To find Claudia Winkelman the most irritating woman on TV?

hadn't

No Nanban I hadn'. That's interesting. I'll watch out.

Deeda Susannah Reid is the one paired with Bill Turnbull on Breakfast these days. She does lots of hand clasping, thigh slapping and, when given half a chance, singing.

specki4eyes Apart from the egregious Natasha Kaplinsky who, for all I know, might now be dead, Louise Minchin is the only newsreader I have seen who finds disasters, war and other catastrophes a reason to grin, twitch and wink.

Anybody else noticed that since the advent of Kate Middleton blondes are disappearing from our screens from weather girls on!

Can`t stand either Susanna Reid or simpering Louise Minchin. My favourite lady in the mornings was Sian Williams, but she`s not on there now. I really like Bill Turnbull.

Is Susannah Reid the one who's grown her hair long? It's the little girl thing again. At least she looked as if se'd got a couple of brain cells when it was shorter.

The most irritating woman on tv is Susannah Reid. Louise Minchin is great and always seems to connect with the subject matter, which is more than can be said for Susannah who always smiles and simpers inappropriately, looks smug when she's read something off the autocue then squeezes her cleavage and crosses her legs like Kenny Everett's Cupid Stunt. She is a complete airhead, in my opinion and gives telly journalism a bad name. I come down to the kitchen in the mornings and if she is on, it sets my teeth on edge straight away. My DH usually gives me one minute to start ranting about her!

Twerp! He didn't 'know' anything, just memorised lists.

He was a member of the Eggheads quiz team - extremely satisfied with himself and very arrogant. It was obvious that the rest of the team loathed him!

Who is CJ?

Actually I am the one person who was quite fond of CJ (possibly because my family always called me CJ) My husband likes Chris because he is very like him in many ways. Mondays are the best night at the moment - Eggheads, University Challenge AND Only Connect.

I am a quiz junkie - I am currently watching The Chase and Breakaway has been recording. I have already watched The Weakest Link and Countdown. My favourites, though, are the difficult ones -Mastermind and University Challenge. I can watch and surf at the same time. I have been looking at old episodes of Only Connect on iportal Catch-up.
I used to enjoy taking part in quizzes, but now there are too many questions on pop music,films and sport.

Good to see some 'Only Connect' fans. I love it. I remember the first time I watched it and loved that even the categories were mostly a mystery - now I do know my 'twisted flax'. I also love Victoria Coren's humour and intelligence and SO love the fact she's married David Mitchell..my favourite male comedian, a marriage made in heaven methinks (an awww emotican)

Anyway, CJ`s gone now, so we don`t have to put up with him anymore. Not too sure about the new bloke yet, "Incredible knowledge Dave".

I agree with you Greatnan, Kevin, Barry and Pat are good, CJ is a moody pain in the proverbial, Daphne simpers too much and Judith is a one off!

How easy it is to get distracted - I have just spent a pleasant ten minutes looking at statistics for Eggheads! I have mixed feelings about Daphne, as I think she pretends to be guessing sometimes. I liked her on '15 to One'.
There is universal hatred of CJ on the various Egghead sites!
I do find it irritating when the quizmasters are so patronising - 'Yes, well done, ten times two is twenty'.

Was intrigued to note from Mastermind trailer that "East German Athletics" was the subject of choice by one of contestants

1. Which world records, held by EG Athletes remain unbeaten since reunification?
2. Which androgenic steroid was the one favoured by the EG team coach

etc

You forgot Daphne.

I heard John Humphreys (Mastermind) interviewing Jeremy Paxman (University Challenge) on Today. Paxman said he was staggered by the extent of knowledge of some of the contestants, but the type of knowledge had changed. One team could not identify three very well-known (I thought!) hymns, including The Lord's My Shepherd, but they had wide knowledge on science, astronomy, technology, art, and classical music.
I, too, often wonder why some teams enter Eggheads when they lack even rudimentary knowledge of anything other than pop music/TV/films/sport.
I do wonder about the value of learning long lists off by heart, which is apparently what the professional quizzers do - I suppose it earns them a good living, but surely there must be more creative ways of spending your time? (Does anybody like CJ? Or Chris? I do like Kevin, Barry and Pat, and Judith, although she has no more general knowledge than any reasonably educated person).

But it isn't only women who do badly on quizzes! Only Connect doesn't rely on learning long lists of trivial detail and both sexes fail to giggle or express ignorance. Pointless is excellent as well, partly because the contestants have to use their judgment as well as dragging the trivia out of the memory. What makes me scream at the telly: 'This isn't the best subject for me' and 'It's an informed guess'. No, it's a wild stab.

And geography. Lots of confusion about what is a city/country/state.

Deeda, you wonder 'why are they always so appalled if they have to answer questions on Arts & Books?' What I'd like to ask is, why are they always so appalling on Arts and Books, not to mention history?

Actually may have to rethink Victoria Coren now that I find Claudia Winkleman is a Best Friend

I hadn`t realised that Alan Coren was no longer with us, shows how much I`m out of touch!

I love Only Connect, but I think Victoria C has become insufferably smug in this latest series.
I shout at the tv .

Elegran Well, she looks like Miss Piggy!