The 'blonde in the coffee commercials' that Victor was 'always complaining about' would have been Sharon Maughan who starred in the famed Nescafé Good Blend adverts with Anthony Head from 1987 to 1993.
Noel Edmonds hosted a morning variety show in the 80s called The Late Late Breakfast Show. Like Mr. Rogers, Edmonds was known for the sweaters he wore on the show. (In England they're called "jumpers," the kind that a man wears over a button-up collared shirt.)