Noel Edmonds is one of the best known faces on UK television. The 1.73m (5ft 8in) presenter and entertainer began his career making a name for himself as a radio disc jockey before becoming an award-winning television presenter. He is best known for presenting shows like Multicolored Swap Shop, The Late, Late Breakfast Show, Telly Addicts, Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? , and Deal or No Deal, which earned him a BAFTA nomination.
Join us to see how his career started as well as other personal aspects of his life, including his marriage to Elizabeth Davies.
Bio of Noel Edmonds
On December 22, 1948, in Ilford, Essex, England, Noël Ernest Edmonds was born to his parents; Lydia and Dudley Edmonds. He had his early education at Glade Primary School in Clayhall before moving on to Brentwood School in Brentwood, Essex. By the time he was due to go to college, Edmonds had taken an interest in working as a radio DJ. He had sent recordings of himself to a number of radio stations across the UK and Europe, one of which responded and offered him a job.
Edmonds was offered a position as reader of Radio Luxembourg. The job offer came around the same time he was also admitted to attend the University of Surrey, which he eventually turned down in favor of moving abroad and taking up his dream job. . After spending about a year abroad, Edmonds returned to the UK to work for BBC Radio 1. He started out recording trailers for shows and filling in for absent DJs before moving on to later getting its own two-hour Saturday afternoon program in 1970.
His timeslot continued to be moved by the band until 1973 when he was promoted to host The Radio 1 Breakfast Show. During this time, he held several television hosting and presenting positions while continuing to work in radio. He presented The Radio 1 Breakfast Show from June 1973 until April 1978, when he was moved to a three-hour slot on Sunday mornings. In March 1983 his time with BBC Radio 1 ended and he moved to television with the BBC.
Noel Edmonds’ first notable show after leaving radio was The Late, Late Breakfast Show. He presented it from September 1982 until November 1986, when it was canceled by the BBC after a stuntman died in one of its segments. Edmonds moved to host other shows like Telly Addicts (1985-1998), Noel’s Saturday Roadshow (1988-1990), Noel’s House Party (1991-1999), and Deal or No Deal (2005-2016), among others.
Net value
Noel Edmonds has an estimated net worth of £100million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. The Englishman made most of his wealth from his illustrious career in radio and television which spanned more than five decades. In 2006, Edmonds became one of Britain’s highest-paid TV personalities after he was offered a fee of around £3million to extend his stay as presenter of the show, Deal or No Deal.
In addition to his on-screen career, Edmonds is also said to have made strides as a businessman. He is the founder of Unique Group, which has interests in media operations. It is unclear if Unique Group is still operating, as it was reported in 2005 that the group had been taken down by fraudulent HBOS financiers, which nearly prompted Edmonds to contemplate suicide.
Wife or partner (Elizabeth Davies), children
Noel Edmonds has been married three times. His first marriage was to Gillian Slater in 1971. The couple were together for eleven years before their union ended in divorce in 1982. Four years later, in July 1986, Edmonds married his second wife, Helen Soby , and the two then welcomed four daughters; Charlotte, Lorna, Olivia and Alice. After 19 years together, in 2005 to be exact, the pair called it quits and Edmonds found himself on his own again.
Over the next few years, as Edmonds hosted Deal or No Deal, he met and fell in love with Elizabeth Davies, who worked as a makeup artist on the show. The two got married later and in July 2009 and have been together ever since.