Noel Edmonds

Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948) is an English television presenter. He is best known for hosting the television programmes Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Noel's House Party and Deal or No Deal?. Edmonds is host of a TV game show called Are You Smarter Than A Ten-Year-Old? (the British version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?).

Noel Edmonds
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Noel Edmonds in 2006
Born
Noel Ernest Edmonds

(1948-12-22) 22 December 1948 (age 75)
OccupationBroadcaster
Years active1969–present
Spouse(s)Gillian Slater
(m. 1971–1982, divorced)
Helen Soby
(m. 1986–2004, divorced)
Liz Davies (m. 2009-present)[1]
Children4 daughters
Websitehttp://www.NoelEdmonds.tv/

He was a DJ on BBC Radio 1 during the 1970s.

Personal life

Edmonds was married to Gillian Slater in 1971. The marriage ended in divorce after eleven years.[2] In July 1986, he married Helen Soby. They have four daughters: Charlotte, Lorna, Olivia and Alice. The couple bought an 855-acre (3.46 km2) estate at Jacobstowe, near Okehampton, Devon, as a family home. In 2004, he and Soby divorced. There was much tabloid publicity because of her extramarital affair.[3]

It was reported Edmonds was involved with English teacher and former Miss England Pauline Bull.[4]

On July 23, 2009 Edmonds married his third wife, Liz Davies. She was a make-up artist on the programme Deal or No Dea?l.

As a result of his success on Deal or No Deal?, Edmonds purchased a new home in Devon, a £1.7 million Grade-II manor house.[5]

Edmonds was one of the trio Brown Sauce, along with Maggie Philbin and Keith Chegwin. They released the single "I Wanna Be a Winner" in 1981. It reached number 15 in the UK singles chart.[6][7]

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References

  1. Jo Clements, Daily Mail, Noel Edmonds shows off his Deal or No Deal make-up artist wife after marrying for third time 24 Jul 2009
  2. "Noel Edmonds talks to Rachel Cooke". 29 January 2006.
  3. "Noel Edmonds wife had fling with transvestite". www.divorce-online.co.uk. Retrieved 2006-10-18.[dead link]
  4. "Noel's new date exclusive Big bouquet for teacher Pauline". The people newspaper. Retrieved 2006-10-18.
  5. [1] Daily Mail, accessed 27/11/07
  6. "Label and Recording info". vinylsingles.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
  7. "Sound and Video Gallery:Multi-Coloured Swap Shop". saturdaymornings.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-09-02.