Noel Edmonds

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The nadir of his career came in autumn 1986, when his Late Late Breakfast Show was cancelled by the BBC 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 supervision.²

Edmonds soon returned to television with The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow in 1988 which 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.

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 March_20 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.

Edmonds was critical of Lancaster City Council's management of the Crinkley Bottom theme park in Morecambe which closed only a few months after its opening. In 2003, he returned to radio, filling in as host of a BBC Radio 2 show.

Although he has a very light-hearted personality on-air, he is a very successful executive, forming the Unique Group in 1985.

'The Curse of Noel Edmonds', a documentary tracing the rise and fall of his showbiz career, was broadcast by Channel 5 on November_9 2004.

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