Noel’s House Party was a BBC light entertainment series that was hosted by Noel Edmonds. Noel’s House Party was the successor to The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow, carrying over some of its regular features such as the ‘Gunge Tank’, the ‘Gotcha Oscar’ and ‘Wait Till I Get You Home’. The show had many celebrity guests posing as residents of Crinkley Bottom, including Frank Thornton and Vicki Michelle. There was also a contrived rivalry edmonds pie Edmonds and Tony Blackburn.
After several changes, the show began to decline in popularity. Its theme tune was changed in 1996, and set redesigns followed. The episode due to be broadcast on 3 January 1998 had to be cancelled after a disagreement between Edmonds and the BBC. The BBC cancelled the show in February 1999 after ratings plummeted from a high of 15 million to 8 million.
It’s an overworked expression when people say ‘it’s the end of an era’, but for BBC Television for the entertainment department, for me, and possibly you, it really is the end of an era. He was then playfully attacked with a fire extinguisher by Freddie Starr. I am delighted this decision has been made. I feel as though a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. History will prove that House Party was one of the most successful entertainment shows of all time. He partly blamed the Ronan Keating talent show Get Your Act Together for poor ratings leading into House Party. In 1993, Noel’s House Party won a BAFTA for best light entertainment series.
In 1994, the opening titles won a Bronze Rose of Montreux. The stop-motion animation title and credit sequences were made by 3 Peach Animation. Parents watch pre-recorded clips of their children being interviewed by Edmonds, and try to guess the children’s answers. In Series 5 it was replaced with Wait Till We All Get Home, but was then axed for series 6 and not replaced. This complete segment was pre-recorded some months before each series of the show began.
In series 1, celebrity duos competed against one another to complete the lyrics of a song after being given the first line. This feature was originally in The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow. In series 2 members of the public had to guess the name of the song from the lyrics, but this was replaced in series 3 with the panel game. Grab a Grand was then replaced with Cash for Questions in Series 6.