Who is the most famous person you have met?

[WomenHour]

I would have to be George Sampson.

I've never met Colin Firth but I know he is a nice person because he has a stalker who he always stops and has a chat with when he sees her. To me, he is the most beautiful man in the world, and I woukd probably pass out cold if I ever met him.

Met a few celebrities thru work.

Most famous was probably George Best.

Probably Sir John Mills (and Juliet, Hayley, Adrian). My husband was treasurer of a charity with many celebrities as patrons.

For me, the most exciting was sitting next to Andrew Sachs at a dinner; and he did Manuel for me! He and his wife were lovely!

Burt Kwok was another patron - he did a Cato type surprise leap. Very funny!

Lee Dixon - DS was in the same class as his son! I have no interest in football and wouldn’t know who he was otherwise. He was always very nice!

Boy George, very tall and a lot nicer than you would expect.

And Paul Young came into my supermarket where I worked. Lovely man.

@Othering she is absolutely lovely. It was actually a paid event I was at and just happened to be seated next to her and Emily for the evening.

She's incredibly dedicated and all about the horses. I got the impression she does the public stuff because that's what sponsors expect and that's how she pays for the horses, but she doesn't overly enjoy it.

Emily is also very dedicated but obviously enjoys the meeting the public and everything else that comes with having sponsorship deals.

You can keep Emily for me, after the whole crowd funding fiasco but I'm glad to hear that Mary was lovely. I have lots of horsey gossip but it's a bit too niche for here 😁

@CleanQueen123

Only famous if you're horsey but I've had dinner with Mary and Emily King.

Those who've met Cillian Murphy, what's he like in real life???

I’ve not met him but on a recent thread (think it was the rude airplane passengers one), someone said Cillian and his son were sitting behind her (in Economy) and his son kicked her seat throughout the flight and Cillian didn’t stop him.

As a youngster working in a book shop I once served Jim Bowen of 'Bullseye' fame, at the time he was on the Northern comedian circuit. He was polite, as are most people.

Saw Vicky McClure coming out of a local supermarket with a laden trolley - she looked more 'polished' than your average human being has a right to be on an early morning. As did Sue Devaney - ex Corrie.

@Sweetcheeks21

Pierce Brosnan and Michael J Fox. And David Beckham.

Pierce Brosnan lovely, very chatty. Michael J Fox equally lovely despite me starting a conversation then suddenly being so star struck I was lost for words. David Beckham (plus rest of United team) used to frequent a club I used to go to. All lovely, Phil Neville gave us a bottle of champagne and we talked about footy 😅

Sweetpea, I LOVE that story about Cher. I absolutely adore her.

Whatamesshasbreakfast, I can only think of Kate Moss but I may be well out of date

@DianasLasso The Hallé?

Mark Elder touched me, once, on the arm, while making a joke. I nearly died. Very charismatic conductor.

And I met Emma Kirkby (soprano) backstage at the Sage, Gateshead in the interval of a concert. We were all looking for the loos in a gang. She was so lovely. She's a goddess.

Peter Capaldi a true gent and gorgeous to hug, I still remember every second five years on, meeting him was fantastic before my health issues kicked in.

Michael Elphick from Boon as had friends whose dad had a friend who worked at the itv studios in Birmingham many years ago & we met him and his daughter. He was lovely.

For the Irish, we'd done a stint of Irish dancing at Brum's Irish Centre and Brendan Shine held my hand from the stage, not swoon but at 7/8 i wanted him to be my dad .

I’ve met loads, my most famous are probably Blue, Vernon Keating, Ray Davies, Matt Bellamy (Muse), Blur.

Funniest- the guy DJ Talent who sang “Where’s my keys where’s my phone” on Britain’s Got Talent was staying at the same hotel as us 😂😂

Just remembered David Easter once sent me flying in Altrincham whilst trying to escape some Brookside fans .

@Othering I know what you mean! Someone asked me my opinion on crowdfunding their horse a while ago and I cited that as a "how not to do it" example

@honeygirlz oh no. I was hoping people would say he was lovely

Jack Whitehall. This is my son with him. Best night ever!

Not met exactly but got a 'congratulations on your new baby' card off Ross Noble when I had ds!!

Jon Pertwee ( Dr.Who, wurzel gummidge)