Celebs That You Rather Like, Actually?

I don't think Monty has the wow factor, Bluebelle, he just seems like a very pleasant and kind man.

BlueBelle

Shapa corsandi pretty and very very very funny
Miriam Margolyes a heart of gold and a very sane head ( forget her foul mouth)
Raj Bisram lovely chap , seemingly kind and positive man always smiling
Paul Martin seems a genuine bloke comes across as gentle

Can’t believe how many like that bumptious Clarkson and I agree about the Angel woman seems very fake
Never have seen any wow in Monty Don he’s ok but I don’t understand the appeal
Matt Hancock nottooold after today’s revelations are you still a fan

DH read an article about Escape to the Chateau that said they were a nightmare to work with. She is, however, unbelievably creative.

Oh forgot I really like Sarah Davies in Dragons den

Kate1949

A friend saw Christopher Biggins in a shop in Birmingham. She spoke to him and said he was friendly and jolly.

I’d be SO disappointed to hear that Biggins wasn’t lovely!

Shapa corsandi pretty and very very very funny
Miriam Margolyes a heart of gold and a very sane head ( forget her foul mouth)
Raj Bisram lovely chap , seemingly kind and positive man always smiling
Paul Martin seems a genuine bloke comes across as gentle

Can’t believe how many like that bumptious Clarkson and I agree about the Angel woman seems very fake
Never have seen any wow in Monty Don he’s ok but I don’t understand the appeal
Matt Hancock nottooold after today’s revelations are you still a fan

A friend saw Christopher Biggins in a shop in Birmingham. She spoke to him and said he was friendly and jolly.

. Patrick Grant and Esmee Young

Oh, yes

GrannyGravy13

I think an evening out with Janet Street-Porter and Christopher Biggins would be great fun!

You'd probably have roadkill on the menu, GrannyGravy!

I think an evening out with Janet Street-Porter and Christopher Biggins would be great fun!

FannyCornforth

Casdon - re Angel, you're going to think I'm a right cow bag now, but here goes.
I think that she is fake and a fraud.
I think that her persona is extremely contrived.
She is a very good business woman, granted, and she has done very well with very little real artistic talent.
(Sorry! Please don't anyone come back and have a pop at me - we are all allowed our little moments of outspokenness!)

No pop from me, we knew her and her parents when they had a restaurant at the end of our road, I will say no more…

Dick Strawbridge was our AC’s Commanding Officer many years ago and a really nice man (not sure his ex-wife and children agree though)

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

annodomini

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

Me too annodomini

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.

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.

Oh yes, Simon Reeves

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.

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 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

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!

news.stv.tv/west-central/sun-shines-for-little-munro-as-he-meets-his-weather-hero-sean-batty?top

Ian McKellen
Maureen Lipman.
Graham Norton.
Jennifer Saunders