Challenge of the day #3 (3 April) - 5 dream dinner party guests

My dear late husband, magically brought back to life and perfect health
Chrissie Hynde, his favourite lady
Rick Edwards my favourite quiz show host
Tamsin Grieg as I like her voice
James May

The Dalai Lama for his wisdom
Paul Newman as eye candy
Eddie Izzard to inject a subservient element
Rich Hall for his dry humour
Ben Fogle for his stories

David Attenborough, David Walliams Doris Stokes My Mum My Dad so I could have dinner with them one last time as they passed several years ago

Dead or alive? Bruce Springsteen. (Love his music.) Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth (I could stare at them all night.) Elvis (so I could see what he was REALLY like.) And Richard Dawkins, because I agree with him.

Miriam Margoyles, Alan Bennett, Michael Parkinson, Julian Clarey and Nicolas Parsons. I think that is a good mix and would be great fun.

for comedy value and banter - Lee Mack and Bob Mortimer

for intelligent comment from different perspective Margaret Thatcher and Michelle Obama

for eye candy, just for me, Hugh Jackman

My mum......................... To see her again
My dad............................. To see him again
Charles Dickens ........... A great author
Victoria Wood............... To make us laugh
David Essex.................... Because he is gorgeous

Rafael Nadal, because he is so exciting to watch.
Elly Griffiths because I would love to talk to her about her Ruth Galloway books.
Dave Allen because he was very funny and I imagine a good raconteur.
Elvis Presley because I would love him to sing something for me
Boris Johnson because I find politics interesting and I think he'd be great company.

Sir David Attenborough to hear his fascinating journeys
Monty Don to learn more about gardening, and he and Sir David could compare their discoveries.
Paul McCartney a fellow Liverpudlian, he could sing and chat and make us laugh.
Jenny Colgan can tell us about her next book.
Her Majesty the Queen to keep us in order,I would love to meet her.

Top of my list would be Dr Jonathon Miller who sadly died a few months ago. Intelligent, extremely knowledgable about so many things witty. I'd probably be too engrossed in conversation with him to speak to anyone else, but others on my list would be Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Michelle Obama and Richard Dawkins and if any of them weren't free David Lammy. To provide the music Bruce Springsteen. All my guests would keep the conversation flowing for hours.

George Michael, for his music and voice, Jane Austen for her wit, William Shakespeare for his wonderful use of our language, my Dad for his positive outlook and my great grandmother who died when I was 9yrs. She was half Irish half Portuguese the daughter of an Irish sergeant serving in India, she met and Irish sergeant and married him. Wished I had been old enough to hear more stories about her life.

Gino di Campo to do the cooking, because he’s DH’s favourite chef (and DH is mine!).
Alan Bennett, so intelligent and droll. I could listen to him for hours.
Michelle Obama - I’d have liked Barack as well, but had to get one of them for their personalities and insider knowledge.
And someone to entertain us. A difficult choice, but I’ll go for Rod Stewart. As long as he doesn’t sing the dreaded Maggie May.
Lastly, the grandma I never met, to tell me all about the side of the family I don’t know.

Julie Walters
Billy connolly. .both for their humour
Robert Plant...my rock god
Chris Hemsworth... just to look at.
The Queen. ..I would love to know how she really feels as a woman,not a queen.

Terry Jones - clever and funny.

Alan Bennett - ditto

Benedict Cumberbatch - lovely, with a velvety voice

Mary Beard - learned and passionate

Jesus - to see if he turned up....

Barack Obama
Bruce Springsteen
Princess Grace of Monaco
Coco Chanel
Bjorn Borg

If I could time travel back to the 70’s my dinner party guests would be:
David Cassidy - sex God extraordinaire
Donny Osmond - another sex God
David Essex - can you see the repeating theme
Billy Connolly - ooh that voice
And Robert Carlisle from Hamish Macbeth

Raymond Blanc to cook
Victoria Wood to entertain
Terry Wogan to keep the conversation flowing
Rufus Sewell !!!!!
Diana Gabaldon to tell us about Outlander.

Robert Redford and the late Paul Newman always thought they were down to earth and not super star material
Frank Sinatra because I loved his voice.
Sean Connery for tips on acting.
Elizabeth Taylor on Marriage ?

George Clooney because he’s cool
Steve McQueen ditto
Daniel Craig because he’s Bond
John Torode to cook
Winston Churchill for his wit.
Yes. All men. No competition

My dear departed parents so I can tell them I loved them which I did not do when they were alive
My darling husband as he once was before his dementia
Jesus
David Attenborough

The Hairy Bikers ( can I count them as one, please) to cook and amuse

The late great Roy Hudd: just because .....

Les Dawson; he would be brilliant, witty company.

Matt Monroe because to sing for us with that wonderful voice would be magical.

Julie Walters, because whenever I’ve been asked (in a humorous way, naturally) who I would like to play me in a film of my life - there is really only Julie who could possibly do justice to the part. ?And she’s a Brummie like me.

I try to avoid cooking whenever possible so I'd invite...
Jamie Oliver, he'd bring the drinks and nibbles
Nigella, she'd bring the starter
Delia, she'd bring the main course
Prue, she'd bring the pud
And finally, Paul Hollywood, he could provide a cheeseboard and some fancy chocs
I could then sit quietly and enjoy the yummy food, drink wine... and leave them to chat among themselves about their recipes.

I would invited the 5 most despicable people I could think of - and poison them all.

My mother, to see her one more time

Clive James/Barry Humphries

Graham Norton/Paul O'Grady

Hairy Bikers

Michael Parkinson

Prince Charles
Nicola Sturgeon
Jeremy Hardy
Eddie Izzard
My Son in Law.

I think the conversation would be hilarious.