How does a radio 1 DJ who moved on to present Saturday morning and evening TV shows have 50 million quid?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/may/10/noel-edmonds-compensation-hbos-fraud-lloyds
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by dai 22 Comments
How does a radio 1 DJ who moved on to present Saturday morning and evening TV shows have 50 million quid?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/may/10/noel-edmonds-compensation-hbos-fraud-lloyds
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Gatz says
Didn’t he make his wad through a helicopter business? Oh, and apparently writing ‘I’d like squillions of quid, please’ on your hand means the universe has to cough up.
Sewer Robot says
I’m cool with someone pleading to the silent forces of the cosmos for a skip full of fivers, but asking for Mr Blobby to be number one was just taking the piss…
hubert rawlinson says
Cosmic ordering I believe it’s called.
minibreakfast says
Didn’t he have his own production company? Noel’s House Party and Telly Addicts must have made him a packet back in the 80s/90s.
metal mickey says
Heppo’s stock comment on such things in the biz was that people were “either much poorer than you’d think, or richer than you can imagine”, and Noel Edmonds (“the vacuum that forms inside a pullover” as someone once memorably described him) clearly falls into the latter category…
Similarly, I read last week that Kaley Cuoco, who plays the 5th (maybe 4th) most-important character in TV’s “The Big Bang Theory”, is worth $140 million… good for her of course, but zeesh…
Moose the Mooche says
The sums paid to people in highly rated U.S. sitcoms have been up in the stratosphere since the heyday of Friends and Frasier. You have to remember, with those shows in mind, that those people probs won’t command anything like that for anything else they do.
I just hope Ms Cuoco keeps it under her mattress for when everything goes, er, tits up.
Hawkfall says
The Big Bang Theory is on every night in the US, with multiple episodes being shown on at least two different channels. It’s basically occupying the slots that Seinfeld, Friends and Cheers did in the past. It’s way more popular than any other sitcom with the exception of Modern Family.
Sewer Robot says
I find I react in much the same way when I read official sales figures from recording artists. It’s got to the stage where I almost expect to discover that my favourite chart-bothering band has somehow achieved this feat while shifting sweet F All actual units, while St Winifred’s School Choir or whoever claim sales of 200 million records..
davebigpicture says
Why is Big Bang Theory stuck on E4 when it’s so successful? Did they just buy into it early?
Moose the Mooche says
In the digital age does it matter which of 4’s channels it’s on? Just a different number.
Besides, Channel 4 has to be kept clear for round-the-clock reruns of Come Dine With My Embarrassing Gypsy Body On Benefits Naked.
Hawkfall says
UK TV channels have a long and proud history of buying US comedies and sticking them in places where no one could see them. This is why Seinfeld and The Larry Sanders Show were stuck on BBC2 in the 90s after Newsnight on Tues to Thu. Or was it Mon – Wed? Snooker and The Late Review permitting, obviously.
davebigpicture says
IIRC, he was an early investor in a company that provided video conferencing facilities when that sort of thing was expensive (pre Skype and broadband). No idea if he made any money from it but as stated above, he had fingers in many pies.
Native says
Maybe he opened the right box…
garyt says
I’ve never liked the guy, and he went even further down in my estimation when I read an interview he gave to (I think) Radio Times back when he was still a wunnerful Radio 1 jock. His house had been burgled and, among other stuff, his record collection had been stolen. And he didn’t care one little bit about it.
dai says
He had a record collection?
Vulpes Vulpes says
Yep, every single Bucks Fizz number one ever.
Clive says
The one I don’t get is Geldof. He’s worth 150 large. From what? Give us yer money indeed.
metal mickey says
Ah, that was mostly from Planet 24 (Big Breakfast & The Word) and various interlinked production companies… now I’m thinking about it, TV & radio production certainly seems to be the route to megariches – Chris Evans’ Ginger production company owned Virgin radio at one point and was sold for more than £200M…
paulwright says
And in his autobiography Chris Evans explains how he lost most of the £70m he got from that by being a tit. Apparently if you get paid in shares, and then behave so badly the shares become worthless it is a bad idea. Plus legal fees.
Planet 24 as Tenalps also used to do business publishing iirc. A remarkably worth Chemical industry magazine had Bob as the boss, which seems most unlikely.
Bingo Little says
Plus tax.
I know people who are part remunerated in shares who’ve ended up paying more in tax (charged at the share value at the point of issuance) than the eventual value of the shares they hold. Not fun.
ganglesprocket says
Also wealthy as hell because of production companies they own (or sold)…
Griff Rhys Jones
Jimmy Mulville (I remember Who Dares Wins and Chelmsford 123 even if no one else does)
Jasper Carratt (His company made Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. He’s now richer than God)
DrJ says
As outlined above, Noel TidyBeard has been a serial entrepreneur for years: helicopters, teleconferencing, production. Good for him. Recently he’s been in the spirituality/wellness field – remember the outcry when he endorsed some alternate therapy vibes machine for cancer sufferers, but he was very canny about *not* saying it cured or treated cancer directly.
This is one of his current things: Positivity Radio. A collection of internet radio stations that only broadcast a positive vibe. It seems like it’s supposed to make money by brands paying Noel money to design bespoke radio stations for brands. Not sure I’ve ever seen such a thing in the wild, but what do I know? Here’s a series of FAQs answered by Noel in front of a green screen, which has been tinkered with to make it seem like he’s in a busy newsroom, with the overdubbed noise of office hubbub added for effect. (Warning: Noel’s beard is quite full in these clips.)
http://positivityradio.world/faqs/
Also, he seems to have withdrawn from Twitter. Maybe it was too negative for him? Once I recall him tweeting narkily from a car park while he waited for his missus to do the shopping. Ever the showman.