Who is the most famous person you have met?

[WomenHour]

I would have to be George Sampson.

Prince Charles

Harry Styles
Boy George
Terry Hall
Hugh Grant
Theo Walcott

Have seen about many other famous people but not met them.

Janina Ramirez

Probably Michael Portillo. He lived in our road when we were children and his father was my sister's godfather.

Brian May

Oh and Marilyn Manson 😁

Stewart Lee, Julian Barratt

Barack Obama
Hilary Clinton
Hugo Black
Sonia Sotomayor
Scott Simon

Jess that's a lovely story about Anthony Head, I've never had strong feelings about him but I really like him now 😍

Gary Oldman and The Queen...not in the same night mind you.

@MoonSauce

Wonderstuff, Neds Atomic Dustbin, Carter USM, Boring Bob and Johnny Helmer, Chumbawamba, New Model Army, James' guitarist (forgotten his name), Reel Big Fish, Levellers, two Eastenders actresses (one a big name, just can't remember it), someone from Antiques Roadshow, a comedienne (notice I'm shit with names?), and am absolute load of bands and musicians which most people reading this have probably not heard of.

@moonsauce what a list, especially Levellers & New Model Army, from festivals?

Michael Palin. He was as lovely as you'd expect him to be.

Davina McCall - told me I was giggly

Julie Walters, Murray Walker, Tony Iommi, Phil Collins, Graham Norton, Noddy Holder, Martin Brundle, Blaze Bailey.

Benedict Cumberbatch. He came into my work to do some research, in 2008 just before he became really famous, so I wasn't starstruck and he was very nice and normal.

David Attenborough, same workplace, a year later. I spent half a day invigilating some material that was being filmed, and he was talking to camera. He was lovely - chatty, friendly - exactly as you would hope he would be, and I was totally starstruck. He noticed I was standing, and offered me his seat; I said it was fine. Whoever said 'don't meet your heroes' had never met him!

We've had Bill Bailey and Tom Hollander in, I saw them but didn't meet them, and I'm still quite sad that I was off when Michael Palin visited.

Sean Connery - he was a friend of my boss and I met him after a Film Festival gala do. Very charming

Danny Boyle (at the auditions for the London 2012 opening ceremony - he was lovely)
Rebecca Addlington
Victoria Pendleton

Su Pollard used to be my dads secretary!

And I was on the start line of a 10K running race directly behind Princess Beatrice. I didn’t talk to her but was in all the papers the next day.

Kevin Costner
Reese Witherspoon
Jim Broadbent
Mark Gatiss

Will be meeting Alexander Skarsgard, Anya Taylor-Joy and Bjork next week but signed a NDA so cant say anymore. 😉

We went to a festival and were really impressed with a singer who had an audience of about nine. We politely clapped at the end.

Months later we discovered the singer was Ed ! 😂

Bob Geldof
John Peel
Jeremy Corbyn
Ken Livingstone
Michael Foot
Tony Benn
Mark Williams

...Sheeran!

George Lucas, Jerry Seinfeld, Dean Kane, the guy who wrote Eye Of the Tiger, lol (Michael something!) .... all when I worked in a jeweller in my late teens. Best job ever!

Richard from Richard and Judy. Or Piers Morgan.

They both came to my work Xmas parties for a while... (Richard and Piers' wife both worked in the company)