Most annoying TV presenter?

Oh yes kitty I forgot about her mum! She may be lurking in the background in case she needs us for something or other

Sssshhhh! Katy, her mum might be listening!

Is the man you are talking about Frank Gardner? Nottooold? I like him and think his attitude is brilliant!

Ooh, HildaW, that's an interesting question. I always watch University Challenge and, now you come to mention it, JP does treat the red bricks differently, doesn't he? He also simpers at pretty female contestants, I've noticed.

Leave Robert Peston alone - he's lovely! As well as overcoming a stammer, hasn't he recently been widowed (widowered?) which hit him very badly. I think I read he had been sent on a course to improve his presentation and he said it had made no difference. You have to admire people who overcome disabilities to do the job they want to do. What about that other TV journalist who was shot in a war zone and now uses a wheelchair or a zimmer frame? I've forgotten his name - he stands like a soldier and wears a posh suit.

Sorry - I've gone off thread. I think Kris on Channel 4 news is getting a bit rude but I like his ties.

I meant to add Susannah 'look at me aren't I gorgeous, clever and witty' Reid.

Not to mention Joanna Lumley. To me she is simpering and omnipresent in her travel programmes.

Paul Martin from 'Flog It' DH and I love the programme but the man is an idiot !!!;

Lizzy I have just Googled Nick Hancock and recognise him but haven't seen him on the TV recently.

Whenever we get a presenter who talks to us as if we are about 5 we say 'oh she comes from the Connie Huq school of presenting' . To be fair Connie Huq did present Blue Peter for a longtime so she was stuck in the mould of slight patronising presenting.

Thanks NanKate for Paul Merton's name (who I like) but it was Nick Hancock I was trying to think of who was the first presenter in the 1990s.

Cannot bear to watch even a few seconds of Keith Lemon. Bruce Forsyth , Jonny Vegas, Michael Parkinson, oh and Carole Vorderman , Aaaaaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhh !

Vanessa Feltz. Ghastly woman who has a vastly over inflated sense of her own importance.

Lizzy it was the very funny Paul Merton on Room 101.

I hadn't noticed until I read earlier posts. Carol also said Scotlind and Englind this morning.

Terry Wogan since he started appearing on TV in 1980s. Loved his Radio 2 early morning prog which ran for years but his transfer to TV not good. Same goes for Anne Robinson. She used to present Radio 2 prog for several years in the 1980s and had brilliant ratings but went off her after started doing TV progs. Same for Noel Edmonds. Unmissable early morning radio in the 1970s but transfer to prime time TV not good. I think I see a thread running through this!

Don't get me started on Bruce Forsyth. Never, ever, ever liked him. In the days when I watched Strictly I had to record it and fast forward the parts when he appeared. Same went for Len and Bruno, realised I was fast forwarding so much of Strictly it was time to stop watching.

Room 101 presenter Frank ? I liked his predecessor (can't recall his name).

I agree with earlier comments about Carol the BBC News weather presenter; she's just pronounced Norfolk as Norfock.

I was recommended to a The world's largest railway on BBC2 set in India. Yes it is interesting programme but why do they need 4 presenters ? In addition why do they ask a question and then repeat the answer back.

E.g. 'How many meals are you preparing' ?
'4000 a day'
'4000 a day '?
'Yes'

That was a made up conversation but I am sure you will get my drift.

Some presenters ask a question and then give some alternative answers themselves instead if shutting up and listening.

I know Clare Balding is a bit on overkill, but she knows when to keep quiet and listen and allow her guest to speak. I had to turn Fern Britton off the radio the other day her questioning techniques were dire.

Where have all the good presenters gone?

I just saw Keith Lemmon for the first time on the One Show this evening,,, annoying does not really say it, attention seeking, irritating and quite rude. I thought Alex Jones was going to tell him to Shut UP, I bet she wanted to.

Must admit I secretly admire those tv types who remain cheerful albeit only whilst the camera is running, despite some pretty stiff provocation. Being relentlessly cheerful takes a lot of effort!

Do you like Neil Brand who does those BBC4 music programme feetle? Was watching the one about film soundtracks last night; do love the way he presents these programmes. The S.O. can't stand Jools Holland to the point where he won't watch Later with Jools no matter how good the music is.

@alegrandma - Oh, it is, it is... I wouldn't want to be anything else...

It must be wonderful to be so perfect!

Pretty much any children's presenters / continuity people. The fake enthusiasm, over-loud voices, patronising twaddle, bleached teeth, prancing around - oh why don't I get off the fence and say what I really think!

Oh, I like Sewell - he doesn;t give a damn what people think of him or of what he is saying - he just gets on with saying it. Years ago, Ned Sherrin's
Loose Ends radio programme would pair him up with someone a bit gorblimey and send them off to an art exhibition or something - the resulting squabbles were very funny!

I guess that other things influence us, not just their presenting skills. I love Dan Cruickshank, mainly because of how instrumental he was in saving parts of London that would have been demolished. I also like Brian Sewell [strange given that I said yesterday that I disliked Sir Roy Strong] because he is often photographed with a whippet#i'msoshallowandtwofacedandiknowit

Most annoying is Alex Jones of The One Show who seems to be extending her role into many other programmes. She epitomises the smiling, sycophantic women who seem to be coming to the forefront now. Whatever happened to thinking women with brains?

Cannot abide 'Keith Lemmon', but unlike other presenters he is an invented character methinks aimed at the 'yoof' market!

Dan Cruickshank, with his breathless style, talking but never saying much puts my teeth on edge...