Desert Island dinner guests

is it repel all boarders, or are you all so full up with bread and cheese, wine and teas that you have fallen asleep.

Good job one of you remembered about sunscreen

Adam Hills, Mikael Barishnikov and Boris ?

Ray Mears for his survival skills, Stephen Fry for conversation and Dawn French for laughs.

i did consider Fry but am beginning to find him tedious and am not sure he would cope without life's luxuries!!!!

Good choice Grannylyn65

Alan Bennett for fascinating conversation; Monica Galletti for doing miraculous things with our meagre ingredients; Murray Perahia to play the piano I asked for on the other thread! What! You aren't going to let me have a piano??

David Essex - because he's gorgeous
Rod Stewart - to sing to me
James Martin - to cook for me

Do they have to still be alive? Those I think I would like to meet all seem to be dead

Sorry, yes to to the piano. The restorative properties of the Island are such that the dead come alive and all our aches disappear.

pianos, dogs, cats, gerbils, tuba, harp and non coat eating goats are welcome.

I recently saw Josh Widdecombe being asked what famous people he would ask to a dinner party. He said couldn't he just have his family because why would you want to spend the evening with a lot of total strangers? I thought that was very true.

Margaret Mitchell and Charles Dickens,to tell me about life then.Morecome and Wise to make me laugh and Elvis to well fill in the gaps.

Nye Bevan to hear his opinions on today's politicians

JFK, because ?

Alan Rickman , to hear his voice and see his smile again

Good choice annie

George Harrison (such a big part of my teenage years)
Elvis Presley (his younger self)
And if Dannirae would let me borrow James Martin, him too.

Afraid all mine are deceased. Charles Dickens, Marie Stopes and Freddie Mercury.

Of course KatyK - we will share James Martin.

Don't even think about sharing David Essex though

Dannirae It's a deal. I wouldn't want to share George Harrison either, although obviously I couldn't anyway poor man.

James Stewart - because I always had a thing about him

Bear Grylls - to build me a shelter and teach me how to survive

Alistair McGowan - to make me laugh

Ellen McArthur: to help sail

Johnny Depp: to scare away any pirates

Noah: to build the boat!

Peter Ustinov - to entertain with his marvellous wit and stories of his fascinating life

Stephen Hough - to play that piano someone upthread has ordered,so I could have beautiful music all the time

Hugh Jackman - do I really need to give a reason!

Alan Coren
Sandi Toksvig
Terry Wogan.

Benedict Cumberbatch....Just him. No-one else.

Hopefully, over time and with no-one else for company, he would give up and succumb to my womanly wiles.

Alan Coren
Kevin Ashman (Egghead)
Sandi Toksvig