Noel Edmonds reveals bonkers health secrets behind his surprisingly ripped body at age 76
STAR'S SECRETS Noel Edmonds reveals bonkers health secrets behind his surprisingly ripped body at age 76
NOEL EDMONDS makes his TV comeback tomorrow with his Kiwi Adventure – and the telly titan is more than ready for his close-up.
The series delves into his new life in New Zealand with wife Liz, it sees them run a pub, explore the country and get up to all sorts of high jinks.
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Noel Edmonds was named 'Torso of the Week' by gossip mag Heat
And it looks into the crazy regime that, at 76, saw him named 'Torso of the Week' by gossip mag Heat.
Noel shares: 'The exercise I do, I call tranquil power. It's about quiet and slow. You hold it (the weight), you feel the muscle burn and then let go.
'I normally have a warm shower in the morning and wash it off with a cold shower.
'And then a sauna, infra red.
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'It's proven science and very good for you.'
If it gets me looking as fit as Noel, then I'll be tuning in.
Noel Edmond's Kiwi Adventure starts tomorrow at 9pm on ITV1.
Noel Edmonds' most bizarre moments - from 'dead parent' orbs and 'electro smog' to Candice the mannequin and bid to buy the BBC
SURANNE IS IN HER PRIME
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Suranne Jones looks the part as the PM in new Netflix show, Hostage
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Ashley Thomas plays Suranne's on-screen hubby, Dr Alex
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SURANNE JONES looks the part as the PM in new Netflix show, Hostage.
The political thriller sees the actress transform into politician Abigail Dalton, forced to work together with her rival, the French President, after her husband is kidnapped and world leaders are blackmailed.
In a first look at the five-parter, Suranne is seen outside No10, with on-screen hubby Ashley Thomas and daughter Isobel Akuwudike.
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She's later joined by the French President, played by Julie Deply, as they go head-to-head in Downing Street, before a champagne-fuelled soirée that sees Queen Charlotte actor Corey Mylchreest getting close with Sophie Robertson.
Hostage will air on August 21
MARTIN'S OUT FOR REVENGE
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Martin Compston is set to star in new thriller The Revenge Club
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MARTIN COMPSTON is swapping bent coppers for broken hearts in his new thriller.
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The Revenge Club will see the Line Of Duty actor joined by Slow Horses actress Aimee-Ffion Edwards as his on-screen wife as they attend a dysfunctional divorce support group.
The group quickly ditches the tissues and tea for cold-blooded retribution, which spirals from mischievous pranks to deadly 'accidents'.
The duo will be joined by Meera Syal, Sharon Rooney, Douglas Henshall and Chaneil Kular as group members, while Aoife Kennan and Rob Malone play a pair of nosy detectives.
Based on upcoming novel The Othello Club, the TV adaptation comes from the director of BBC comedy Fleabag and the writer of Netflix hit Lupin.
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Production is currently under way and the series will air on Paramount+.
ERIN IN CARAVAN CHAOS
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Love Actually actor Bill Nighy will feature in a new series based in a caravan park
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THE BBC has assembled some of the biggest names in telly for a new series based in a caravan park.
Love Actually actor Bill Nighy and The Crown's Helena Bonham Carter will be joined by Adolescence actress Erin Doherty and Mad Max's Tom Burke in California Avenue, a six-part series about a mother and son who shake up a quiet canal-side holiday destination.
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The mum, played by Erin, and her son head to the caravan park while on the run.
A show synopsis teases: 'Ghosts and demons will firmly be put to rest, and an expected love forged.'
Filming for the BBC One series begins later this summer in Hertfordshire.
VINNIE JONES In The Country will be back for a third series on Discovery+.
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The six new episodes will see the former footballer working hard on his long-awaited lake house renovation at his Sussex estate.
Plus he has plans for another building project – a grand manor house.
FORMER Corrie star Beverley Callard, band Hear'Say's Suzanne Shaw and singer Gary Numan are all set to appear n the new series of Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted.
Returning in November, the six-parter will see stars uncovering the secrets lurking in their homes.
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The Herald Scotland
19 minutes ago
- The Herald Scotland
Reviews: Noel Edmonds's Kiwi Adventure, The Firm, Outrageous
I must admit his absence wasn't keeping me awake at nights, but Noel Edmonds's Kiwi Adventure (STV, Friday) revealed what happened next. Or as much as he wanted to tell us, anyway. In 2018, said Rob Brydon, the narrator of this three-part docuseries, Edmonds 'turned his back on it all' and travelled 11,500 miles to build a new life in New Zealand with his wife, Liz. It's hard to see how he could have put more distance between himself and Blighty, so why was he back? Was TV missing him, or was he missing TV? As for the format he chose for his return, let's see: chap of a certain age, younger partner, starting new venture, in possession of sidekick with comedy potential - remind you of anyone? It is tempting to conclude that Edmonds took one look at Clarkson's Farm and thought, 'Anything he can do …' There's one major difference between the two, though. Before his recent scare, Clarkson prided himself on being a bloke's bloke about health. Edmonds. In contrast, has long been a fully paid-up member of the woo-woo club. We saw him hard at work on his fitness regime, which included crystals, cold showers, and 'structured water', wherever that is. It might sound bonkers but look at him - he's 76. By far the best thing for his health was Liz, whom he called 'my earth angel'. They met when she did his make-up on Deal or No Deal. All the clocks in the house were set to the exact time, 11.06, to commemorate the occasion. More eyebrow-raising material followed, like the giant figure of a knight kneeling in prayer that sits on his property and is meant to symbolise Edmonds's fight back from bankruptcy. All of this was narrated by Brydon with commendable restraint. No one has to try too hard when Edmonds is around because he is always the star of the show. Edmonds was listed at the top of the credits as 'series consultant'. Still in charge, then. Whatever 'it' is on television, he still has it, and come the end of the first episode I'll admit I wanted to know more. Will his vineyard survive the frost and rains? And is there an end to Liz's patience with his schoolboy humour? Move over Clarkson, you've got competition. At the start of The Firm (BBC Scotland, Tuesday), the lawyer Aamer Anwar said: 'It's almost like a Line of Duty episode.' I have no idea why he said that because nothing was like a Line of Duty episode, unless you counted Anwar's affection for Steve Arnott-style waistcoats. This second series was a world away from the first. Where that was a tonally bizarre mix of the serious and the silly, the new run played it straight down the line. Cheerio Sex and the City and Suits, hello The Handmaid's Tale and Panorama. But was it better for it? It was certainly shorter, reduced from eight episodes to just three. Viewers were taken step by step through some of the high-profile cases Aamer Anwar & Co have dealt with in recent years, including the death in police custody of Sheku Bayoh. Other cases include Margaret Caldwell's fight for an inquiry into the handling of her daughter Emma's murder investigation, and the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay in Polmont Young Offenders Institute. It is impossible to imagine what these families have been through, but The Firm filled in some of the details with care and compassion. Sometimes was the little things that spoke loudest, like Katie's mum bringing the dog with her into meetings. Would other firms be so understanding? The same point about small details applied to Anwar himself. Last time, he was a flash lawyer about town, stopping off at his tailors to order new suits, or slo-mo walking to the office like some pop star in a video. Here he rocked up to Margaret Caldwell's door with a Sainsbury's carrier bag in place of a briefcase. She welcomed him in (as did the dog, Teddy) like he was one of the family. You can't fake that level of closeness. Likewise, the moments when emotions were running high and only a hug would do. There is no such thing as 'good news' in this branch of the law. None of the families featured wanted to be in this position. But there was a sense of pride in standing up for those no longer here, and that came across loud and clear. Besides the families and Anwar we heard from a much wider spectrum of contributors, including a former detective who worked on the Caldwell investigation. The new faces brought much-needed freshness to otherwise familiar material. Another big change from the first series: we didn't hear from the junior members of staff. They appeared in meetings but not a peep was heard. That was a pity. I'd hate to think they had paid the price for some of the dafter editorial decisions in series one. Murder Most Puzzling (Channel 5, Thursday) isn't the first time Phyllis Logan has dabbled in crime. Her gangster's wife in Guilt was more terrifying than any of her bodyguards, and deserved a series of her own (quick as you like, Neil Forsyth). In the meantime, we will have to do make do with Murder Most Puzzling, one of a growing band of 'cosy crime' offerings taking over the TV schedules (Ludwig, The Madame Blanc Mysteries), publishing (Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club) and film (Netflix's adaptation of Osman's book). It's a difficult combination to get right. Logan's Cora Felton could have gone either way. A crossword setter known as The Puzzle Lady, Cora has come to the small town of Bakerbury with her niece, Sherry (Charlotte Hope), hoping for a quieter life. As per, all was not as it seemed, starting with Cora. When a woman was found dead with what looked like a crossword clue in her pocket, the local plod asked for Cora's help. Before you could say a four letter word for unbelievable, more victims had come along and Cora had turned into a full-blown sleuth. The oft-married Cora was a likeable sort given added heft by Logan. There was a scene at the start, involving Cora interviewing bereaved parents, that could have been toe-curling if not for Logan bringing her acting chops to bear. Cora/Logan was also a highly convincing dropper of the F-bomb, a power she used seldom but well, ditto her Scottish sarkiness. 'Isn't the internet a marvel,' she said while picking a lock. 'All these instructional videos by cheerful men, helping burglars.' The rest was as credible as Scooby Doo, and I'd still rather have a series with Logan as a crime clan matriarch, but I might be tempted back to see how Cora is getting on. What ho folks, it's a thoroughly spiffing drama about those game gels, the Mitford sisters. 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Metro
an hour ago
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Noel Edmonds tears up reflecting on ‘dark space' when he attempted suicide
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Noel Edmonds has reflected on 'dark times' from his past in his return to TV. The former Deal or No Deal host is back with Kiwi Adventure, which follows his life in New Zealand with wife Liz as they run a hospitality business in the rural town of Ngatimoti. Noel, 76, and Liz, whom we married in 2009, decided to make the move in 2015 before going ahead in 2019, having previously said the 'incredible spiritual pull' he felt when visiting the country made him want to settle there. Now, the couple owns an 800-acre estate called River Haven, boasting a vineyard, restaurant, wellness centre, and a pub named The Bugger Inn. In the first episode of his comeback, Noel, who was last seen on telly when he was voted off I'm A Celebrity in 2018, became emotional as he looked back on his tougher moments and feeling suicidal. At one point, he visited a sculpture named Guardian, which was described by narrator Rob Brydon as 'a permanent reminder of a difficult period in his life'. 'In 2005, at the height of his fame, Noel's production company unexpectedly went bankrupt, hugely affecting his mental health,' Rob explained to viewers. Cutting back to Noel, the former House Party presenter pointed to a plinth: 'There's a description of my story here, for guests to understand why I had Guardian created.' 'My Unique group of companies was deliberately collapsed by some corrupt bankers,' he recalled. 'And I'm safe in saying that because my bank manager went to prison, along with four others, for 50 years. 'What they were doing was pushing businesses over the edge and then taking assets—that's basically what it was about. 'When the companies went into administration in 2006, I thought I was a crap businessman. I thought it was my fault. 70 people lost their jobs.' Noel then shared: 'And I said to Liz, who was a fantastic support, 'When,' not if, 'When I win my battle to get my losses back, I'm gonna get the great Weta Studios, Lord of the Rings, Avatar, the real creative powerhouses here in New Zealand, I'm gonna ask them to build me a statue'.' Indeed, that's when Guardian was made, with Liz designing the shield the statue holds to represent his legal 'fight'. Beside the statue of a crouching man with his head bowed is an inscription, which Noel says is what encouraged him to build it in the first place. 'It was that inscription that held me together and motivated me during some very dark times,' he admitted, with the plaque reading: 'The devil saw me with my head down and thought he'd won until I said Amen.' 'The relevance of that is the knight is not kneeling in defeat; he's praying,' revealed Noel. He then became choked up as he explained just how hard the legal battle hit his mental health: 'He's praying before he gets up and defeats the dark force, the enemy. 'I'll tell you, when you go to that dark space… I used to, like many people, kind of look down my nose and think, why would anybody want to take their own life? Why would they want to do that? 'I'll tell you, if you've ever been in that dark space, you'll never be critical, because it's a space where there is no reason.' Noel concluded by sharing that the Guardian statue is there for those who feel 'weak,' 'disenfranchised,' 'marginalised,' and 'let down' by society. 'He has not given up. You can feel it.' Grabbing onto the sword, he tearfully said: 'Thanks, mate. Thank you.' This isn't the first time Noel has spoken candidly about his suicidal thoughts. In June 2017, he shared that he had attempted to take his life in 2005 after the fraud by a group of HBOS financiers destroyed his businesses. At the time, he wished to 'end the overwhelming mental pain that had consumed [his] whole being'. 'Until these criminals took me to the brink of emotional annihilation, I had always felt those who opt out by taking their own lives were selfish and cowardly… But having been cast into that bottomless dark space devoid of logic and reason, I have a much deeper understanding of life without hope…', he said. Noel also stated then that he 'sought no sympathy' and 'felt no shame' in making the confession. Ultimately, Noel received an apology from Lloyds Banking Group, which agreed a compensation deal with him following the fraud case. While details of the agreement were not made public, it was reported by the Daily Mail that he received around £5million. More Trending Lloyds acknowledged causing Noel 'distress' after corrupt staff from the Reading branch were handed jail sentences for the £245m loans scam between 2003 and 2007. Several businesses were destroyed as profits were squandered on prostitutes and luxury holidays. View More » Watch Noel Edmonds' Kiwi Adventure on ITV.
