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Which "National Treasure" do you not like so much?

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SereneGoose · 29/08/2026 18:34

Sandi Toksvig...I mean she's ok..but personally she itches my tits.

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StrathSellsFlats · 29/08/2026 22:07

Mylifehasimploded · 29/08/2026 22:00

Everyone: why, she’s so lovely?
me: annoying breathy, sing song voice, annoying mannerisms, just generally annoying!

We have a thing at home, and it’s verbally updated when we’re all together chatting rubbish, of our Top Ten of celebrities we don’t like, and no one asks who my number one is anymore because it’s never changed! She’s closely followed by Elaine Paige

I don’t think Joanna Lumley “acts”, as such, she’s just always herself! She was in a Miss Marple years ago, and was exactly the same as on a talk show previously, talking about it! she ramped it up for Ab Fab, then went back to herself in Motherland!
Whats the issue with Elaine Page? I don’t listen to her show as it’s not my sort of music, I’m just curious.

SemperIdem · 29/08/2026 22:08

Stephen Fry.

He is a thin skinned misogynist who is nowhere near as clever as he thinks he is.

Violetparis · 29/08/2026 22:09

Mary Berry - seems stuck up to me
Miriam Margoyles - find her repulsive

Worldwide2 · 29/08/2026 22:09

Yellowsubmarine55 · 29/08/2026 18:37

David Attenborough 🫣

😯

Eyesopenwideawake · 29/08/2026 22:09

Manhattanman · 29/08/2026 21:30

Billy Connolly. Not funny and never was. There, I said it.

Oh, he was. I saw him in Dublin, he was brilliant.

failiangatfood · 29/08/2026 22:10

Mary Berry!

CJFJ1 · 29/08/2026 22:10

Cheap and trashy ITV.

Violetparis · 29/08/2026 22:10

Nigella Lawson - makes me cringe
Stephen Fry - twee and pompous

5682Jhd · 29/08/2026 22:11

Cliff Richard
David Jason

StrathSellsFlats · 29/08/2026 22:11

FairViewRosie25 · 29/08/2026 21:50

So no one actually likes anyone. Do you hate yourselves?

You have read the title of the thread..?

If you want, start one called “National Treasures, who do you love?” and we can all comment on that 👍

doublec · 29/08/2026 22:13

Olivia Colman
Judi Dench
Stephen Fry
Richard Osman
Miriam Margolyes

Probably others but these are the ones that always spring to (my) mind

Moveoverdarlin · 29/08/2026 22:14

Judi Dench
Stephen Fry

AsTheAutumnCrowFlies · 29/08/2026 22:14

KatyaKanani · 29/08/2026 22:07

I agree with all of your likes 👍🏼.
Your Coronation point confuses me. The regalia is nothing to do with Camilla - don't blame her!

Not blaming her! I think Camilla would play along , trying not to laugh.

Lifelover16 · 29/08/2026 22:14

Inextremis · 29/08/2026 18:55

Oh well, if 'lots of people' have told you, then it must be true. Maybe he was just having a good day when I met him, but he was charming, self-deprecating, and a pleasure to work with.

David Jason a NationalTreasure? we came across him in a country hotel, and he was a nasty piece of work.
He had arrived in a helicopter and was obnoxiously making everyone aware that he was there, loudly calling over the staff, ordering them about and getting them to move the furniture around to suit him.
We waited until he had finished his coffee and my daughters (shy early teens) politely asked him for an autograph. He absolutely berated them, called them bloody cheeky in a very loud voice and standing up whilst he did so. They were upset and humiliated , especially after he made such a show of letting everyone know that he, the great actor, had arrived and demanding attention. I understand he might not have wanted to give an autograph but a polite “not today” would have sufficed.
I absolutely despise the odious little creep and wouldn’t be at all surprised if all the rumours about him (some on here - since deleted) are true.
National Treasure? Not in my book.

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itispersonal · 29/08/2026 22:15

Lorraine Kelly - eurgh and eurgh
olivia Colman
ant and dec are well near their sell by date!

but who’s going to be the NT of the next generation gk Barry and angry ginge (?) or any of the other Tik tok influencer Trend ….

Thegirlwhowent · 29/08/2026 22:16

summater · 29/08/2026 18:55

Lenny Henry

Aaagh! I'd forgotten about him. He can go straight to the top of my list. Completely unfunny and annoying.

Summerlovingtheraspberries · 29/08/2026 22:16

Jeremy Clarkson
Jonathan Ross
Stephen Fry
Billy Connolly
Tom Jones.

CJFJ1 · 29/08/2026 22:16

Susanna Reid.

Viviennemary · 29/08/2026 22:17

Mydogisagentleman · 29/08/2026 18:38

Miriam Margolies
Judi Dench
Clare balding
Mianda Hart
Miriam Margolies

Miranda Hart is very annoying. Although I liked her in call m the midwife. Top of my list - Lorraine Kelly. Totally over the top gushing fake.

Violetparis · 29/08/2026 22:17

Emma Thompson
Dawn French
Richard E Grant

FKAT · 29/08/2026 22:17

Dame Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet - I don't think they can act very well. I don't believe they are the characters - they act like Head Girls in the school play speaking very nicely and going through the correct motions but I don't believe for a second they are the character. Whereas Michael Caine, say - who IS a national treasure and hardly an actor with a wide range - his characters come alive for me.

Dame Judi is pure charisma though.

Mel Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine did a very cruel / accurate parody of Judi & Kate doing the Iris Oscar campaign.

You can add Benedict Cumberbatch to this list.

zanahoria · 29/08/2026 22:18

KatyaKanani · 29/08/2026 21:55

The story about "pleasuring" all those men it the park. Really?

I had to google that

It is quite disturbing

KatyaKanani · 29/08/2026 22:18

AsTheAutumnCrowFlies · 29/08/2026 22:14

Not blaming her! I think Camilla would play along , trying not to laugh.

Oh, right

ThatMauveMaker · 29/08/2026 22:18

Robbie Williams.
Liam Gallagher. Not sure whether he counts as a National Treasure.

Any celebrity who gets a spot on Gardener's World (to showcase their gardens) who isn't really a gardener. Especially those who don't own a garden at the time and the filming is done from their parents' house (Will Young-although he redeems himself with his mental health content and now he really is doing his own garden). Or those whose Head Gardener and team has devised the whole lot and doesn't get credit. Sorry, that might be a bit off topic, but infuriating none the less. That may also include Mary Berry.

KatyaKanani · 29/08/2026 22:19

zanahoria · 29/08/2026 22:18

I had to google that

It is quite disturbing

Awful. The other guests just had to sit and listen in horror.

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