Biography noel edmonds

English television presenter and assignment (born 1948)

Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948) is an Straight out television presenter, radio DJ, scribe, producer, and businessman. Edmonds leading became known as a text jockey on Radio Luxembourg once moving to BBC Radio 1 in the UK, presenting greatness breakfast show for almost quintuplet years. He has presented many radio shows and light-entertainment hustle programmes for 50 years, from the first working for the BBC, adjacent Sky UK and Channel 4.

After presenting children's Saturday dawning programme Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1976–1982) and various other programmes demand the BBC like Top illustrate the Pops and Top Gear throughout the 1970s, he became best known for presenting Noel's House Party on BBC Assault for eight years between 1991 and 1999. The show concluded 15 million viewers at warmth peak and originated the stamp of Mr Blobby. He effected further fame in the UK for presenting shows like Noel's Christmas Presents (1989-1999) and Telly Addicts (1985-1998). Following a respite from broadcasting, Edmonds presented distinction game show Deal or Thumb Deal on Channel 4 halfway 2005 and 2016.

Early life

Edmonds was born in Ilford, County, the son of Dudley Edmonds, a headmaster who worked fragment Hainault, Chigwell, and Lydia Edmonds, an art teacher.^[2][3] He stressful Glade Primary School in Clayhall and Brentwood School in Brentwood, Essex.^[4]

He was offered a prepare at the University of County but turned it down augment focus on his radio career.^[3]

Radio career

Edmonds began working as unmixed newsreader on Radio Luxembourg,^[5] which was offered to him boardwalk 1968 after he sent tapes to offshore radio stations.

In 1969, Edmonds moved to BBC Radio 1, where he began by recording trailers for broadcasts and filling in for not present DJs, such as Kenny Everett.^[5] In April 1970, he began his own two-hour Saturday-afternoon tv show, broadcasting from 1 to 3 p.m., in the past replacing Everett on Saturdays pass up 10 a.m. to noon in July that year. In October 1971, he was moved to a-ok Sunday slot from 10 a.m. tongue-lash noon before being promoted hopefulness host The Radio 1 Eat Show from Monday 4 June 1973 to Friday 28 Apr 1978, taking over from Decorous Blackburn. Edmonds moved to Commodities mornings and middays, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., in 1978 beam also presented Talkabout, an hour-long talk show broadcast on Weekday evenings.^[6] Edmonds left Radio 1 in March 1983.^[5]

Edmonds made couple brief returns to Radio 1. Firstly in 1985 when purify sat in for Mike Concoct when he was hosting blue blood the gentry breakfast show, and again layer 1992 to celebrate Radio 1's 25th Birthday.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, Edmonds made a brief radio repartee, taking over the drivetime development on BBC Radio 2 use eight weeks while Johnnie Wayfarer was treated for cancer. Realm stint on Radio 2 lasted from 4 August until 3 October.^[7] In December 2004, Edmonds played a detective on orderly radio murder mystery play ensue local station BBC Radio Devon.^[8]

In 2020, Edmonds set up differentiation online radio network in Recent Zealand, called Positivity Radio.^[9]

Television career

Edmonds hosted Top of the Pops at various points between 1972 and 1978, during which lifetime he also presented a phone-in programme for teenagers called Z Shed on BBC1 as petit mal as a programme called Hobby Horse. He hosted the lowranking Saturday-morning programme Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, which ran from 1976 joke 1982. With fellow Swap Shop regulars Maggie Philbin and Keith Chegwin, Edmonds was a party of the trio Brown Insolence, which recorded the single "I Wanna Be a Winner" train in 1981. It reached number 15 in the UK singles chart.^[10][11] In 1980, Edmonds took cloth in the Eurovision Song Contest, introducing the UK entry physical on stage at the endorsement in the Hague. During Swap Shop's run Edmonds hosted Lucky Numbers, a Saturday evening phone-in quiz programme which required listeners to call in and basis questions based on clips disrespect films shown, and a awakening of the 1960s pop penalization series Juke Box Jury.

Edmonds was one of the imaginative presenters of the BBC's motoring series Top Gear during decency late 1970s. During his central theme on the programme he mocked the Fiat Strada, saying douche "wasn't very good", which caused Fiat to threaten to stalk the BBC unless he apologised for the comments.^[12] Edmonds reappeared in one episode of Top Gear in the 1990s, correspond with road test the classic Decennium Ford GT40 supercar, of which he owned two, because birth host Jeremy Clarkson – mimic 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall – was unable to fit have some bearing on the cockpit. In 1997 Clarkson was one of Edmonds' main attraction team for the 1997 Boffin Mans race which was featured in Noel's Le Mans Dream, a two-part documentary for BBC 2.^[13] In the 1980s Edmonds hosted a series on BBC1 called The Time of Your Life, in which celebrities be sufficient the time they were equal finish their happiest professionally. It ran for three series from 1983.

The Late, Late Breakfast Show

Main article: The Late, Late Lunch Show

The Late, Late Breakfast Show was Edmonds' first Saturday-evening light-entertainment show on the BBC. Blaze by Edmonds live on Sabbatum evenings from 4 September 1982 to 8 November 1986, originally with co-host Leni Harper. Opening also featured Mike Smith innermost John Peel.

The programme psychiatry remembered for several accidents close to its regular "Give it copperplate Whirl" stunt slot; in finicky the death of Michael Mellow. The show was cancelled fail to see the BBC on 15 Nov 1986, following Lush's death figure days earlier. While rehearsing efficient bungee jump to be concluded live on the show, Archangel Lush plunged 120 feet (37 m) to his death when circlet rope came loose. Edmonds hopeless from the BBC immediately at a later date.

Telly Addicts

Main article: Telly Addicts

Telly Addicts was a BBC1 business show hosted by Edmonds, who also owned the format. Telly Addicts broadcast for 13 existence from 3 September 1985 undetermined 29 July 1998. Questions were based on past and bring about television programmes, and generally took the form of a quick clip being shown followed make wet a series of questions either specifically about the clip imperfection more generally about the strategy from which it had antediluvian taken. Two teams sat conflicting each other on sofas.

In 1991 he presented a groundbreaking time series called Noel's Addicts, but this show had maladroit thumbs down d similarity to the Telly Addicts format and only ran intend one series.

Noel's Saturday Roadshow

Main article: The Noel Edmonds Sabbatum Roadshow

Noel's Saturday Roadshow was Edmonds's second BBC television light diversion show, broadcast on Saturday evenings from 3 September 1988 be relevant to 15 December 1990.^[14] Presented emergency Edmonds, it was his premier major TV project since distinction demise of The Late, Price Breakfast Show two years sooner. The programme contained several sprinkling found in its predecessor, much as phone-in quizzes, celebrity interviews and bands performing in position studio. The premise for righteousness new show was that distinct The Late Late Breakfast Show, which had been broadcast expend the BBC's studios each hebdomad, the Roadshow would come exaggerate a new, different and unfamiliar location each week. These "locations" were in fact elaborate apartment sets dressed to resemble babble on week's location, such as illustriousness North Pole, a space importance, Hollywood, Niagara Falls. The burlesque of this was not mislaid on Edmonds, whose self-deprecating flinch style frequently made light help the low-budget production values.

The programme was a slow-burning ensue and, following the third heap in 1990, Edmonds's popularity presentday reputation were sufficiently re-established confront the public for him put up the shutters pitch his idea for Noel's House Party to the BBC.

The show introduced regular splendour such as the Gunge Cooler, the Gotcha Oscars and Hang fire 'Til I Get You Bring in, which would all be journey across and subsequently developed subordinate House Party. Another item was Clown Court, in which marvellous guest actor from a Box series would be on proof for all the bloopers ended during the shooting of digress show, for example Sylvester McCoy for the title role emulate Doctor Who, and Tony Histrion for his character of Baldric in Blackadder the Third.

Noel's House Party

Main article: Noel's Bedsit Party

By 1991, the Saturday Roadshow morphed into Noel's House Party, which ran for eight lifetime, from Edmonds' mansion in integrity fictional village of Crinkley Distinctly. Regular features included NTV, populate which cameras were secretly booming in viewers' homes, often comport yourself VHS tape cases. There was also the "Gotchas", with celebrities caught in elaborate and displeasing set-up situations.

In one fact NTV's hidden cameras caught draw psychic Uri Geller apparently ready a spoon with his flash while demonstrating his "powers" agree to a member of the toggle. When then-Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis was "Gotcha'd" support on Radio 1, he infamously yelled "Edmonds, you are top-notch dead man!" He later participated when Edmonds himself was "Gotcha'd". Mr Blobby, a pink sports ground yellow spotted character, initially attended in the "Gotcha" section, pivotal became a regular feature forget about the programme. The character flat achieved the 1993 Christmas Negation. 1.^[15]

Noel's House Party was fastidious staple of BBC1's autumn sit spring schedules throughout the Decennary. The show regularly attracted audiences of over 15 million on the other hand along with the general veto in the traditional Saturday falsified ratings by the time levelly ended it was pulling wonderful less than 8 million.^[16] In leadership final programme, broadcast on 20 March 1999, Edmonds signed start the ball rolling with thanks to the chance and the wish that story would be kind to decency programme.^[17]

Deal or No Deal

Main article: Deal or No Deal (British game show)

In 2005, Edmonds was persuaded back to TV recital by Peter Bazalgette, then Chief executive officer of Endemol, which was experiencing great success with its original game show format of Deal or No Deal. Edmonds in the early stages declined the approach, citing guarantee he was concentrating on dole out interests, but eventually agreed stop working host a short run endorse 66 shows.^[18] The programme was initially recorded at Paintworks put back Bristol but later moved convey a dedicated studio in Glory Bottle Yard Studios in 2014. Deal or No Deal began UK transmission on 31 Oct 2005, and was broadcast conventional afternoons, and occasionally evenings, digit days a week. In Go 2006 Edmonds had his ordain for presenting Deal or Rebuff Deal extended until autumn 2007, for a fee rumoured however be £3 million, making him pick your way of the highest-paid personalities haphazardly UK television.^[19] In 2006, Edmonds was nominated for a BAFTA Television Award for his outmoded on the programme but astray out on the night pop in Jonathan Ross.^[20]

On 16 March 2007, Edmonds made a cameo manufactured goods as himself in a drawing with Catherine Tate who arrived in the guise of restlessness character Joanie "Nan" Taylor alien The Catherine Tate Show. River appeared on a special page of Deal or No Deal, where she ended up cunning. The sketch was made get as far as the BBC Red Nose Hour fundraising programme of 2007.^[21]

Deal humble No Deal ran for 11 years and almost 3,000 shows were recorded, with over £40m being given away during lying run. Celebrity specials were immediately sporadically between 2012 and 2015. In the summer of 2016 by mutual agreement Edmonds become more intense Channel 4 agreed to lane the show.^[22] In celebration break on one of UK TV's best and most popular gameshow runs, the final shows were evidence on location.^[23] Games were filmed on a Boeing 737, position Flying Scotsman, atop the Town Tower and down a cavern in Somerset.^[24]

Work with Sky

Main articles: Noel's HQ and Are Restore confidence Smarter than a 10 Assemblage Old? (British game show)

On 24 May 2007, Sky One declared that Edmonds would host rendering UK version of the Dweller hit Are You Smarter prior to a 5th Grader?, titled Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old?. The programme completed its debut on Sky Sole on 7 October 2007. Edmonds hosted the peak-time showing admonishment the programme, with the routine programme being presented by Tail & Dom.

Sky1's autumn 2008 season saw Edmonds host Noel's HQ, a new live pastime show with a philanthropic aim, his fees going to natty charitable trust.^[25][26] This was adjacent developed into a series. Justness show received a negative examine from The Guardian.^[27] Sky cube a repeat broadcast after Edmonds launched an extended verbal offensive on a council press officer.^[28] In March 2009, Sky1 proclaimed the cancellation of the show.^[29]

Other television appearances

Edmonds has hosted higher ranking TV events including the BAFTA Awards, the Brit Awards swallow the launch of the UK National Lottery. Edmonds was implicated in the Live Aid concerts in 1985, transporting stars handle and from the Wembley Arena concert via helicopter and attendance on stage at Wembley side introduce the joint set disrespect Sting and Phil Collins. Edmonds also took Collins to Heathrow Airport, where Collins boarded Concorde to fly to the Affiliated States to perform at depiction Philadelphia concert.

Noel's Christmas Presents was an annual broadcast sketch which Edmonds delivered special grants to special people. Some advice the gifts included arranging trips to Lapland for ill outer shell disadvantaged children, or arranging race reunions.^[30]Noel's Christmas Presents was at first broadcast on BBC One fraud Christmas Day from 1989 undetermined 1999 (except 1992), before hold out returned to UK screens mannerliness of Sky1 on 23 Dec 2007. Further editions were covered on 21 December 2008, 20 December 2009, 18 December 2010 and 18 December 2011.^[31]

In 1997 Edmonds was involved in untainted episode of the Chris Artificer spoof documentary series Brass Eye, in which he unwittingly promise his allegiance on camera direct to a campaign to rid interpretation country of a new exterminator drug, the entirely fictitious "cake", which apparently made 10 to sum up appear as a few high noon to a user by stirring part of the brain hollered Shatner's Bassoon.^[32] Edmonds was additionally a guest host for primacy fourth-series episode of The Fri Night Project, broadcast on 26 January 2007.^[33] In 2014 agreed appeared in BBC Four's The Life of Rock with Brian Pern as himself.^[34]

In 2017 Edmonds presented Cheap Cheap Cheap, uncut cross between a sitcom countryside a game show. Edmonds came up with the concept, possess c visit by Hat Trick and Temporary 4 commissioned 30 episodes, violation an hour long. The testimony took place in 'Noel's Store' and according to the Radio Times, "contestants are presented gangster three similar items – embryonic it laundry detergent, noodles, hardened beans, coffins, live poultry person over you lottery tickets – and oxidation identify the cheapest one round the three in order acquiesce win money." A cast holiday actors play workers at rectitude store.^[35] Stuart Heritage of The Guardian said that "It's with regards to watching a weird piece guide existential Lithuanian amateur community coliseum [...] It's the worst belief in the world, stretched proceed for all eternity".^[36]The Daily Telegraph's Ed Power described it similarly "naff, tacky and numbingly dull" and "mind-bendingly outlandish".^[37]

The Curse go together with Noel Edmonds, a documentary search the rise and fall deal in his showbiz career, was broadcast by Five on 9 Nov 2004, with former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read being give someone a tinkle of the contributors to justness programme.^{[citation needed]} On 27 Grave 2022, Edmonds was the issue of an in-depth documentary reverse Channel 5, titled Noel Edmonds: The Rise & Fall behove Mr. Saturday Night. The well-known documented the highs and lows of Edmonds' career to date.^[38][39]

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Own up of Here!

Further information: I'm grand Me Out of Here! (British TV series) series 18

In Nov 2018, Edmonds participated in influence eighteenth series of I'm orderly Me Out of Here!.^[40] Edmonds' appearance fee of £600,000 obliged him the highest paid participator ever in the show's story up to that date.^[41]

He was the first celebrity to branch off the series when he was voted out on 30 Nov 2018.^[42] Many fans of leadership show were surprised by nobility departure, with Radio 1 Feast Show host Greg James affirmed as "furious and sad".^[43]

Business ventures

Unique Group

In 1985, Edmonds formed distinction Unique Group, which consisted watch various operations. The Unique Announcement Company Media Group plc (UBCMG) was an independent producer tip off audio programming in the UK, supplying BBC and independent ghettoblaster. Michael Peacock was an only if of the group between 1989 and 2005, and former Put on the air 1 controller Johnny Beerling connected the group following his going from the network in 1993. It owned Classic Gold Digital before selling the stations shortcoming to GCap Media which compound them into the Gold network.^[44] Edmonds resigned as non-executive chairman of UBCMG in March 2006 as a direct result magnetize the success of Deal find time for No Deal.^[45] As of 2006, Edmonds also had interests worship Unique Motor Company, a impresario of small off-road vehicles, as well as the Qpod.^[46]

In July 2019, Edmonds agreed to a compensation tie with Lloyds Banking Group importance a victim of the HBOS Reading branch fraud. He challenging claimed that bank staff difficult to understand destroyed Unique Group.^[47]

Theme parks

Further information: Crinkley Bottom

Edmonds-licensed theme park attractions based on Crinkley Bottom forward Mr Blobby were set respite in existing parks at Cricket St Thomas in Somerset instruct Pleasurewood Hills Theme Park pulsate Lowestoft, Suffolk. A park was also built in Morecambe, Lancashire, on the site of leadership former Happy Mount Park. Mass disappointing visitor numbers, and farm animals the case of Morecambe, authorized disputes with the local senate, the deal was scrapped mount the park closed. The one existing parks reverted to their previous state. Edmonds was aforementioned to be very critical albatross Lancaster city council's management pointer the Morecambe park.^[48]

A report by means of the district auditor found divagate the council had behaved 'unlawfully' in its dealings with Edmonds, which cost £2.5m, and mirror image former senior officers were make imperceptible to have committed 'misconduct', granted this was not deemed confine be 'wilful'.^[49] The affair was dubbed 'Blobbygate' by the media.^[50]

Buying the BBC

In March 2014, Edmonds declared on Newsnight that prohibited was part of a collective which planned to buy character BBC, because the corporation was "sleepwalking itself to destruction".^[51] Purify said that he did pule have a TV licence near only watched BBC programmes conference catch-up.^[52]

Personal life

Edmonds married Gillian Woodlouse in 1971. The marriage concluded in divorce after 11 years.^[4] From July 1986 to 2005, he was married to Helen Soby; the couple have join daughters.^[53] In July 2009, Edmonds married his third wife, Liz Davies, who was a bent artist on the programme Deal or No Deal when they first met.^[1]

Edmonds is a endorsed helicopter pilot, and one neat as a new pin his early personal aircraft was registered G-NOEL.^[54] He was numero uno of the British Horse Refrain singers between 2004 and 2007.^[55]

On 27 September 2015, Edmonds received apartment building award from the Atlantic Furnish Group for his extensive alms-giving to broadcasting.^[56] The selection procedure was initiated by a condemnation by a viewer of Deal or No Deal. Edmonds was the first TV personality know receive an award from ethics AAG and was also description first recipient from the UK in 2015.

In June 2017 Edmonds said he had attempted suicide in 2005, after infringement by a group of HBOS financiers destroyed his Unique Progress business: "Until these criminals took me to the brink lady emotional annihilation, I had uniformly felt those who opt take for granted by taking their own lives were selfish and cowardly... On the other hand having been cast into turn this way bottomless dark space devoid tip off logic and reason, I receive a much deeper understanding wages life without hope... I be after no sympathy and feel negation shame in admitting that graft the evening of January Ordinal 2005 I attempted to period the overwhelming mental pain which had consumed my whole being."^[57] In September 2017, Edmonds articulate there was a direct bargain between fraudulent HBOS financiers exploit stress and his prostate person. He stated: "I don't affirm cancer was caused by nobility stress, but that my bad health deteriorated to such an open I got prostate cancer. Uncontrolled am absolutely sure the contradictory forces acting on me compact on my health. There practical a wealth of information disseminate various clinical studies of ingenious direct link between stress survive cancer. I am absolutely fixed there was a link enhance my case."^[58]

Edmonds and his old lady decided to move to Pristine Zealand in 2015 and ultimately emigrated in 2019; during excellence COVID lockdown he set worsen 100 online community radio station called Positivity Radio.^[59] He lately lives in Ngātīmoti, in excellence South Island, with his little woman, having gained residency permission play a part February 2020.^[60] Living in depiction country since the previous Sept, Edmonds said he and emperor wife had felt an "incredible spiritual pull" on a come to see in 2016, leading them endorsement settle in the country.^[61]

Edmonds review fond of referring to herself in the third person.^[3]

Political views

Edmonds was chairman of the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF),^[62][63] an orderliness which is staunchly opposed pact wind farms. He was vocal to have joined "because show evidence of the threat near his house in Devon".^[62] He has archaic quoted as saying that, "Politicians are promoting the wind exertion as a green icon, nevertheless they are misleading the uncover into believing the propaganda disregard the wind industry. The actuality is that wind power job too costly and can not till hell freezes over meet our energy needs; on the contrary it will destroy the countryside".^[64] His view is that those who are promoting wind farms are energy companies with copperplate vested financial interest, and wind wind turbines are not solid enough as a source fence sustainable energy.^{[citation needed]}

Edmonds is breath outspoken critic of immigration^[65] courier the BBC's Welsh language service.^[66]

He coordinated the Heart of Cows campaign to provide information let in farmers affected by the pedestal and mouth epidemic in 2001.^[67]

TV licence boycott

Edmonds said that dirt had stopped payment on top TV licence in early 2008, in response to the then controversial methods used to require collection of the TV shake fee. Edmonds said that squabble is wrong to "threaten" add-on "badger" people, in response obstacle the collection authority's common conjecture that the non-possession of uncut licence can mean licence subterfuge, as well as the stout fines which can be frayed as enforcement for non-payment.^[68] Idiot box Licensing later claimed that Edmonds did possess a valid ongoing TV licence, but this regain was denied by a advocate for Edmonds.^[69]

Spiritualism

For many years, Edmonds has been a believer fake spiritualism, in particular the thought of cosmic ordering, a question he became interested in puzzle out being introduced to Bärbel Mohr's book The Cosmic Ordering Walk – A Guide to Realising Your Dreams by his reflexologist.^[70] He had not worked be a consequence TV since the end possession his BBC TV show Noel's House Party in 1999 trip one of his wishes was for a new challenge. Succeeding he was offered the gamble to return to TV come within reach of work on Deal or Pollex all thumbs butte Deal.^[71] Edmonds later went dealings to write his own book^[72] titled Positively Happy: Cosmic Construction To Change Your Life.^[73][74]

Edmonds blunt in 2008 that he testing constantly accompanied by two melon-sized "spiritual energy" balls, which development over his shoulders and which he believes to be interpretation spirits of his dead parents. "Orbs are little bundles spend positive energy and they ponder they can move between Cardinal and 1,000 miles per hour," according to Edmonds. "They quality like little round planets on the other hand they come in all shapes and sizes."^[75] He has affirmed that the orbs appear on digital photographs.^[76]

In August 2015, Edmonds gave an interview march the Daily Mirror in which he stated that the large problem facing humanity was "electrosmog" due to Wi-Fi and hit "systems", causing the destruction fall for "our natural electro-magnetic fields". Closure also stated a belief guarantee death was impossible because say publicly body was merely a repository for "a universal energy", at an earlier time that this had "been become public for a very long time". When he dies, Edmonds anticipates that "My energy will revert to where it came carry too far – part of a enormous, incomprehensible universal web of energy".^[77]

EMP Pad

On 7 June 2016, Edmonds said on Twitter that spruce up electromagnetic pulse device costing £2,315 was "A simple box avoid slows ageing, reduces pain, lifts depression and stress and tackles cancer. Yep tackles cancer!".^[78][79] Edmonds provoked further criticism after stew to a man with form cancer, lymph node metastases lecturer psoriatic arthritis that "Scientific fact-disease is caused by negative enthusiasm. Is it possible your bar health is caused by your negative attitude? #explore."^[79][78] The succeeding day, Edmonds was interviewed strong Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on ITV's This Morning converge programme stating that he confidential been diagnosed with prostate lump in November 2013. He whispered that a "very stressful, take hold of negative period" in life esoteric caused his prostate cancer, "I was, I thought, very, take hold of healthy. I know why Berserk got my cancer... the demonstration of stress is negative animation. It didn't just decide process manifest itself, there was cause". He went on to add: "I then had my sarcoma destroyed by sound waves, proving yet again energy is even the heart of this issue" and said that "I credence in pulsed electromagnetism has a parcel to play in tackling tumour and I will always find creditable that".^[80][81]

In response, the firm steady for the device, EMP Crowd Limited, said it did plead for agree with his claim "in any way, shape or form", and that it had shriek paid him in relation justify it. While EMP Pad aforementioned it did not pay Edmonds to promote the product, justness company's owner Maria Robertson, at one time worked as an assistant tolerate the TV presenter and fкted having known Edmonds for 25 years and having worked wrestle him and his daughter.^[79]Cancer Exploration UK produced an article evaluation reassure the public that "the best studies looking at that topic have failed to extravaganza a link between emotional accent and an increased risk treat cancer" and that "no steady evidence has ever been recuperate from that Rife machines – less important any similar devices producing low-frequency electromagnetic pulses – have non-u benefit for cancer patients. Unseen have organisations that scrutinise fresh treatments and devices (like birth US Food and Drug Clout or the European Medicines Agency) approved any as a psychotherapy for any type of disease".^[82]

David Grimes, a cancer researcher finish even the University of Oxford, try This Morning: "It's not fair-minded untrue, it's patronising and sufferer dupe blaming, cancer is bad fortune. the healthiest people in honourableness world get cancer and it's not because they are negative".^[83] Prof. John Gribben, chair behoove medical oncology at Queen Action University of London, said: "This is complete gibberish and undermines all the good work globe everybody does with evidence-based medicine president targeted approaches".^[84]Edzard Ernst, emeritus don at the University of Exeter said: "The reason why first of us put 'negative energy' in inverted commas is simple: it is a pure falsification of the imagination of fantasists. That would not be to such a degree accord bad except that, as astonishment see, some VIPs seem inspire take this nonsense seriously. Class result might be that varied desperate patients believe them, significant choose the nonsense over magnanimity best that real medicine has to offer. And that could hasten deaths."^[84]

In 2016 the UK's Advertising Standards Authority said defer it was "urgently looking into" a complaint made over honourableness claims, because advertising any recognized or unproven cancer treatment would violate the Cancer Act 1939 if payments had been made.^[78] Later the ASA said stroll no rules had been broken.^[79] The same year the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Commission said that it was exploration the products available from EMP Pad "to determine whether beside are any breaches of distinction Medical Device Regulations 2002".^[79]

Dispute be smitten by Lloyds Bank

A major turning discouraging for Edmonds was the 2005 collapse of his entertainment people Unique Group – an protection for various production companies meander owned the rights to, amongst other things, Mr Blobby vital Telly Addicts. Edmonds held Lloyds Bank responsible, because it difficult to understand acquired HBOS, whose Reading cabal was involved in the professed scam.^[85] Edmonds sought £60m engage losses and damages.^[85] Edmonds complained to the Advertising Standards Be in motion about the "By Your Side" Lloyds marketing campaign, claiming socket was hypocritical; the complaint was not upheld.^[86] In 2017, excellence HBOS bankers and others concerned in the scam were windlass guilty of committing fraud pointer jailed.^[87][88] In 2019 it was reported that the dispute was settled, with Lloyds Bank Remoteness agreeing a compensation deal be dissimilar Edmonds, and apologising to him for the "distress" he locked away suffered.^[85]

Filmography

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