Celebs That You Rather Like, Actually?

greenlady yes, Anita Manning is lovely. She's a TV natural
And the bloke who always wears a scarf, used to be a teacher?
I've got a bit of a crush on him!

Grayson Perry - loved his Art programmes
Noel Fitzpatrick, the Supervet

Charlie Dimmock
David Rich
Mary Portas
Freddy Mercury
Simon Reeve
Jane McDonald

All my ideal dinner party guests.

I love Anita Manning, she always wears such stylish clothes. Mary Beard is great and has converted me to trainers. I really like the lady to used to be on Homes Under The Hammer (Can't remember her name, she has long blonde hair) she always seemed so nice and it was a shock to hear how ill her daughter had been and how hard things had been for her.

The thing I like about Angel Strawbridge is the way she is happy to be filmed with her hair colour fading, no make up and chipped nail varnish if she's really busy.

Apart from Lee Mack (already mentioned)

My favourites:
Chris Packham who so obviously loves and adores all wildlife.
Twin doctors Dr Chris van Tulleken and Xand Van Tulleken who have presented so many brilliant programmes on health matters.

Louise Minchin from BBC Breakfast seems like a lovely woman. I like Martin Kemp, especially his relationship with his son Roman. The Siddiqui family, father and his two sons from Gogglebox are very witty, seem well-educated and have a lovely, easy relationship with each other. Lenny Henry has come so far since he was a 16 year old impersonator, he has achieved a lot especially working for Red Nose Day and has furthered his education to a very high standard. We have a soft spot for him because his mother worked with my mother-in-law for many years and my sister-in-law struck up a friendship with him when he was still at school and she was a traffic warden, he was very funny from a very young age. Monty Don seems like a lovely man, the last time I saw him on tv he looked very unwell, I hope it’s nothing serious. Carol Kirkwood the wether presenter in BBC also seems like a lovely woman. I agree about George Michael, he was a gentle soul with a very big heart, not to mention an amazing voice - A Different Corner is one of DH and my favourite songs, it brings tears to our eyes every time we hear it.

‘Weather presenter’ of course not ‘wether’.

I really like Jon Snow on Channel 4 News, he appears to be a great bringer-on of younger journalists, always respectful to interviewees and he's modest, and wears colourful ties. Also this week's Desert Island Discs subject Richard Wilson, great choice of music and so self-deprecating.

I love Miriam Margoyles, though I think she rather likes to deliberately shock.

Jeremy Clarkson
Ian Hislop
Janet Street-Porter
Mark Williams
Rylan Clarke-Neal
Lucy Worsley
Graham Norton
Bill Turnbull
Anita Manning
Simon Reeve
David Attenborough
and like greenlady102 I like Chris Witty, Jenny Harries and Jonathan van Tam too.

Ian McKellen
Maureen Lipman.
Graham Norton.
Jennifer Saunders

Can I put in a word for Sean Batty, weather presenter on STV?

He gets a bit over excited about isobars but last year he did such a lot of activities for children during lockdown, and anybody who didn't shed a tear when he presented that wee boy with his own weather map must be very hard hearted indeed!

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I have met Anita Manning a few times at her Antique Rooms in Glasgow. She is a genuinely lovely lady who I have enjoyed chatting with be it antiques or hats, which we both love!?

Monty Don
Miriam Margoyles
Ian Hislop
Jeremy Clarkson
Harrison Ford
Diane Keating
Helen Mirren
Kirsty Wark
Sally Magnuson

Ellianne

Jeremy Clarkson now on both threads for me! An instant irrational no, but a yes when he is being funny.

Yes, I agree.

I used to loathe Top Gear but I rather liked him on Millionaire and have yet to see the farming programme.

Gyles Brandreth
Monty Don
The BBC Points West team - David Garmston, Alex Lovell, etc and lovely Ian-On-The-Roof giving us the weather forecast.
Hugh Jackman
Sally Magnuson I only came across her in RL once but she was lovely

DD met Gordon Ramsay through work so I'd put him on both threads - awful on TV but kind and considerate in RL, apparently.

I enjoy a good travelogue and favourite presenters of this type of programme - Simon Reeves, Ben Fogle, Michael Palin, and Martin Clunes.

Also loved Timothy West and Prunella Scales on their canal jaunts. Jane McDonald on her cruise jaunts comes across well too.

AA Gill, sadly no longer with us, was not universally liked, though he did write excellent and thought provoking essays about places all over the world.

Oh yes, Simon Reeves

I found it impossible to dislike Clarkson (even though I feel that I should) ever since he did a lovely series about Europe many years ago.

Another fan of Simon Reeve here. I also love Edd China from Wheeler Dealers, although I can't stand his co-presenter Mike Brewer, and I also love Tim and Fuzz from Car SOS.

annodomini

As an antidote to this (almost) all-male love-fest: Mary Beard.

Me too annodomini

MayBee70

I found it impossible to dislike Clarkson (even though I feel that I should) ever since he did a lovely series about Europe many years ago.

Yes, I remember that series about Eurpoe MayBee70 . It was really enjoyable and Jeremy came cross so well in it, rather than being a complete a...e. I rather like him in Millionaires too.

Monty Don, Adam Frost. Don't like Carol Klein - too much fake enthusiasm. Paul O'Grady - love the Battersea programmes. Patrick Grant and Esmee Young (hope we'll get another Sewing Bee). Jeremy Clarkson - very good in Millionaire. Paxman but I doubt we'll see much more o fhim, sadly.

Paxman presented an excellent series a while back about Victorian society through the lens of the work of Victorian artists. Really good stuff.

The newsreader Jane Hill comes across as a lovely serene person.

And yes, Mary Beard should definitely be on this list.

Mary Beard anecdote...

I saw her speak about her latest book a couple of years ago. It was a bit of a comedy of errors, none of it her fault. Late starting, problems with the sound etc. About halfway through someone took ill and had to be stretchered out.

Prof Beard was so thoughtful and concerned about the person who was ill and took it all in her stride.

Phil Spencer, Adam Frost, Monty Don, Matt Hancock, Sarah Gilbert, Jonathan Van Tam, Jenny Harries, both the Frenchmen on Chateau (owners), Jeremy Clarkson, Boris (admire his optimism), Wayne (the Cockney on Auf Wiedersehen), Daniel (Coronation Street), Mo Mowlam, Kate Middleton (doing a good job)............I could go on but you'll be bored by now.