“Maybe I was always more than one person, or even two. Maybe being on TV was just my job. People find it hard to get their heads around that. A couple of times I have shone a light on the other sides of my life, but I have learned to be cautious about that. Because people are only comfortable with the Noel Edmonds they see on television.”

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.