Television Edmondson was a
CBBC continuity presenter from 2004 to 2006, prior to which, in 2002, he was a roving reporter for
Channel 4's
Richard & Judy. Edmondson co-presented the
2008 coverage of the
Isle of Wight Festival for
ITV2. He also provided links and commentary for the
MTV coverage of the
2008 MTV Europe Music Awards. He presented reports from
T in the Park 2009 for
BBC One Scotland,
BBC Two Scotland and
BBC Three. Edmondson also provided
voiceovers for
4Music and presented
Channel 4's
Freshly Squeezed from 2010 until 2011. In May 2010, Edmondson presented highlights from
The Great Escape Festival and the
Topman CTRL Student Tour on
Channel 4. On 27 June 2016, it was announced that Edmondson would co-host
The Xtra Factor Live alongside
Rylan Clark-Neal on
ITV2. The series began on 27 August 2016 and was broadcast live from
The Hospital Club. The show was axed in January 2017. Edmondson narrated the third series of
Impractical Jokers UK on
Channel 5 and
Comedy Central in 2016. In 2017, Edmondson took part in the
BBC's ''
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief''. In November 2016, Edmondson provided the voiceover for the adverts for ''Now That's What I Call Music! 95'', when regular voiceover
Mark Goodier suffered a stroke. He presents the
ITV2 dating series
Dress to Impress. From 2017, Edmondson replaced
Reggie Yates as the presenter of
Release the Hounds on
ITV2.
Radio On 8 January 2010, Edmondson joined
BBC Radio 1, and appeared every Friday on
Fearne Cotton's show to report on entertainment news and showbiz gossip. His first appearance on Cotton's programme was on 15 January 2010. Edmondson began presenting the Sunday 10am to 1pm slot on
BBC Radio 1 on 14 March 2010, filling in for regular presenter
Sara Cox while she was on maternity leave. Edmondson started a weekly show on
BBC Radio 1 on 6 April 2011 replacing
Huw Stephens from 9pm to 10pm on Wednesdays. However, on 19 December 2012, he presented his last Wednesday night show before moving to weekends in January 2013, taking over
Vernon Kay's Saturday 10am1pm slot and
Sara Cox's Sunday 10am1pm slot. On 10 April 2018, it was announced that Edmondson and
Mollie King would co-present a new afternoon show for
BBC Radio 1 beginning in June on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. In 2024, it was announced that they would be moving to weekdays (except Fridays) on Radio 1 in July. In 2018, Edmondson hosted a BBC radio podcast programme in which he and his episode co-hosts, beginning with
Amelia Dimoldenberg and
Nina Nesbitt, deliberately vandalised
Wikipedia to see how long the vandalism would last.
Other work Edmondson was a columnist for
The X Factor magazine. He appeared in the music video for the song "
Make Peace Not War" by British grime artist
Skepta. Edmondson has designed several published board games through Format Games, which he founded in 2021 with his brother-in-law. ==Personal life==