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728 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Martha Lane Fox
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   Martin Lewis

   Martin Lewis and Tanita Tikaram · Jun 2016

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   Martina Cole

   Martina Cole and Janet Street Porter · Oct 2014

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   Mary Beard

   Mary Beard & Bidisha at The Cheltenham Literature Festival · Oct 2011

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   Mathew Baynton

   Mathew Baynton and Aasmah Mir · Jul 2019

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   Maureen Lipman
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   Meera Syal

   Meera Syal and Stephen Grosz · Jul 2013

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   Mervyn King

   Lord Mervyn King and Arabella Weir · Feb 2014

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   Michael Grade

   Michael Grade and Gia Milinovich · Nov 2016

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    Michael Morpurgo

    Michael Morpurgo and Sara Maitland · Oct 2011

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    Miriam Margolyes

    Miriam Margolyes and Mark Haddon · Sep 2015

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    Nazir Afzal

    Nazir Afzal & Maggie Gee · Apr 2020

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    Nick Hornby

    Nick Hornby & Carlo Rovelli · Jan 2020

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    Nicola Coughlan
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    Nicola Sturgeon

    Nicola Sturgeon and Alistair McGowan · Nov 2025

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    Nigel Kennedy

    Nigel Kennedy and Clare Perkins · Nov 2023

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    Nish Kumar

    Nish Kumar and Katy Brand · Nov 2017

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    Patrick Grant

    Patrick Grant and Mary-Ann Ochota · Apr 2026

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    Penelope Lively

    Penelope Lively and Will Smith · Mar 2014

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    Peter White

    Peter White and Heydon Prowse · Nov 2012

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    Phil Wang
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    Philip Pullman

    Philip Pullman and Caroline Criado-Perez · Oct 2015

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    Raymond Tallis

    Raymond Tallis and Allegra Stratton · Jul 2011

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    Richard Herring
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    Richard Osman
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    Rick Stein

    Rick Stein and Michael Dobbs · Oct 2011

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    Rob Rinder

    Rob Rinder and Juno Dawson · Aug 2025

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    Robert Webb

    Robert Webb and Hugo Rifkind · Jun 2018

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    Roisin Conaty
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    Romesh Ranganathan
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    Russell Tovey
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    Ruth Jones

    Ruth Jones & Dominic Cooke · Oct 2020

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    Sally Phillips

    Sally Phillips and Julia Donaldson · Nov 2016

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    Sara Pascoe
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    Sarah Keyworth

    Sarah Keyworth & Lissa Evans · Jul 2020

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    Sebastian Faulks

    Sebastian Faulks and Tessa Hadley · 2 episodes

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    Shami Chakrabarti

    Shami Chakrabarti and Monica Ali · Jul 2014

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    Shaparak Khorsandi

    Shaparak Khorsandi and Anne Hegerty · Nov 2022

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    Sheila Hancock

    Sheila Hancock and Cosmo Landesman · Oct 2014

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    Shirley Williams

    Shirley Williams and Margaret Drabble · Nov 2015

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