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Who makes your flesh crawl?

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Greatnan Sun 18-Mar-12 20:42:27

For me, it would the late Jimmy Seville, Cliff Richards, John Redwood, John Prescott, the Pope, Noel Edmonds and Ricky Gervais and Putin and all the Republican presidential candidates.

Greatnan Tue 20-Mar-12 08:38:07

You can't mean the lovely Charlotte Green - I love her on The News Quiz. And I would love to speak like her.

petallus Tue 20-Mar-12 07:35:55

There's a woman who regularly reads the news on BBC Radio 4 and she has such a sensible matronly deep head- girlish sort of voice (sorry all you ex head girls) that I feel maddened when I hear it.

nannym Tue 20-Mar-12 06:57:14

Cilla Black, Carol Vorderman, Edwina Currie, Claire Sweeney, Annette Cooper and Kerry Catona all make me shudder too.

Greatnan Mon 19-Mar-12 23:13:57

Thanks, Annobel - I find I spend quite enough time on this site without looking at the FB page as well!

Annobel Mon 19-Mar-12 22:47:31

Here Greatnan

www.facebook.com/gransnet

Greatnan Mon 19-Mar-12 21:36:16

I haven't seen it on Facebook - where would I find it?

Tosh Mon 19-Mar-12 21:26:27

I replied to this post on Facebook ......where do I start ?
Brucie
Wossy
Denise Squelch
Carol Vorderman
Brian Blessed
John Mc Crirrick ( bleurgh !!)
Katie Price
Harry Hill
Frankie Boyle
Dev (from Corrie)
Go Compare Man
Johnny Vegas.....
Guess that's enough for now !!

Hattie64 Mon 19-Mar-12 20:22:30

George Osbourne

mrshat Mon 19-Mar-12 20:20:30

Probably too painful to type his name Anagram! He's REALLY creepy. The more you think about it the longer the list gets! hmm

Anagram Mon 19-Mar-12 19:15:23

I notice no one's mentioned Ed Miliband.....confused

Mishap Mon 19-Mar-12 18:59:40

Oh - where to start!?
Tony Blair, Maggie Thatcher, Melvyn Bragg, David Cameron.

There is something about becoming PM that makes people stop talking like a normal human being - it is interesting to compare older recordings of these people. Oh boy, does that supercilious mealy-mouthed PM voice make me want to puke!

Annobel Mon 19-Mar-12 18:31:42

Agreed, biker, and Ricky Gervais. I also shudder at that invisible woman (India something) who does the voice over in Masterchef.

bikergran Mon 19-Mar-12 18:22:18

The one with the bald head in Little Britain....

The late Benny Hill

Greatnan Mon 19-Mar-12 18:06:55

I just wish Cliff Richard would come out of the closet and be done with it! It hasn't done Elton John or George Michael any harm. I hated the way he used to pull his mouth when he was singing.

numberplease Mon 19-Mar-12 18:02:32

Green, I`ve only ever seen Ricky Tomlinson on TV, never in a live show, but I did read his autobiography, and found that he really doesn`t like Cilla Black, but then he`s probably not alone. I don`t think of Cliff as a Peter Pan, I`ve just adored him since he were nobbutt a lad!

greenmossgiel Mon 19-Mar-12 17:38:31

numberplease - I like Ricky Tomlinson in The Royle Family, but I can't stand him in that advert for Farmfoods (although that seems to have tailed off now). We saw him in a one man show a few years ago and decided that he wasn't really very pleasant about lots of people that he's worked with. Good on the banjo though! As for Cliff.....'Peter Pan of Pop?'.....confusedgrin

numberplease Mon 19-Mar-12 17:23:13

Oh dear, Greenmossgiel, I ADORE Cliff Richard, have done since 1958, and I also quite like Ricky Tomlinson as well.
Elegran, I know what you mean about the voice overs on kids programmes, only this morning I was in stitches when the narrator on In the Night Garden said, "Makapakka, Upsy Daisy has got something for you"!
Can I add Wayne Rooney to the list?

grannymoo Mon 19-Mar-12 17:13:47

John Mckririck has to be the most revolting man on TV oh and Hugh Grant turns my stomach too!

Jacey Mon 19-Mar-12 16:27:34

Thank you Carol

Greatnan Mon 19-Mar-12 16:10:29

Robert Peston. Norman Tebbit My ex son-in-law.
Funny, I don't seem to find nearly as many women to make my flesh crawl!

nanachrissy Mon 19-Mar-12 16:06:55

All of the above and especially Keith Lemon. He is an alter ego of Lee Francis,although doesn't seem to be much difference! He is disgustingly vile and obscene.

Annobel Mon 19-Mar-12 16:03:34

Nick Knowles - unutterably laddish and everything he says comes out fortissimo. The way he uses his vocal chords leads me to hope that one day they will fail him. If Michael Gove is on TV I have to change channel.

Carol Mon 19-Mar-12 15:33:11

Mr Tumble is a hapless children's character played by Justin Fletcher, for pre-school children. He signs and plays with children of mixed abilities on CeeBeebies.

greenmossgiel Mon 19-Mar-12 15:32:01

And Ricky Tomlinson.

Anagram Mon 19-Mar-12 15:31:20

I thought Keith Lemon was real! shock

And Mr Tumble isn't creepy in my book!