Edmonds cake is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2022. English television presenter, radio DJ, writer, producer, and businessman. Edmonds first became known as a disc jockey on Radio Luxembourg before moving to BBC Radio 1 in the UK. The National Lottery: Everyone’s A Winner!
Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old? The son of Dudley Edmonds, a headmaster who worked in Hainault, London, and Lydia Edmonds, an art teacher, Edmonds attended Glade Primary School in Clayhall and Brentwood School in Brentwood, Essex. He was offered a place at the University of Surrey but turned it down to focus on his radio career. Edmonds began working as a newsreader on Radio Luxembourg, which was offered to him in 1968 after he sent tapes to offshore radio stations. In 1969, Edmonds moved to BBC Radio 1, where he began by recording trailers for broadcasts and filling in for absent DJs, such as Kenny Everett.
The Radio 1 Breakfast Show from Monday 4 June 1973 to Friday 28 April 1978, taking over from Tony Blackburn. 1978 and also presented Talkabout, an hour-long talk show broadcast on Thursday evenings. Edmonds left Radio 1 in March 1983. In 2003, Edmonds made a brief radio comeback, taking over the ‘drivetime’ broadcast on BBC Radio 2 for eight weeks while Johnnie Walker was treated for cancer.
His stint on Radio 2 lasted from 4 August until 3 October. Edmonds hosted Top of the Pops at various points between 1972 and 1978, during which time he also presented a phone-in programme for teenagers called Z Shed on BBC1 as well as a programme called Hobby Horse. Edmonds was one of the original presenters of the BBC’s motoring series Top Gear during the late 1970s. During his time on the programme he mocked the Fiat Strada, saying it “wasn’t very good”, which caused Fiat to threaten to sue the BBC unless he apologised for the comments. The Late Late Breakfast Show was Edmonds’ first Saturday-evening light-entertainment show on the BBC. Presented by Edmonds live on Saturday evenings from 4 September 1982 to 8 November 1986, initially with co-host Leni Harper. It also featured Mike Smith and John Peel.