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On Boxing Day 1976, Swap of the Pops was broadcast on BBC1, featuring pre-recorded performances by pop acts of the era, linked by Noel Edmonds. The first Swap Shop Star Awards were shown in March 1978, in which special awards ('Erics') were given to sportspeople, actors and other celebrities, as voted for by viewers of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 December 2024. English television presenter and executive (born 1948) Noel Edmonds Edmonds in 2020 Born Noel Ernest Edmonds (1948-12-22) 22 December 1948 (age 76) Ilford, Essex, England Occupations Television presenter radio DJ writer producer businessman Years active 1968–present Spouses Gillian ...
Brown Sauce was a pop band, made up of presenters from the television programme, Multi-Coloured Swap Shop. These were Keith Chegwin, Maggie Philbin and Noel Edmonds. They formed for a one-off single in late 1981 called "I Wanna Be a Winner". After that became a hit, they released another in 1982, "Spring Has Sprung", but failed to make an impact.
The Late, Late Breakfast Show was the first show Noel Edmonds presented in the Saturday-evening variety slot, having left his Saturday-morning children's show Multi-Coloured Swap Shop earlier that year. Its theme tune was written by Gary Kemp and performed by Spandau Ballet. It was produced and directed by Michael Hurll. Initially, the ...
After studying English and Drama at the University of Manchester, Philbin responded to an advertisement in The Stage and was offered the job of co-presenter on Multi-Coloured Swap Shop. [5] During her time on Swap Shop, with Noel Edmonds and others, she formed the one-hit wonder band Brown Sauce and had a No. 15 hit with "I Wanna Be A Winner ...
In 1976, Gill left Blue Peter to become the editor of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, more commonly known as Swap Shop. A newly created unrehearsed three-hour Saturday morning programme presented by Noel Edmonds, then best known as a disc-jockey for BBC Radio 1, the programme was a great success, despite initial doubts from some within the BBC. [1]
The closing credits were followed by a brief comic skit of Edmonds' 1970s children's show Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, in which a seemingly young Noel wakes from a dream in the Swap Shop studio—recounting the events to Keith Chegwin and John Craven of a typical House Party episode, suggesting that the entire run of House Party never really ...
The show was very similar to its predecessor Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, which had ended the previous October–March season following its presenter Noel Edmonds moving away from children's TV to present his prime-time Late Late Breakfast Show. A regular spot on the show was their children's talent show "Search for a Superstar".