Do you like Michael Winner?

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brisket

I have rarely seen a television programme trailed more heavily than Michael Winner's new series starting tomorrow.

I usually think of him as a pretty unpleasant man who actually enjoys being nasty to people. Some of his restaurant reviews have been very unpleasant and rude.
In my Guardian TV Guide the preview says that this programme is "Fun, but feels like a computer-generated composite of five or six other existing popular shows."
In the same magazine Charlie Brooker says:
"Winner revels in his arrogant eccentric's role. Each moment he's on screen is deeply, unpleasantly strange."
Brooker says "At one point this week everyone in the room is genuinely in tears, and I almost followed suit....

(Oops - don't know what happened there - it just changed to heavy black print.)
Any thoughts on Winner?
Any thoughts on cooking programmes? Are there too many?
Any thoughts on deliberating offending and upsetting people for our 'entertainment'?

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DirtyprettygirlthingMember

Do you like Michael Winner?

No! I immediately get the images that are forever burned into my brain of him in big white saggy y fronts!

I think this stems from a News of the World expose many many years ago... a kiss and tell by some girl that used to be in Grange Hill?

something like that anyway!

2/25/106:13 AM

Former Member

There is something about Michael Winner that I find strangely arousing

2/25/106:16 AM

DirtyprettygirlthingMember

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There is something about Michael Winner that I find strangely arousing

hahaha!

god you like em rough!

2/25/106:17 AM

Jen-StarMember VIP10 yearsModerator

I cant stand the bloke, he seems like an odious letch. All smarmy and creepy

2/25/106:22 AM

Former Member

he is a knob

2/25/106:31 AM

SazBombMember

he makes me want to peel my own skin off

2/25/106:37 AM

marcusMember

Yeah. He's like a big cuddly uncle.

2/25/106:43 AM

Former Member

as peter kay would say - everyone has an uncle knobhead

2/25/106:51 AM

The Devil In DiamanteMember

He's a pompus old git...and, after seeing one of the trailers for the programme I loathe him even more...he actually thinks anything North of the Watford Gap is a foreign Country!!! Letcherous, smarmy git...

2/25/106:52 AM

Garage JoeMember

Load of stuff last night on R5 about how he thinks all food is bad in the North. If it keeps him and other people from his area away then that's great.

One still retains a sneaking respect for anyone who managed to have a crack at Jenny Seagrove though.

2/25/107:07 AM

brisketMember Memoriam

Some of the things that come out of his mouth are extremely cutting and vicious.
Yet he smirks and behaves in an arrogant manner.

2/25/107:11 AM

The Devil In DiamanteMember

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If it keeps him and other people from his area away then that's great.

When you put it like that Joe

2/25/107:31 AM

SazBombMember

I'd usually say keep 'im sarf of Watford... but I'm there now... is there somewhere else we can send him?

2/25/107:43 AM

Garage JoeMember

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I'd usually say keep 'im sarf of Watford

We normally say, "Yon side er Thirsk!"

2/25/108:13 AM

grannygMember 10 years

Don't like him... Yuk

2/25/108:17 AM

BazMember VIP10 years

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as peter kay would say - everyone has an uncle knobhead

2/25/108:30 AM

Cold SweatMember 10 years

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Some of the things that come out of his mouth are extremely cutting and vicious. Yet he smirks and behaves in an arrogant manner.

Characters that we love to hate often make for good TV.

2/25/101:11 PM

Former Member

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I'd usually say keep 'im sarf of Watford... but I'm there now... is there somewhere else we can send him?

He can come and stay with me

2/25/101:14 PM

Cold SweatMember 10 years

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One still retains a sneaking respect for anyone who managed to have a crack at Jenny Seagrove though.

This is a fair point!

2/25/101:14 PM

RexiMember 10 years

I love eccentric characters on TV ... wouldn't fancy them in my sitting room though

I like Michael Winner, Brian Sewell and Growly's fantasy man

2/25/103:49 PM

cologne 1Member Memoriam

I don't like his pretence of being better than the hoi polloi, but I do quite like him because I get the feeling that he takes the pee out of himself.

2/25/104:02 PM

ElkieMember

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he is a knob

2/25/106:52 PM

PussMember

I'd pretend to like him if he took ME to the Carribean, the same as he buys all his friends and tottie

2/25/1011:53 PM

liverbirdMember 10 years

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One still retains a sneaking respect for anyone who managed to have a crack at Jenny Seagrove though

I never understood what she saw in him! And I think she was with him for quite some time...

I find him arrogant and smarmy but I have a feeling I will be watching the programme

2/26/1012:10 AM

Former Member

No, he comes across as an arrogant twonk

2/26/106:47 AM

cologne 1Member Memoriam

He's on now and he's arrogant. I wouldn't want to sit at a table with him because I find him a bit repulsive.

2/26/101:09 PM

liverbirdMember 10 years

He's been pretty insulting already!!

2/26/101:13 PM

Rocking Ros RoseMember 10 years

can't stand the repugnant odious little man - when he says 'my usual glamorous lifestyle ' - it really makes me

2/26/101:36 PM

cologne 1Member Memoriam

I fail to see the point of this programme. He doesn't need the money and the ppl cooking will sink without any recognition.

2/26/101:47 PM

Former Member

after watching that programme i have changed my mind

i now think he is a prize knob

2/26/102:18 PM

Soozy WooMember

What a horrible man ........the people who have out themselves out in trying to impress him with their cooking are fools. He will never be impressed - he's simply a horrible person IMO .............i'd rather put myself out cooking for friends who'd appreciate it ...............................his seal of approval would mean absoloutely nothing to me.

2/26/103:43 PM

Mount Olympus *Olly*Member 10 years

I cannot believe just how abysmal that show was.. .and this from a fan of cooking shows... it was truly dreadful and amateurish too...

**crosses that show off my list **

2/27/103:20 AM

Former Member

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I like Michael Winner, Brian Sewell and Growly's fantasy man

I suppose I would share Michael Winner with you, but HANDS OFF John McCririck - he's mine

2/27/106:04 AM

Sexy_KellyMember

Iv not a clue who the hell he is except hes on those really really annoying adverts
"Hiya mum, im on the telly"

2/27/106:36 AM

LaurenMember

He's so odious

Can't stand him.

2/27/102:14 PM

RexiMember 10 years

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HANDS OFF John McCririck - he's mine

hahaha - you are safe there Growly ... I adore him because he is so odious (like Winner and Sewell!!)

2/27/102:21 PM

brisketMember Memoriam

I only saw half the programme, but it seemed dull, uninteresting, contrived and full of Winner being...wel...full of himself.
A waste of money in my view.

2/27/102:38 PM

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