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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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Inextremis · 29/08/2026 18:48

In counterpoint to some previous posts - I met David Jason many years ago, and he was absolutely lovely to me. Just my experience!

Screamingabdabz · 29/08/2026 18:49

Miriam Margoyles - I think she’s actually quite venomous but hides it with crude humour in a cut glass accent so everyone thinks she’s wonderful.

Stephen Fry - another privileged elitist who cleverly gets away with it because of the avuncular mask and accent.

Monty Don - ditto.

6ate9 · 29/08/2026 18:49

Yellowsubmarine55 · 29/08/2026 18:37

David Attenborough 🫣

Same! He is an eco-hypocrite!

Filming Life on Earth and Planet Earth required decades of global flights, resulting in a massive personal and production carbon footprint.

WildFatball · 29/08/2026 18:49

David Attenborough.

SereneGoose · 29/08/2026 18:49

Michael McIntyre
Yes to Stephen Fry but he's actually very good on audible (jeeves and wooster/Harry Potter)

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comedycentral · 29/08/2026 18:49

The Royals

Carolwithane · 29/08/2026 18:50

Miriam Margoyles (sp?)
Stephen Fry

Personally I'd believe anything Sir David Attenborough told me 😄

AsTheAutumnCrowFlies · 29/08/2026 18:50

Thebutterflyslovemybush · 29/08/2026 18:36

The BBC (ducks for cover)

Why ‘duck for cover’? It’s honestly not radical to think the BBC is shit these days! Promise.

MyArtfulGreySloth · 29/08/2026 18:50

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Screamingabdabz · 29/08/2026 18:51

KimWexlersPonyTail · 29/08/2026 18:45

Everyone already mentioned plus Stephen Graham who seems to be heading toward NT status.

Aw he is brilliant. You can’t find fault with him surely??

Nightnova · 29/08/2026 18:51

Lulu
NIgella Lawson
Cliff Richard
Judy Dench

flowersplease · 29/08/2026 18:51

Miriam for me too, I agree with her opinions (generally) but something about the delivery grinds my gears.

I truly hope Jeremy Clarkson doesn’t count as a national treasure. He is a racist swine.

SereneGoose · 29/08/2026 18:52

Paul Honeyeyes or whatever he's called

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HexInductionHour · 29/08/2026 18:52

Thebutterflyslovemybush · 29/08/2026 18:36

The BBC (ducks for cover)

Agree so much

6ate9 · 29/08/2026 18:52

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It should come out while he’s still alive!

SereneGoose · 29/08/2026 18:53

Screamingabdabz · 29/08/2026 18:51

Aw he is brilliant. You can’t find fault with him surely??

Someone should tell him he's on a shortly peg

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PerdreLeBleu · 29/08/2026 18:53

Brendayouknowthatyouremuchtoolazy · 29/08/2026 18:40

That giant man with the tombstone teeth who everyone seems to adore. I think he's creepy.
I have an irrational dislike for Lulu.

I don’t think the dislike of Lulu is irrationally. She’s awful. Has very high opinion of herself and comes across as extremely unpleasant and false.

SerendipityCat · 29/08/2026 18:53

A pair of National Twats, Ant and Dec. And I agree with previous posters about David Jason, creepy old git that he is.

TheOttey · 29/08/2026 18:53

Is David Mitchell a national treasure yet?
Kenneth Branagh

CurlewKate · 29/08/2026 18:53

Miriam Margoles.

BeardySchnauzer · 29/08/2026 18:54

Pretty much everyone mentioned (except Attenborough - I think at his age you get to be sanctimonious)

my grandad despised Bruce Forsyth with a passion which I picked up despite not knowing why!

not keen on Claudia tbh

summater · 29/08/2026 18:55

Lenny Henry

Inextremis · 29/08/2026 18:55

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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.

Tootingbec · 29/08/2026 18:55

Agree with @Screamingabdabzon Miriam Margoloyes. I think she actually says some foul and nasty things but people think she is hilarious because she says “cunt” in a posh voice.

Also Stephen Fry - he was insufferable on Celebrity Traitors

Raraskirtsagogo · 29/08/2026 18:55

Stephen Fry. Marrying a 27 year old when you're not far off 60, yuk.

Alexander Armstrong.

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