“If you want to get things done in life, you don't go into politics. If you want to get things done in life you go into communications. Absolutely certain.”

English businessman and former television presenter, radio DJ, writer and producer

Noel Edmonds is an English businessman and former television presenter, radio DJ, writer and producer. He became a familiar voice and face in British broadcasting, with a career that spans radio and television. He first came to notice as a disc jockey on Radio Luxembourg, then moved to BBC Radio 1 and presented its breakfast show for almost five years. He later worked on a range of radio programmes and light-entertainment television shows for the BBC, Sky and Channel 4.