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[MrCollinsandhisboiledpotatoes]

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....

Tracey Emin 🖼️

delia, Celia, Bill nighy dawn french Joanna Lumley

JKR
Michael Palin
Patrick Stewart
…

Lenny Henry
Frank Bruno
Rusty Lee

Ian McKellen
Patrick Stewart
Sue Perkins
Miriam Margolyes
Rowan Atkinson

David Jason

Romesh

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 .

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

Rev Richard Coles
Joe Lycett
JKR
Steve Rosenberg
Jack Dee

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.

Mo farah

Alison Hammond

Oh, I forgot the sports. Good choice.

Torvill and Dean, obviously.
Sharon Davies.

I'm so out of touch with athletics and sports generally.

Ant & Dec

Joanna Lumley
Jonathan Ross
Jeremy Clarkson
Bob Mortimer
Judi Dench

Andy Murray
Bob Mortimer
Claudia Winkleman
Michael Palin
Mel & Sue (they have to.go together so are essentially one person)

Julia Donaldson
David Tennant
James Nesbitt
Lynda La Plante

Jeremy Clarkson
Hugh Laurie
Sue Perkins
Dame Judi Dench
David Jason
Richard Wilson

Michael Caine
James Norton
Darcey Bussell
Kelly Brook
Rufus Sewell

But Graham Norton is Irish. You get another pick.

Oh I LOVE Monty Don!! 😍🧑‍🌾🦋🪏

Louis Theroux, Hannah Waddingham, Paul McCartney, Joanna Lumley and Alan Carr

Tracy Emin
Tracy Emin
Tracy Emin
Tracy Emin
Tracy Emin

Bloody love that woman in spades. Authentic, funny, warm, talented, brave.

Listen to any podcast she’s ever done, and I’m thinking particularly of her Women’s Hour interview from a few years ago. Couldn’t get out of the car until it was finished. I was late for work!

Anyway. My vote right there

Oh, and Maggie Hambling. Bloody love her too.

Definitely not Attenborough