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I may have not answered this straight away so I could think about it and then during that time forgotten about it...but here we are!

I feel as though a lot of the time I don’t have favourite individual contestants but favourite dynamics and groups so sometimes my favourite contestants from a series will be multiple people lol, so in no particular series order:

Romesh - honestly I love s1 and starting the first task with Romesh absolutely smashing that watermelon on the floor was such a strong move, long live the tree wizard

Mel - oh gang, just a delight to watch but the whole s4 lot worked really well together in general (I’d say Noel did least for me but still good)

Mark+Nish plus Sally - you’ve got Nish and Sally bringing completely different directions of insanity (one very competent and one...not.), and the Mark and Nish team finally succeeding in the song for a stranger was *chef’s kiss* (it feels wrong to leave Aisling and Bob out of this but I’m trying to not just say everyone!)

Jessica plus James+Rhod - love her earnestness and she gets one of my favourite comments (”it’s frustrating, isn’t it Greg, when you’re asked to complete a task under pressure”), and what other contestant has part of the show’s infrastructure named after them? and then do I really need to explain James and Rhod? (same as above for leaving out Phil and Kerry, s7 is one of the faves)

Joe Thomas - just a weird guy. I think of him whenever I smell tomatoes on the vine.

Rose - shid. (shoutout to Baddiel for driving Ed insane)

Katherine Parkinson - she and Alex were a team! s10 is fairly low in my rankings but little can beat Katherine wondering if she is, in fact, the spider

Jamali and Wozniak - the star of Taskgames and the creator of the absolute casserole. honestly huge respect to Jamali for just going in and stomping on as much as possible, and Wozniak has an incredible way with words (honourable mention to children’s tv presenter Charlotte Ritchie)

Victoria - Ol’ Goosebumps Arm, incredibly intelligent, absolutely useless except when it comes to codebreaking. 

Bridget and Judi - I genuinely think these two may be the contestants that have made me laugh the most, I want to study their brains like a bug under a microscope. also Sophie and Ardal and Chris. top tier series.

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Paul McGann

(If Paul McGann gets a number because of Big Finish, I submit that John Hurt ALSO had a bunch of Big Finish audios that weren't Specials)

LISTEN ok Eight got a film and was intended to be The Next Doctor.....if the film hadn't done so badly in the states that no series was commissioned

3. Ever taken a Corona test?

Yup, twice, and it looks as though a lot more are on the way since I work in a school. My nose is not excited about this.

32. Favourite book you read that year?

So I read a whole. uh. three books this year (ah the distant memory of reading a new book every week, oh to go back to those days...) but of those three books I loved Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak - it took me a bit to get into it but it’s just beautifully written and heartbreaking and atmospheric

91. Favourite tumblr trend of this year?

Pick 5 shows - rather than going for the usual suspects, I’m going to pick 5 things I’ve watched recently:

Peep Show

New Girl

Spaced 

Ghosts

Fresh Meat

And yes I am very aware that these are all in varying places on the spectrum of comedy show about housemate shenanigans but moving past that...

Who is your favourite character in 2? Winnie the Bish!

Who is your least favourite character in 1? I mean...surely part of the appeal is that they’re all terrible

What is your favourite episode of 4? I’ll pick a fave from series 2 since that’s what I was watching, so I think I’ll go for the one with the burglars since it was nice seeing the ghosts interact with Mike for a change (and I know I said s2 but the one looking at Pat’s past in s1 was also great)

What is your favourite season of 5? I think series 2? you properly know the characters, Sabine arrives, but tbh I enjoyed all 4!

Who is your favourite couple in 3? are there any couples? oh wait yeah there’s not-Jim the artist and the friend (I’m realising now I can’t remember a single name from the show) but I think I’ll have to go for *checks imdb* Tim and Daisy, even though they’re only a fake couple

Who is your favourite couple in 2? idk, they’re all pretty wholesome but rn I’m enjoying Cece and Schmidt, and Winston and Ally

What is your favourite episode of 1? oh man there’s a lot but I’ll probably go with the wedding one, at least so far

What is your favourite episode of 5? I thought the one with Vod’s mum was heartbreaking as really well done

What is your favourite season of 2? I think I’ll go with 2 or 3 but I’m finding them pretty consistent tbh

How long have you watched 1? I started watching a few episodes every week with my housemates a few months ago when they were shocked to find out I had never seen any lol

How did you become interested in 3? It was a show I knew about and thought I would probably enjoy but just never got round to watching it until recently! I did know it was Edgar Wright but I had forgotten when I started watching (and was then reminded by...everything about the first episode)

Who is your favourite actor in 4? ooooh tricky, they’re all so brilliant as their characters but I think I’ll go for either Jim Howick or Lolly Adefope

Which do you prefer, 1, 2, or 5? oh they’re all quite different (when it comes to comedy shows about housemate shenanigans at least) - I think Fresh Meat? it’s tricky because there’s so much more of the other two, especially New Girl, but I think Fresh Meat edges slightly ahead of the other two

Which show have you seen more episodes of, 1 or 3? Peep Show, simply because it is an anomaly and in more typical britcom style, Spaced has a whopping total of 14 episodes

If you could be anyone from 4, who would you like to be? Well I’d like to be alive so that narrows it down somewhat lol - it’s a tricky decision between Mike (knowing there are ghosts there and not being able to keep track of them, but also not being pestered by them) and Alison (being pestered near-constantly but being able to talk to the ghosts and help/use them)....I think I’ll go with Mike, I’d be fine with just seeing the ghosts in the house but Alison has to deal with them everywhere

Would a crossover between 3 and 4 work? Spaced except Daisy can see the gaggle of ghosts living in their flat? oh absolutely!

Pair two characters in 1 who would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple? oh I would’t inflict any of them on each other lol

Overall, which show has the better storyline, 3 or 5? neither really has a storyline since they’re both fairly episodic sitcoms, but I guess Fresh Meat does follow them on the journey through uni so I’ll give this one to them

Which has better theme music, 2 or 4? New Girl gets credit for (originally at least) having an actual theme song but this one has to go to Ghosts