Edmonds quits `boring' BBC

London - Television presenter Noel Edmonds said yesterday he was quitting the BBC because he found the programmes "too boring…

London - Television presenter Noel Edmonds said yesterday he was quitting the BBC because he found the programmes "too boring".

Edmonds, once one of the BBC's highest paid presenters, was sad to be "throwing in the towel" after 30 years but did not rule out a television comeback if the right offer came along.

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