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MrCollinsandhisboiledpotatoes · 19/05/2026 20:12

In light of David Attenborough's (obviously a national treasure, I will not be taking questions) 100th birthday and all the well deserved fuss, who else makes your pride of Britain list for list for national treasures?

To make it interesting, you can only have five, and they must be alive, if we have dead people we'll be here all night. So sadly no Maggie Smiths or Princess Dianas.

I am still thinking of mine, and will update....

OP posts:
Redheadedstepchild · 19/05/2026 21:59

Morrissey
Tracy Ullman
Quentin Blake. (Still going at 93!)
Slash. (Saul Hudson. Gets in under the wire because he was born in Hampstead and grew up in Stoke until he was six. His mum was David Bowie's girlfriend for a bit too. She might even have been British, I think.)

Ooh, last choice:

Marco Pierre White.

There you go.

Goldrill · 19/05/2026 21:58

Rev Richard Coles
Joe Lycett
JKR
Steve Rosenberg
Jack Dee

MrsTerryPratchett · 19/05/2026 21:58

Honestly the lists need to be all female because of the never ending fountain of shot about men in positions of power.

JK
Judi
Emma
Hannah
Annie

MandyMotherOfBrian · 19/05/2026 21:58

Male:
Michael Palin
Bob Mortimer
Richard E Grant
Jim Broadbent
Brian Blessed

Female:
Joanna Lumley
Alison Steadman
Brenda Blethyn
Kathy Burke
Susie Dent

There’s loads tbh, we’re very lucky .

Flamingojune · 19/05/2026 21:56

Romesh

unluckynumber7 · 19/05/2026 21:51

David Jason

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 19/05/2026 21:49

Ian McKellen
Patrick Stewart
Sue Perkins
Miriam Margolyes
Rowan Atkinson

emuloc · 19/05/2026 21:49

Lenny Henry
Frank Bruno
Rusty Lee

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 19/05/2026 21:48

JKR
Michael Palin
Patrick Stewart
…

Doggymummar · 19/05/2026 21:48

delia, Celia, Bill nighy dawn french Joanna Lumley

DeathBanana · 19/05/2026 21:48

Tracey Emin 🖼️

LimbOnTheTreeTheTreeInTheHoleTheHoleInTheGround · 19/05/2026 21:47

Men would be

Idris Elba
Marcus Rashford
Lenny Henry
Elton John
Micheal Sheen

Women would be

Helena Bonham Carter
Annie Lennox
Kate Winslet
Katie Piper
Jade Thirwall

falsetheethblondie · 19/05/2026 21:41

Paul McCartney

WilfredsPies · 19/05/2026 21:41

J K Rowling
Billy Connolly
Danny Dyer
Judi Dench
Ricky Gervais

AlwaysLookOnTheBrightSideOfLife · 19/05/2026 21:38

WontBeUsingPassMyParcelAgain · 19/05/2026 21:34

Gary Lineker!

He always appears on lists of the worst celebrities for being a letch.

skiprun · 19/05/2026 21:37

Trallers · 19/05/2026 21:32

Stephen Fry and Louis Theroux would be a hard no from me.

Alan Rickman
Judi Dench
Edited because i posted too soon to add John Cleese

Edited

Alan rickman is deceased so you get another vote

PinoirNot · 19/05/2026 21:36

InveterateWineDrinker · 19/05/2026 20:25

Patrick Stewart... the closest real life gets to Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

Patrick Stewart plays him, that’s why!

thekindoflovewemake · 19/05/2026 21:36

Oh I forgot Bob Mortimer! He can have Mary Berry’s place since I’ve got two chefs 😂

thekindoflovewemake · 19/05/2026 21:35

JK Rowling
Jamie Oliver
Guy Garvey
Hugh Grant
Mary Berry

mamaduckbone · 19/05/2026 21:35

Some great ideas already.
definitely Judi Dench, Michael Rosen, would have gone for Victoria Wood but maybe Dawn French instead, Bob Mortimer…conscious I’m going too much down a comedy road now though. Monty Don is a good call.
Ooh it’s too hard I give up!

emmetgirl · 19/05/2026 21:34

Kathy Burke
Michael Palin
Alan Bennett
Alan Carr
Olivia Coleman

WontBeUsingPassMyParcelAgain · 19/05/2026 21:34

Gary Lineker!

Trallers · 19/05/2026 21:32

Stephen Fry and Louis Theroux would be a hard no from me.

Alan Rickman
Judi Dench
Edited because i posted too soon to add John Cleese

skiprun · 19/05/2026 21:31

John cleese
joanna lumley
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Adrian edmondson
Monty Don

CieloElmers · 19/05/2026 21:29

Joanna Lumley
Howard from the old Halifax adverts
Trevor McDonald
Prince Louis
The Lettuce that was more popular than Liz Truss

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