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This has probably been done somewhere else, but as we have so many new members I thought I'd resurrect it

My personal faves are Richard Digance and Phil Hammond. RD makes me laugh just looking at him, and, as an ex-nurse, PH makes my PMSL. :lol: :lol:
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Keith Barron. After that Giles Brandreth. The important thing to me is that they should make me laugh - I am not so impressed by stories about having once shaken the hand of the Duke of Edinburgh, or dubious lodgings provided for retired actors, etc.
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Paul Zenon and Richard Digance are my favourites. Although I dont mind which DC guest it is really as long as they have something interesting/humourous/witty/non-self-indulgent to say, or a good poem.
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Phil Hammond and Paul Zenon are the only ones I look forward to. As Michael said in the mirror thread, I doubt I'm in the target demographic for most of them.
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I agree with most of the above,Hammond,Xenon,Digence and Barron.
To that list I would like to add Tom O,Connor.I still like the old jokes.
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Richard Digance is bottom of my list, close to Anne Widdecombe and Melvyn Hayes.
I am not sure if Richard Digance appears more often than everybody else, or whether it just seems that way to me.
I like Barry Cryer, Keith Barron, Jo Brand, Phil Hammond, and I used to like Geoffrey Durham, but I haven't seen him on for a long time.
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There have been so many guests over the past 26 years that I like, though most don't appear in DC any more.

Just going by the past 2 series for example, they would be Lynda Baron, Jo Brand, Paul Zenon, Anton du Beke and Andrew Sachs.
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Stilgoe! Why isn't he on much?
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I'd forgotten about Richard Stilgoe! I can't remember the last time he was on, bring him back I say!
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There aren't many that I don't like, although I can't say that I'm fond of magicians when they appear, as I don't like trickery.
Comedians are always good for banter, of course, especially Jo Brand. :)
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My favourite DC guest of all time is Ricahrd Stilgoe - a brilliant wit!

I know he is controversial but I did like Gyles Brandreth and would like to see him more often.

Of the current guests I like Phil Hammond the most. I usually fast forward through the others.

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aagharmer wrote:I know he is controversial but I did like Gyles Brandreth and would like to see him more often.
I liked the colourful jumpers that Gyles always wore and also the ties that Richard Whiteley used to wear.
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Joseph Bolas wrote:
aagharmer wrote:I know he is controversial but I did like Gyles Brandreth and would like to see him more often.
I liked the colourful jumpers that Gyles always wore and also the ties that Richard Whiteley used to wear.
Quite agree Jospeh - They were both really good together. Happy days!
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Not everyone loves Stilgoe, or indeed Countdown

http://aerialtelly.co.uk/balderdash-and-piffle.php

Actually that article makes a fine point about Victoria Coren, she is lovely. And quite funny, and seems to like words and stuff and presents a brainy quiz on BBC4 in which she is lovely and quite funny, and I read two of her articles in the Guardian and they were quite funny.

The point I'm trying to make is I'd like to see her in DC. I know we've had bad experiences with posh journalists called Victoria, but I think this one would be lovely.
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Paul Howe wrote:

http://aerialtelly.co.uk/balderdash-and-piffle.php

Actually that article makes a fine point about Victoria Coren, she is lovely. And quite funny, and seems to like words and stuff and presents a brainy quiz on BBC4 in which she is lovely and quite funny, and I read two of her articles in the Guardian and they were quite funny.

The point I'm trying to make is I'd like to see her in DC. I know we've had bad experiences with posh journalists called Victoria, but I think this one would be lovely.
I would also have liked to see her late father Alan Coren in DC as he was so good on 'Call MY Bluff'
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aagharmer wrote:
Paul Howe wrote:

http://aerialtelly.co.uk/balderdash-and-piffle.php

Actually that article makes a fine point about Victoria Coren, she is lovely. And quite funny, and seems to like words and stuff and presents a brainy quiz on BBC4 in which she is lovely and quite funny, and I read two of her articles in the Guardian and they were quite funny.

The point I'm trying to make is I'd like to see her in DC. I know we've had bad experiences with posh journalists called Victoria, but I think this one would be lovely.
I would also have liked to see her late father Alan Coren in DC as he was so good on 'Call MY Bluff'
Me too but its probably not appropriate any more. He'd probably still be wittier than most of what we get treated to at the moment.
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[quote="Paul Howe"]Not everyone loves Stilgoe, or indeed Countdown."=quote]


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Paul Howe wrote:Not everyone loves Stilgoe, or indeed Countdown.
I think you'll find we love Countdown, we go to town.
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Charlie Reams wrote:
Paul Howe wrote:Not everyone loves Stilgoe, or indeed Countdown.
I think you'll find we love Countdown, we go to town.
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