Noel Edmonds

Television career

He hosted Top of the Pops at various points between 1970 and 1989. He also hosted the children's Saturday morning programmes, Multicoloured Swap Shop, which ran from 1976 until 1982.

Related Topics:
Top of the Pops - 1970 - 1989 - Multicoloured Swap Shop - 1976 - 1982

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He later moved to a Saturday early evening slot, first with The Late, Late Breakfast Show. The show was cancelled by the BBC in autumn 1986 following an accident in which Michael Lush, a viewer who had been selected to take part in a live stunt for the 'Whirly Wheel' section, was killed during rehearsal.1 The accident was apparently caused by lack of trained bungee jumping supervision. http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/lightentertainment/glorygame/part15.htm

Related Topics:
The Late, Late Breakfast Show - BBC - 1986 - Bungee jumping

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Edmonds soon returned to television with The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow in 1988. The Saturday Roadshow eventually morphed into the seminal Noel's House Party in 1991. This later series ran for eight years from the fictional town of "Crinkley Bottom". Mr. Blobby initially appeared in the celebrity Gotcha section, and became a regular icon of the show. The character even achieved the 1993 Christmas No. 1.

Related Topics:
1988 - 1991 - Mr. Blobby - 1993 Christmas No. 1

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In 1997, Edmonds' image took a further blow when Garry Malley, a nine-year-old boy with special educational needs, was killed in a helicopter crash during a flight sponsored by Edmonds's charity, the Airborne Trust. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/158299.stm

Related Topics:
1997 - Special educational needs

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Noel's House Party was a staple of BBC1's autumn and spring schedules for several years. Several reformats could not save its declining popularity. In the final show, broadcast on 20 March 1999, Edmonds appealed that viewers' memories should be kind to the show; a reasonable request considering the criticism which this very popular show received during its later seasons.

Related Topics:
BBC1 - 20 March - 1999

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He also presented the quiz show Telly Addicts and Top Gear. Noel's Christmas Presents was a Christmas morning programme in which Edmonds delievered special presents to various people; gifts included arranging trips to Lapland for ill or disadvantaged children, or arranging family reunions.

Related Topics:
Telly Addicts - Top Gear - Lapland

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The Curse of Noel Edmonds, a documentary tracing the rise and fall of his showbiz career, was transmitted by five on November_9 2004.

Related Topics:
Five - November_9 - 2004

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