Noel Edmonds is a national treasure

re: Noel Edmonds is a national treasure

sue turner — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:02:48 GMT

I think I would say that he should be treated like a national treasure. That is to say sealed in an air-tight case and plonked at the back-end of a very, very long room, and all the exit signage

removed. Just in case!

re: Noel Edmonds is a national treasure

Barack Obama — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:21:44 GMT

Media plurality = good thing, you're right, and I don't have any problem with (indeed watch much) mindless entertainment TV. However, Noel is setting this up as a serious public affairs show - In which case (and maybe I am old fashioned here), I think a slightly more balanced, less nasty, look at the issues might be in order.

re: Noel Edmonds is a national treasure

Jeremy Lee — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:30:03 GMT

Doesn't the 'moronic demographic' as you call them have a right to be served as much as the liberal elite or indeed any other demographic? That's media plurality.

re: Noel Edmonds is a national treasure

Barack Obama — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:10:39 GMT

I think it is great that we have a TV show serving the moronic demographic who prefer ill-informed hysterical treatments of issues, rather than balanced investigations.

re: Noel Edmonds is a national treasure

Jeremy Lee — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:52:59 GMT

You, my friend, are an idiot.

re: Noel Edmonds is a national treasure

Art Garfunkel — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:30:53 GMT

Yes let's overturn laws every time they inconvenience a disabled ex-serviceman. In fact we should let them drink-drive and download kiddy porn while we are at it.

re: Noel Edmonds is a national treasure

Jeremy Lee — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:02:55 GMT

Incidentally I totally agree with your Tweet about Foyle's War coming back Tess; great stuff especially as so much has been written about ITV cutting back on drama production. It is quality stuff - ITV at its very best.

re: Noel Edmonds is a national treasure

TESS ALPS — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:59:32 GMT

Indeed. Its predecessor fully deserving of its BAFTA despite howls of derision, and maybe this one will win too.

re: Noel Edmonds is a national treasure

Jeremy Lee — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:32:05 GMT

I agree Daily Mail On TV would be rather unappealing but it's nice to see something that is in some way celebratory (and, dare I say it, patriotic).

The Ross Kemp series really is fantastic though regardless of opinion over the war; amazing what brave people are prepared to do for 20k or less...

re: Noel Edmonds is a national treasure

TESS ALPS — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:05:22 GMT

I've always said Noel is a bit of a god, even though we don't share political viewpoints, as you know!

Noel is not motivated by money in this show at all; he wants the airtime to promote his view of the world. And I think there could be a lot more of that sort of stuff filling our screens if broadcasters were open to it. Who knows what the current economic situation will lead to. But our TV culture is much less opinionated than in the US and we probably wouldn't enjoy watching too many Daily-Mail-on-screen shows.