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| - The relationship between Peel and Edmonds was similar to the one he had with Tony Blackburn: John characterised the DJ as a man whose main aim of life was showbiz celebrity rather than music. JP rarely missed an opportunity for sarcastic digs at the man, on one occasion calling him a TV compere with a ludicrous haircut [1]. On My Top Ten (Transcript) he saw Edmonds as one whose only talent lay in constantly hogging the limelight: "... People do think DJs are millionaires because they see someone like Noel Edmonds, who has actually achieved that wonderful thing we all want to achieve, where you actually just become famous for being famous, you know what I mean. You don’t actually have to do anything except be Noel Edmonds, you know, which is just a wonderful state of affairs in a way. So you have to get the balance right, you know. And I’d sooner – I like my children, I like my wife, I like where I live." Peel was among the presenters when the TV programme for The Noel Edmonds Late, Late Breakfast Show (1982-1986), kicked off its early Saturday evening run in 1982, hosting outside broadcast segments. Peel mentioned his appearance on an early programme on his own regular 06 September 1982 show on Radio One: "On Saturday I took part in the Late, Late Breakfast Show and was I thought rather embarrassing. I hope you didn't actually see it. I was so panic stricken that I read through my little piece in about half the time allocated to me and then cleared off in despair and afterwards was reassured actually by an affable woman who was working on Grandstand who'd travelled with me on the tube." Peel's association with prime time early Saturday night TV was not to be a long or happy one. In Margrave Of The Marshes (Bantam Press, hardback edition, pg 322-3) wife Sheila Ravenscroft recalled: "John was introducing a stunt in which the driver Richard Smith attempted to break the world car-leap record live on air, only to flip the car over. For some bizarre reason, John seemed to get the blame for the incident and was subsequently dropped from the show; possibly he was thought to be a jinx." In 1989, Peel played a track from I, Ludicrous called Stuck In A Lift With Noel Edmonds, but found himself comparing Edmonds favourably with another celebrity: "I think I'd find that preferable to being stuck in a lift with Jimmy Tarbuck: that I really couldn't cope with, to be honest. I'd ritually disembowel meself all over him." [2]
- Edmonds achieved fame as a radio and television personality, especially during the 1970's and his time on Radio 1's Breakfast Show. However, after his time presenting Multi-coloured Swap Shop, Edmonds made a solemn promise to enter politics. He would go on to be one of the most influential and controversial British politicians of modern times, and cultivating a political philosophy and cult of personality that would bear his name.
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