātīmoti]], in the [[South Island]], with his wife, having gained residency permission in February 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|date=29 October 2023|title=Coronavirus: UK media star Noel Edmonds hopes NZ radio network will aid recovery|website=Stuff.co.nz|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300993866/youre-the-enemy-noel-edmonds-cycleway-rant-and-a-meeting-of-conspiracy-theorists}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Molyneux|first=Vita|date=1 June 2020|title=British broadcasting legend Noel Edmonds reveals why he loves New Zealand|work=Newshub|location=New Zealand|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2020/06/british-broadcasting-legend-noel-edmonds-reveals-why-he-loves-new-zealand.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609144257/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2020/06/british-broadcasting-legend-noel-edmonds-reveals-why-he-loves-new-zealand.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 June 2020|access-date=5 September 2020}}</ref>

Edmonds is fond of [[Illeism|referring to himself in the third person]].<ref name=":3">{{cite news |last1=Delaney |first1=Sam |title='I confuse people': Noel Edmonds on bank fraud, Mr Blobby and his 'barmy' reputation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jun/01/noel-edmonds-bank-mr-blobby-barmy-reputation |work=The Guardian |date=1 June 2019 |language=en-uk}}</ref>

===Political views===
Edmonds was chairman of the [[Renewable Energy Foundation]] (REF),<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2011 |title=Will the real Renewable Energy Foundation please stand up? {{!}} Leo Hickman |url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2011/may/18/renewable-energy-foundation-wind-farm |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> an organisation which is staunchly opposed to [[wind farm]]s. He was said to have joined "because of the threat near his home in [[Devon]]".<ref name=":2">[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/jul/15/environment.environment Edmonds joins fight against wind farms], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 15 July 2004</ref> He has been quoted as saying that, "Politicians are promoting the wind industry as a [[Green politics|green 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".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.woodfordwindfarm.com/Wind%20Power%20Myths%20%26%20Links.html |title=Woodford wind farm action group |publisher=Woodfordwindfarm.com |access-date=17 April 2013 |archive-date=16 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316232607/http://www.woodfordwindfarm.com/Wind%20Power%20Myths%20%26%20Links.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> His view is that those who are promoting wind farms are energy companies with a vested financial interest, and that [[wind turbine]]s are not reliable enough as a source of sustainable energy.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

Edmonds is an outspoken critic of immigration<ref name="Reuters_2008-09-14">{{cite web | title = Edmonds says "bus is full" on immigration | last = Baker | first = Luke | work = [[Reuters]] | date = 14 September 2008 | access-date = 25 January 2015 | url = http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-immigration-edmonds-idUKLE48697220080914 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305203726/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-immigration-edmonds-idUKLE48697220080914 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 5 March 2016 | publisher = [[Thomson Reuters]] | quote = "I'm very straightforward on immigration. The bus is full," he said. "We haven't got enough energy, we haven't got enough electricity, we haven't got enough of a health service." }}</ref> and the [[BBC Cymru Wales|BBC's Welsh language service]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/noel-edmonds-criticises-bbc-spending-6844324|title=Noel Edmonds criticises BBC for spending £48m on the Welsh language|date=18 March 2014|website=Walesonline.co.uk|access-date=26 July 2015}}</ref>

He coordinated the Heart of Devon campaign to provide information for farmers affected by the [[Foot-and-mouth disease|foot and mouth]] epidemic in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tibbetts |first=Graham |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1448800/Edmonds-fights-plans-to-build-wind-farms.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1448800/Edmonds-fights-plans-to-build-wind-farms.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Edmonds fights plans to build wind farms |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=8 December 2003 |access-date=9 January 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===TV licence boycott===
Edmonds said that he had stopped payment on his [[Television license|TV licence]] in 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.<ref>{{Cite news| work=BBC News|title= Edmonds begins TV licence boycott|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7613938.stm|date=13 September 2008| access-date=13 September 2008 | location=London}}</ref> TV Licensing later claimed that Edmonds did possess a valid current TV licence, but this claim was denied by a spokesman for Edmonds.<ref>{{Cite news| work=BBC News|title=Edmonds 'does have a TV licence'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7623684.stm|date=18 September 2008| access-date=21 September 2008 | location=London}}</ref>

===Spiritualism===
For many years, Edmonds has been a believer in [[Spiritualism (movement)|spiritualism]], in particular the concept of [[cosmic ordering]], a subject he became interested in after being introduced to [[Bärbel Mohr]]'s book ''The Cosmic Ordering Service – A Guide to Realising Your Dreams'' by his [[Reflexology|reflexologist]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Leonard|first=Tom|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/alternative-medicine/3338065/Need-a-lover-or-a-house-Call-on-the-cosmos.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/alternative-medicine/3338065/Need-a-lover-or-a-house-Call-on-the-cosmos.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Need a lover or a house? Call on the cosmos|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=4 April 2006|access-date=8 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He had not worked on TV since the end of his BBC TV show ''Noel's House Party'' in 1999 and one of his wishes was for a new challenge. Later he was offered the chance to return to TV to work on ''[[Deal or No Deal]]''.<ref name=daily>[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16895144&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=dear-cosmos--can-i-have-a-hit-show---name_page.html DEAR COSMOS, CAN I HAVE A HIT SHOW?] [[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]], 3 April 2006.</ref> Edmonds later went on to write his own book<ref>{{cite book|last=Edmonds|first=Noel|year=2006|title=Positively Happy: Cosmic Ways to Change Your Life|location=London|publisher=Vermillion|isbn=978-0091912987}}</ref> titled ''Positively Happy: Cosmic Ways To Change Your Life''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2006/aug/07/digestedread.tvandradio7|title=Positively Happy by Noel Edmonds|date=7 August 2006|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/aug/13/booksonhealth.lifeandhealth|title=Honestly, money doesn't enter into it|first=Emily|last=Stokes|date=12 August 2006|work=The Guardian}}</ref>

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."<ref>{{cite news|last=Alleyne|first=Richard|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/profiles/2967913/Profile-Noel-Edmonds.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/profiles/2967913/Profile-Noel-Edmonds.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Profile: Noel Edmonds|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=16 September 2008|access-date=8 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He has asserted that the [[Spirit_photography#%22Orbs%22|orbs]] appear only on digital photographs.<ref>{{cite news|last=McSmith|first=Andy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/whats-eating-noel-edmonds-931994.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/whats-eating-noel-edmonds-931994.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=What's eating Noel Edmonds?|work=The Independent|date=15 September 2008|access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref>

In August 2015, Edmonds gave an interview to the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' in which he stated that the greatest problem facing humanity was "electrosmog" due to [[Wi-Fi]] and 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".<ref>{{cite news|last=Mandle|first=Chris|title=Noel Edmonds says death doesn't exist and 'electrosmog' is more deadly than Ebola or AIDs|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/noel-edmonds-says-death-doesnt-exist-and-electrosmog-is-more-deadly-than-ebola-or-aids-10439536.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/noel-edmonds-says-death-doesnt-exist-and-electrosmog-is-more-deadly-than-ebola-or-aids-10439536.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent|date=4 August 2015|access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref>

===EMP Pad===
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, lifts [[Major depressive disorder|depression]] and [[Psychological stress|stress]] and tackles [[cancer]]. Yep tackles cancer!".<ref name="Telegraph070616">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/07/noel-edmonds-investigated-by-advertising-watchdog-after-endorsin/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/07/noel-edmonds-investigated-by-advertising-watchdog-after-endorsin/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Noel Edmonds suggests cancer sufferer's ill health is caused by his 'negative attitude'|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=7 June 2016|access-date=8 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="BBC070616"/> Edmonds provoked further criticism after tweeting to a man with [[kidney cancer]], [[Lymphovascular invasion|lymph node metastases]] and [[psoriatic arthritis]] that "Scientific fact-disease is caused by negative energy. Is it possible your ill health is caused by your negative attitude? #explore."<ref name="BBC070616" /><ref name="Telegraph070616" /> The following day, Edmonds was interviewed by [[Phillip Schofield]] and [[Holly Willoughby]] on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'' television programme stating that he had been diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in 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".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/08/noel-edmonds-my-dad-died-of-ignorance-i-got-prostate-cancer-beca/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/08/noel-edmonds-my-dad-died-of-ignorance-i-got-prostate-cancer-beca/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Noel Edmonds: 'My dad died of ignorance, I got prostate cancer because of stress'|last=Yorke|first=Harry|date=8 June 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=8 June 2016|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14543938.Noel_Edmonds_reveals_prostate_cancer_diagnosis_as_he_defends_cancer_caused_by__negative_attitude__tweets/|title=Noel Edmonds reveals prostate cancer diagnosis as he defends cancer caused by 'negative attitude' tweets|date=8 June 2016|work=The Herald|access-date=8 June 2016|location=Glasgow}}</ref>

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.<ref name="BBC070616">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36470979|title=Noel Edmonds 'cancer box' claim dismissed by firm|publisher=BBC News|date=7 June 2016|access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> [[Cancer Research UK]] produced 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 that [[Rife machine|Rife]] machines – 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 the [[Food and Drug Administration|US Food and Drug Authority]] or the [[European Medicines Agency]]) approved any as a therapy for any type of disease".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2016/06/10/stress-cancer-and-electromagnetic-therapy-what-does-the-evidence-say/|title=Stress, cancer and electromagnetic therapy – what does the evidence say?|website=Cancer Research UK – Science blog|date=10 June 2016|access-date=20 August 2017|archive-date=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820115218/http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2016/06/10/stress-cancer-and-electromagnetic-therapy-what-does-the-evidence-say/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[David Robert Grimes|David Grimes]], a cancer researcher at the [[University of Oxford]], told ''This Morning'': "It's not just untrue, it's patronising and [[victim blaming]], cancer is bad luck... the healthiest people in the world get cancer and it's not because they are negative".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/noel-edmonds-cancer-caused-by-negativity_uk_57581ef0e4b006919364fcb3|title=Doctors Slam Noel Edmonds' Suggestion That Cancer Is Caused By Negativity|date=8 June 2016|work=HuffPost UK|access-date=20 August 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref> Prof. John Gribben, chair of medical [[oncology]] at [[Queen Mary University of London]], said: "This is complete gibberish and undermines all the good work everyone does with evidence-based medicine and targeted approaches".<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-noel-edmonds-statements-about-negative-energy-and-cancer/|title=expert reaction to Noel Edmonds' statements about negative energy and cancer|website=Sciencemediacentre.org|language=en-US|access-date=20 August 2017}}</ref> [[Edzard Ernst]], emeritus professor at the [[University of Exeter]] said: "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."<ref name=":0" />

In 2016 the UK's [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Authority]] said that it was "urgently looking into" a complaint made over the claims, because advertising any proven or unproven cancer treatment would violate the [[Cancer Act 1939]] if payments had been made.<ref name="Telegraph070616" /> Later the ASA said that no rules had been broken.<ref name="BBC070616" /> The same year the [[Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency]] said that it was investigating the products available from EMP Pad "to determine whether there are any breaches of the Medical Device Regulations 2002".<ref name="BBC070616" />

===Dispute with Lloyds Bank===
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 Blobby'' and ''Telly Addicts''. Edmonds held [[Lloyds Bank]] responsible, because it had acquired [[HBOS]], whose Reading branch was involved in the alleged scam.<ref name=":1" /> Edmonds sought £60m in losses and damages.<ref name=":1" /> Edmonds complained to the [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Authority]] about the "By Your Side" Lloyds marketing campaign, claiming it was hypocritical; the complaint was not upheld.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/oct/03/noel-edmonds-lloyds-bank-ads-hbos-reading|title=Noel Edmonds fails to get Lloyds Bank's black horse ads banned|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=2 October 2018}}</ref> In 2017, the HBOS bankers and others involved in the scam were found guilty of committing fraud and jailed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2017 |title=Ex-HBOS manager and five others face jail over £245m scam |url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/30/financiers-ex-hbos-manager-scam |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 June 2022 |title=Victims of one of UK's biggest banking frauds 'to be offered £3m compensation' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/13/victims-of-one-of-uk-biggest-banking-frauds-to-be-offered-3m-compensation |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=27 July 2019 |title=Noel Edmonds reaches compensation deal with Lloyds over scam |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49138587 |url-status=dead |access-date=15 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012040428/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49138587 |archive-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Channel
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Come Dancing]]''
|rowspan="3"| Himself/Presenter
|rowspan="3"| [[BBC1]]
| 1 episode
|-
| 1972–1981
| ''[[Top of the Pops]]''
| 76 episodes
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Disney Time]]''
|rowspan="2"| 1 episode
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Going a Bundle]]''
|rowspan="2"| Self
| [[Southern Television|Southern TV]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1975
| ''[[Call My Bluff]]''
| [[BBC2]]
| 2 episodes; series 9
|-
| ''[[Seaside Special]]''
| Self/Presenter
| BBC1
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1976
| ''[[New Faces]]''
| Self/Panellist
| [[Associated Television|ATV]]
| 7 episodes
|-
| 1976–1981
| ''Star Turn''
| Self
|rowspan="5"| BBC1
| 8 episodes
|-
| 1976–1982
| ''[[Multi-Coloured Swap Shop]]''
| Self/Presenter
| 165 episodes
|-
| 1977–1978
| ''[[Blue Peter]]''
| Self
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1978–1979
| ''Lucky Numbers''
|rowspan="2"| Self/Presenter
| 17 episodes
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Juke Box Jury]]''
| 10 episodes
|-
| 1979–1999
| ''[[Top Gear (1977 TV series)|Top Gear]]''
| Self
| BBC2
| 26 episodes
|-
| 1982–1986
| ''[[The Late, Late Breakfast Show]]''
|rowspan="5"| Self/Presenter
|rowspan="5"| 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''
| aka ''The Live Live Christmas Breakfast Show''
|-
| 1985–1998
| ''[[Telly Addicts]]''
| 83 episodes
|-
| 1986
| ''The Noel Edmonds Show''
| Self
| [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| Television pilot
|-
| 1987–1988
| ''Whatever Next...''
| rowspan="3" | Self/Presenter
| rowspan="3" | BBC1
| 16 episodes
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Brit Awards 1988|The Britannia Music Awards]]''
| Awards ceremony
|-
| 1988–1990
| ''[[The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow]]''
|48 episodes
|-
| 1988–1993
| ''[[Going Live!]]''
| Self
| [[CBBC|Children's BBC]]
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1989–1999
| ''Noel's Christmas Presents''
| rowspan="2" |Self/Presenter
| rowspan="2" |BBC1
| 7 episodes
|-
| 1991–1999
| ''[[Noel's House Party]]''
| 168 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1993
| ''[[Mr Blobby (song)|Mr Blobby]]''
|rowspan="2"| Self
| BBC1/[[VHS]]
| Music video
|-
| ''[[The Detectives (1993 TV series)|The Detectives]]''
|rowspan="2"| BBC1
| 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)#On television|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
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1997
| ''Noel's Le Mans Dream''
|rowspan="4"| Self
|[[BBC Two]]
| Documentary
|-
|''[[Brass Eye]]''
| [[Channel 4]]
| Prank victim
|-
| 1998
| ''Red Dwarf A-Z''
|[[BBC Two]]
| Television film
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1999
| ''Faking It''
| Channel 4
| Television film
|-
| ''The World of the Secret Camera''
| Self/Presenter
| [[BBC One]]
| 3 part series
|-
| ''[[Kirsty Young]] Interviews''
| Self/Guest
| [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]]
| Television special, interviewee
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Loose Women]]''
| Guest
| [[ITV1]]
| 1 episode
|-
| 2004
| ''The Curse of Noel Edmonds''
| Self; archive footage only
| [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Five]]
| [[Mockumentary]]
|-
| 2005–2016
| ''[[Deal or No Deal (British game show)|Deal or No Deal]]''
| rowspan="2"| Self/Presenter
| Channel 4
| 3,001 episodes in total
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2006
| ''[[Multi-Coloured Swap Shop|It Started With Swap Shop]]''
| BBC Two
| Television special
|-
| [[Parkinson (TV series)|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
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2007
| ''[[The Friday Night Project]]''
| Self/Presenter
| Channel 4
| Guest host
|-
| ''[[Red Nose Day 2007]]''
| Self
| BBC One
| Sketch with [[Catherine Tate]]
|-
| 2007–2011
| ''[[Noel's Christmas Presents|Noel's Christmas Presents (revival)]]''
| rowspan="3"| Self/Presenter
|rowspan="3"| [[Sky One]]
| 5 specials
|-
| 2008–2009
| ''[[Noel's HQ]]''
| 6 episodes
|-
| 2008–2010
| ''[[Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old? (British game show)|Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old?]]''
| 11 episodes
|-
| 2011–2018
| ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]''
| Self
| [[ITV1|ITV]]
|  8 episodes
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Run for Your Wife (2012 film)|Run for Your Wife]]''
| Man in shop
| N/A
| [[Direct-to-DVD]] film
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The Sarah Millican Television Programme]]''
| Self
| BBC Two
| Guest, Series 2 Episode 2
|-
| 2012–2015
| ''[[Deal or No Deal (British game show)#Celebrity Deal or No Deal|Celebrity Deal or No Deal]]''
| Presenter
| Channel 4
| 14 specials
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2014
|''[[The Life of Rock with Brian Pern]]''
|rowspan="3"| Self
|[[BBC Four]]
| Mockumentary
|-
|''[[Newsnight]]''
|BBC Two
|[[Noel Edmonds#Buying the BBC|Guest]]
|-
| ''[[The Fight for Saturday Night]]''
|BBC Four
| Television special
|-
|''[[The Late Late Show (Irish talk show)|The Late Late Show]]''
|Self/Guest
|[[RTÉ One]]
|1 episode, 10 October 2014
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2016
| ''[[Deal or No Deal (British game show)|Deal or No Deal on Tour]]''
| Presenter
|rowspan="3"| 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
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2018
| ''[[Victoria Derbyshire (TV programme)|Victoria Derbyshire]]''
|Self/Guest
| [[BBC News (British TV channel)|BBC News]]
| 1 episode
|-
| ''Eight Go Rallying: The Road to Saigon''
|rowspan="2"| Self
| BBC Two
| 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]''
|rowspan="2"| ITV
| [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 18)#Celebrities|11 episodes]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2021
| ''[[Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway]]''
| The Overlord
| 1 episode
|-
| ''Banksters''
| Self
| N/A
| Documentary film
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2022
| ''Noel Edmonds: The Rise & Fall of Mr. Saturday Night''
| Self; archive footage only
| [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]]
| Documentary
|-
| ''Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes''
| Self; archive footage only
| N/A
| Documentary
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Noel Edmonds}}
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* {{IMDb name|id=0249509|name=Noel Edmonds}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060410144534/http://www.itsbettertinnedthanfresh.co.uk/Pages/Noel%20Edmonds/noel1.html Spoof fansite with several photos of Edmonds from the 70s]
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/noel_edmonds_page.htm |title=Biography at Radio Rewind |access-date=6 September 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050315091907/http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/noel_edmonds_page.htm |archive-date=15 March 2005 |url-status=dead  }} including sound clips
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030112025243/http://www.geocities.com/thehotw/NoelEdmondstracker.htm Aircheck biography]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080922174305/http://www.dealornodeal.co.uk/backstage/aboutnoel/ Noel Edmonds biography page]

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