Deal or No Deal

What was the point of that?


Just to note that Noel is a guest on Parkinson next week. The Edmonds is BACK!

Nope. Lucy's on the ....

Noel is also taking part in a "Cash for Questions" interview in next months Q Magazine (which is out late next week) in which readers get to ask Noel some questions.

Noel is also taking part in a "Cash for Questions" interview in next months Q Magazine (which is out late next week) in which readers get to ask Noel some questions.

Noel Edmonds in Q magazine? Is this possibly the first time since his radio days that he's considered cool?

Des Lynam: Richard and Judy hate each other

He is renowned as TV's smoothest talker, But Des Lynam stunned a Countdown studio audience with some extraordinary remarks about daytime colleagues Richard and Judy.
The presenter, one of Britain's best-loved broadcasters, repeatedly told the audience at a recording of the Channel 4 quiz that the married chat show hosts "hate each other".

Mr Lynam revealed in his off-air comments that he had met Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan at a photo-shoot for this week's Radio Times. During the session the couple had not said a word, he claimed, to nervous laughter from the Countdown audience.


Des Lynam, in hot water over comments about Channel 4 colleagues Richard and Judy, with Carol Vorderman.

Despite attempts by Carol Vorderman to steer her co-host off the subject, he asked the Countdown cast to confirm what he had said, before eventually Miss Vorderman butted in, claiming he'd "had too much coffee".

Last night everyone involved insisted that Mr Lynam had been joking. But members of the studio audience said they had been perplexed by his claims.

The astonishing outburst came on Tuesday as Mr Lynam, 63, and Miss Vorderman, 44, chatted with the 100-strong audience. Mr Lynam held up the Radio Times, which also features Noel Edmonds and Paul O'Grady in a round-up of Channel 4's ratings-busting daytime talent.

He told the audience: "Carol and I are on the front page of the Radio Times. We're on there with Richard and Judy. Lovely couple, wonderful programme. But they hate each other. In the whole hour that we were with them they never said a word."

With producers apparently trying to get him to move on, Mr Lynam added: "What? What's that? Richard and Judy hate each other. It's true. You've met them haven't you Carol? They don't speak."

When his co-host laughed, with apparent embarrassment, he turned to his celebrity guest, musician Rick Wakeman, and the show's Dictionary Corner assistant Susie Dent. "You've met them haven't you?" he said. "They don't speak to each other."

After Miss Dent had confirmed his remarks, Mr Lynam poked fun at Deal Or No Deal host Mr Edmonds, saying he was so short he had to stand on a box.

Eventually, Miss Vorderman stepped in, saying: "He's been such trouble today ladies and gentlemen. He's had too much coffee. Too much caffeine in the mornings."

Last night Mr Lynam told The Mail on Sunday: "I was just fooling around. I also said that Carol Vorderman was going to wear Paul O'Grady's dress. It was just a bit of fun and the audience were intelligent and bright enough to understand. I was mocking everyone on the front page.

"I said that Noel Edmonds was 5ft 1in or something. Are you going to print that? It's a joke. Your readers will hopefully be intelligent enough to know it was just a joke."

Mr Madeley insisted there was no truth in the idea that he hated his wife.

He said: "He's obviously joking. Period. If anyone was to tell you that was true they would be talking total b******s. He's just winding up the audience.

"He's been a guest on our show a few times and we see him at dos and we like him and he likes us."

Pink boxes now!

Doesn't look as awkward as green.