Your ideal gathering/dinner party...who would you invite, family excepted?

Oscar Schindler
Sir Thomas More
Warren Gatland
Sir Matt Busby
Margaret Thatcher
Kate Adie
Cristiano Ronaldo

We have a large dinner table, so it would be
Me and DH ( of course)

Quentin Crisp ( back from the dead)
Gregory Peck
Audrey Hepburn
Dylan Thomas
Angela Merkel
Maggie Aderin Pocock
Phillip Mould
Hilary Mantel

That should be a good mix ?

Michael Palin
Judy Dench
Michelle Obama
David Attenborough
Lee Mack
David Mitchell

Good choice dragonfly - Lee Mack and David Mitchell are so funny on 'Would I Lie to You?'!

Assuming we can have those who are no longer with us and not family members who are no longer with us -

George Harrison
Elvis Presley
Barack Obama
Billy Connolly
Rosa Parks
Emeline Pankhurst (sp)
Alan Bleasedale
Willie Russell

No intellectuals for me. I wouldn't know what they were on about and I'd like to join in.

Freddie Mercury
Terry Pratchett
Janet Street Porter
Bob Geldof
Bob Marley
Jo Brand
Sarah Millican
Mickey Flanagan

And Ray Winston (who would be staying to look at my etchings, afterwards)

David Niven
Peter Ustinov
David Mitchell
Victoria Coren Mitchell
Ryan Reynolds
Judi Dench

Ooooh - I forgot to ask David Attenborough so he's on my list too, as is Billy Conolly, Miriam Margoyles, Alan Bennett,, Steven Fry, Oscar Wilde, Anne Boleyn, Ann Lister, John Smith, Mary Wollstonecraft and some textile artists: India Flint, Gwen Hedley Cas Holmes....

It'll have to be several parties!

Aaaaaand Jo Brand!!!

Michael Palin
Joanna Lumley
Boris (well we all have lots of questions for him)

Dame Stephanie Shirley
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Jo Brand
Bjorn Borg
George Best

He is the son of an old friend and he was a friend of my daughter when growing up!

Rob Delaney, Miriam Margoyles, Bill Nighy , Judi Dench ,Noel Fielding , Robbie Coltrane .

It would have to be
Rhod Gilbert
Ian Hislop
Yes David Essex, as some else said, just for his looks.
Jo Brand
Geriant Thomas
Tony Benn, if he were alive.

Alan Titchmarsh

John Connolly.
Laurence Olivier.
Billy Conolly.
Emma Thompson.
Joanna Lumley.
Stephen Fry.
Keanu Reeves....so I can gaze adoringly at him!!

Just Mick Jagger & Lawrence Dallaglio please!!
I would have said Bowie too if he were still with us.

Patti Smith
Barack Obama
Professor Green
Alan Hollinghurst
Jo Brand
Charles Dance
Kristin Scott Thomas
Sam Warburton
Sadiq Khan

Glad to see so many Rufus fans here!

My guests would be:
Greta Thunberg
Michelle and Barack Obama
Jacinda Ahern and her partner
Gina Miller
Jack Monroe (might get her to cook)
Alf Dubbs
Keir Starmer
Hilary Mantel

We do have quite a big table!

Dawn French
Phil Tufnell
Michele Obama
Tony Benn

And last, but not least....
Jinglbellfrocks

Can I join the queue for Rufus Sewell.?
Whose bothered about the food

My guests would be....Douglas Henshall,AidenTurner,RodStewart,RobertPlant,Peter Kay,Hairy bikers,......DollyParton,DawnFrench,JenniferSaunders,Joanna Lumley,HRH Princess Anne,Olivia Colman....plus the gorgeous Dr Ennis from Poldark

NanKate
??☺
Loved his programmes and he's a very good presenter with clear speech...unlike some.
Not sure that I fancy him though.
Have you washed your face yet? ?

Woodmouse49 - I want to be a fly on the wall!

George Michael to tell him he was loved
Freddy Mercury cos he was brilliant
Nina Simone to thank her for giving my daughter a kiss
Harriet Tubman to be amazed at her bravery
William Wordsworth to tell him how much Daffodils meant to
My Mum so she could hear him read it.
2nd table
Elton John cos I love him
Trevor Noah cos that man has done so well
Ellen Degeneres cos she fought for her rights
Jacinda Ardern just cos she is bloody brill