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22
August 2006
Noel
Edmonds To Return To BBC
One
Noel
Edmonds
is to return to
BBC
One
for the first time in
seven years for National
Lottery Day.
Noel
Edmonds presented the
first ever National
Lottery in 1994, and in
September will host a
one-off live show
highlighting Lottery
good causes.
Noel
Edmonds' last BBC series
was Noel's House Party,
which ended in 1999. But
he has seen immense
recent success with Deal
Or No Deal on Channel
4.
"It
is great to have him
back," said BBC One
controller Peter
Fincham.
"This
marks the beginning of a
new chapter between Noel
and the channel," he
added. "We hope he will
present more innovative
live TV
specials."
The
National Lottery -
Everyone's A Winner is
intended as a
celebration of the good
causes the National
Lottery has supported
since its
launch.
It
will also feature a set
of National Lottery
Awards, to be given to a
variety of
lottery-funded
projects.
Noel
Edmonds himself said he
would "relish" the
chance to host a major
live TV event for the
BBC.
"I
look forward to
developing exciting new
programme ideas
compatible with my
long-term commitment to
Deal or No Deal," he
added.
Noel
Edmonds first shot to
fame as a presenter on
BBC Radio 1 in the early
1970s, and shortly
afterwards made his
first television
appearance as host of
Top Of The
Pops.
He
became one of the
biggest names in
broadcasting during the
1980s and 1990s, as
presenter of BBC
Saturday evening
programmes such as The
Late, Late Breakfast
Show and The Noel
Edmonds Saturday
Roadshow.
But
after Noel's House Party
was axed, he kept a low
media profile - barring
a stint on BBC Radio 2 -
until his successful
return to TV screens on
Channel 4's Deal Or No
Deal in 2005.
However,
he has denied reports
that his recent deal
with Deal Or No Deal
makers Endemol made him
the highest-paid
presenter on
television.
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