Who

[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....

Gary Barlow

Ken Barlow

… any other Barlows?!

Joanna Lumley

Pat Butcher

Ruth Jones

Mary Berry, Paul McCartney, Trevor MacDonald, Judi Dench and Joanna Lumley.

Can't stand the flappy eared virtue signaller.
Its Judge Rinder all the way for me 😆

Bob Mortimer
Alison Steadman
Sheila Hancock
Ian Hislop
Brenda Blethyn

Andy Murray, he's so dry witted and correcting journalists about being Scottish not English and correcting women's many achievements in tennis when they have said he's been the first surely deserves a spot.

David Tennant

Bob Mortimer
Claudia Winkelman
Rowan Atkinson
Sarah Millican
Michael McIntyre

Most of those listed seem to be woke assholes.

so for me it would have to be:

JKR (she should be automatically just for HP, let’s be real, but turns out she’s a stellar human being and someone we should all look up to.
Ricky G

That’s it.

This has already been decided by Dead Ringers. Their National Treasures are:

• Patrick Stewart
• Ian McKellen
• Judi Dench
• Alan Bennett
• Mary Berry

Cilla Black

Oh I forgot Ricky Gervais. Definitely him.

Definitely not John Cleese - awful man

I'd add:

Kelly Macdonald
Mackenzie Crook
Toby Jones (as night follows day...)
Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Michael Rosen

Nigel Blackwell.
John Lydon.
Derek Jacobi.
JKR.
Gary from Gary Eats.

OP - DA is more like God to me - I dread him leaving us...

My list:

Roderick Williams (singer and all-round lovely man)
Claire Tomalin - biographer
Dan Snow - historian
Lucy Worsley
Sarah Waters - our best contemporary novelist, I think.

Oh - and Maggie Aderin-Pocock, astronomer...she is wonderful.

Sorry if that's 6.

And Mackenzie Crook.

I'll get my coat now...

David Jason

Kristin Scott Thomas

Given my view on royalty, I am surprised but I have a soft spot for Princess Anne.

Shame there not more women mentioned. We still have a way to go!

5 Women
Naomi Klein
Roxane Gay
Afua Hirsch
Josie Long
Fatiha El Ghorri

5 Men
Louis Theroux
Misan Harriman
Alexei Sayle
Michael Rosen
Ta Nehisi Coates

Allan Bennett
Tony Blair
Van Morrison
Ade Edmondson
Rick Gervaise

Mary Beard
Bob Mortimer
Michael Rosen
Jacqueline Wilson

Naomi Klein is Canadian.

I went rogue and just picked 5 people of each gender 😅

I probaby should have clarified that!

Naomi would approve of going rogue ;)

Jennifer Saunders
Jo Brand
Stephen Fry
Tony Blackburn
Helena Bonham-Carter

The Traitors put me right off Stephen Fry. His faux modesty about being clever and well-read, combined with his ineptitude at the game!