Noel Edmonds

Noel Edmonds
Edmonds in 2006
Born	Noel Ernest Edmonds (1948-12-22) 22 December 1948 (age 68) Ilford, Essex, England
Occupation	Broadcaster
Years active	1969–present
Spouse(s)	Gillian Slater (m. 1971; div. 1982) Helen Soby (m. 1986; div. 2004) Liz Davies (m. 2009)
Children	4 daughters
Website	http://noel.world/

Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948) is an English television presenter and executive. Edmonds first became known as a disc jockey on BBC Radio 1 in the UK, and has presented light entertainment television programmes for more than forty years. Originally working for the BBC, these have included Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Top of the Pops, The Late, Late Breakfast Show and Telly Addicts. From 2005 to 2016, he presented the Channel 4 game show Deal or No Deal.

The son of a headmaster who worked in Hainault, London, Edmonds attended Glade Primary School in Clayhall and Brentwood School in Brentwood. He was offered a place at the University of Surrey but turned it down in favour of a job as a newsreader on Radio Luxembourg, which was offered to him in 1968 after he sent tapes to offshore radio stations. In 1969, he moved to BBC Radio 1 where he began by recording trailers for broadcasts and filling in for absent DJs, such as Kenny Everett. In April 1970, Edmonds began his own two-hour Saturday afternoon programme, broadcasting from 1 pm–3 pm, before replacing Kenny Everett on Saturday mornings from 10 am–12 noon in July of that year. In October 1971, he was moved to a Sunday morning slot from 10 am–12 noon before being promoted to host The Radio 1 Breakfast Show from June 1973 to April 1978, taking over from Tony Blackburn. Edmonds moved back to Sunday mornings from 10 am–1 pm in 1978 and also presented Talkabout, an hour-long talk show broadcast on Thursday evenings.