Your ideal gathering/dinner party...who would you invite, family excepted?

HM the Queen
David Attenborough.
Dr.Michael Mosley
Sir Paul Mc Cartney

Jesus
Princess Diana
Donny Osmond (sitting next to me )
Ross Noble
Liza Tarbuck
Barbara Streisand
Tommy Steele
Graham Norton

Michelle and Barack Obama
Judy Dench,
Meryl Streep
Naga from bbc news.
Dan from bbc news
Nelson Mandela
Diana Princess of Wales.

Prince Charles
Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster
Janet Street Porter
Susie Dent
John Humphries

I don't turn down good conversation with food. I'm free

Oscar Wilde.
Stephen Fry
My Brother
Stephen Hawking
Pope John Paul
My Mum and Dad as they would have been in awe of my guests

George Michael to tell him he was loved
Freddy Mercury cos he was brilliant
Nina Simone to thank her for giving my daughter a kiss
Harriet Tubman to be amazed at her bravery
William Wordsworth to tell him how much Daffodils meant to
My Mum so she could hear him read it.
2nd table
Elton John cos I love him
Trevor Noah cos that man has done so well
Ellen Degeneres cos she fought for her rights
Jacinda Ardern just cos she is bloody brill

Woodmouse49 - I want to be a fly on the wall!

NanKate
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Loved his programmes and he's a very good presenter with clear speech...unlike some.
Not sure that I fancy him though.
Have you washed your face yet? ?

My guests would be....Douglas Henshall,AidenTurner,RodStewart,RobertPlant,Peter Kay,Hairy bikers,......DollyParton,DawnFrench,JenniferSaunders,Joanna Lumley,HRH Princess Anne,Olivia Colman....plus the gorgeous Dr Ennis from Poldark

Can I join the queue for Rufus Sewell.?
Whose bothered about the food

Dawn French
Phil Tufnell
Michele Obama
Tony Benn

And last, but not least....
Jinglbellfrocks

Glad to see so many Rufus fans here!

My guests would be:
Greta Thunberg
Michelle and Barack Obama
Jacinda Ahern and her partner
Gina Miller
Jack Monroe (might get her to cook)
Alf Dubbs
Keir Starmer
Hilary Mantel

We do have quite a big table!

Patti Smith
Barack Obama
Professor Green
Alan Hollinghurst
Jo Brand
Charles Dance
Kristin Scott Thomas
Sam Warburton
Sadiq Khan

Just Mick Jagger & Lawrence Dallaglio please!!
I would have said Bowie too if he were still with us.

John Connolly.
Laurence Olivier.
Billy Conolly.
Emma Thompson.
Joanna Lumley.
Stephen Fry.
Keanu Reeves....so I can gaze adoringly at him!!

Alan Titchmarsh

It would have to be
Rhod Gilbert
Ian Hislop
Yes David Essex, as some else said, just for his looks.
Jo Brand
Geriant Thomas
Tony Benn, if he were alive.

Rob Delaney, Miriam Margoyles, Bill Nighy , Judi Dench ,Noel Fielding , Robbie Coltrane .

He is the son of an old friend and he was a friend of my daughter when growing up!

Dame Stephanie Shirley
Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix
Jo Brand
Bjorn Borg
George Best

Michael Palin
Joanna Lumley
Boris (well we all have lots of questions for him)

Aaaaaand Jo Brand!!!

Ooooh - I forgot to ask David Attenborough so he's on my list too, as is Billy Conolly, Miriam Margoyles, Alan Bennett,, Steven Fry, Oscar Wilde, Anne Boleyn, Ann Lister, John Smith, Mary Wollstonecraft and some textile artists: India Flint, Gwen Hedley Cas Holmes....

It'll have to be several parties!

David Niven
Peter Ustinov
David Mitchell
Victoria Coren Mitchell
Ryan Reynolds
Judi Dench