Most Annoying People

Most Annoying People
Narrated byRichard Bacon
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series6
No. of episodes12
Production
Running time210 minutes (2006)
300 minutes (2007–10)
180 minutes (2011)
Original release
NetworkBBC Three
Release27 December 2006 (2006-12-27) –
26 December 2011 (2011-12-26)

Most Annoying Person is a British television programme that was broadcast on BBC Three from 27 December 2006 to 26 December 2011 and was usually shown each year during the end of December. The show counted down the 100 "most irritating" people, with celebrities, pop stars, and politicians all in the running. It was narrated by Richard Bacon.

History

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The show for 2008 was criticised in March 2009 for homophobic comments about Lindsay Lohan.[1][2] The BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee condemned comments by DJ Spoony and Ron Jeremy and demanded they be cut from future repeats.[3][4] Agyness Deyn won that year.[5]

Top Tens

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Top tens
Year Most annoying person Top ten
2006
Pete Doherty
2007
Amy Winehouse
2008
Agyness Deyn
2009
Katie Price
2010
England national football team
2011
England rioters

Ratings

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The show for 2011 got 776,000 viewers (3.1%) on 26 December 2011.[6]

Transmissions

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Series Start date End date Episodes
1 27 December 2006 28 December 2006 2
2 22 December 2007 23 December 2007 2
3[2] 27 December 2008 29 December 2008 2
4 27 December 2009 28 December 2009 2
5 27 December 2010 28 December 2010 2
6[7] 26 December 2011 27 December 2011 2

References

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  1. ^ "Turned Off". Gay Times. 9 March 2009. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Li-Lo comments on BBC show slammed". Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  3. ^ "BBC jokes about Lindsay Lohan 'reinforced lesbian stereotypes'". The Telegraph (UK). 20 October 2009.
  4. ^ "'Mock' rapped over swimmer jibes". BBC News. 19 October 2009.
  5. ^ Lee, Helen (6 January 2009). "Agyness Deyn voted most annoying person of 2008". SassyBella. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  6. ^ Millar, Paul (27 December 2011). "David Jason's 'The Royal Bodyguard' logs 7.1m for BBC One". Digital Spy.
  7. ^ "Tonight's telly: The Most Annoying People of 2011 on BBC Three". Tellymix. 26 December 2011.
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