Most Annoying People
{{Short description|British television series}}{{pp-vandalism|small=yes}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
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| runtime = 210 minutes (2006)
300 minutes (2007–10)
180 minutes (2011)
| narrated = Richard Bacon
| channel = BBC Three
| first_aired = {{start date|2006|12|27|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2011|12|26|df=yes}}
| num_series = 6
| num_episodes = 12
| country = United Kingdom
| producer =
}}
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
The show for 2008 was criticised in March 2009 for homophobic comments about Lindsay Lohan.{{cite web|title=Turned Off|url=http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/magazine/inthisissue-articleid-5121-sectionid-697.html|work=Gay Times|accessdate=23 October 2012|date=9 March 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309101952/http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/Magazine/InThisIssue-articleid-5121-sectionid-697.html|archivedate=9 March 2009}} The BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee condemned comments by DJ Spoony and Ron Jeremy and demanded they be cut from future repeats.{{cite news|title=BBC jokes about Lindsay Lohan 'reinforced lesbian stereotypes'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/6378706/BBC-jokes-about-Lindsay-Lohan-reinforced-lesbian-stereotypes.html|newspaper=The Telegraph (UK)|date=20 October 2009}}{{cite news|title='Mock' rapped over swimmer jibes|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8314495.stm|newspaper=BBC News|date=19 October 2009}} Agyness Deyn won that year.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Helen|title=Agyness Deyn voted most annoying person of 2008|url=http://www.sassybella.com/2009/01/agyness-deyn-voted-annoying-person-2008/|work=SassyBella|date=6 January 2009 |accessdate=23 October 2012}}
Top Tens
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Top tens !scope=col|Year !scope=col width=170px|Most annoying person !scope=col width=315px class=unsortable|Top ten |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|2006
|align=center|{{Sort|Doherty, Pete|File:Petedoherty.jpg |{{smalldiv|
}} |
|---|
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|2007
|align=center|{{Sort|Winehouse, Amy|File:Amy Winehouse -Virgin Festival, Pimlico, Baltimore, Maryland-4August2007.jpg |{{smalldiv|
}} |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|2008
|align=center|{{Sort|Deyn, Agyness|File:Agyness Deyn crop.jpg |{{smalldiv|
}} |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|2009
|align=center|{{Sort|Price, Katie|File:Katie Price at Clothes Show Live.jpg |{{smalldiv|
}} |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|2010
|align=center|{{Sort|England national football team|File:England team.jpg |{{smalldiv|
}} |
| scope=row style="text-align:center;"|2011
|align=center|{{Sort|England rioters|File:2011 London riots.jpg |{{smalldiv|
}} |
Ratings
The show for 2011 got 776,000 viewers (3.1%) on 26 December 2011.{{cite web|last=Millar|first=Paul|title=David Jason's 'The Royal Bodyguard' logs 7.1m for BBC One|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a357402/david-jasons-the-royal-bodyguard-logs-71m-for-bbc-one.html|work=Digital Spy|date=27 December 2011}}
Transmissions
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Series !! Start date !! End date !! Episodes | |||
| 1 | 27 December 2006 | 28 December 2006 | 2 |
| 2 | 22 December 2007 | 23 December 2007 | 2 |
| 3{{cite web|title=Li-Lo comments on BBC show slammed|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/461091-li-lo-comments-on-bbc-show-slammed|accessdate=23 October 2012}} | 27 December 2008 | 29 December 2008 | 2 |
| 4 | 27 December 2009 | 28 December 2009 | 2 |
| 5 | 27 December 2010 | 28 December 2010 | 2 |
| 6{{cite web|title=Tonight's telly: The Most Annoying People of 2011 on BBC Three|url=http://tellymix.co.uk/general-telly/66495-tonights-telly-the-most-annoying-people-of-2011-on-bbc-three.html|work=Tellymix|date=26 December 2011}} | 26 December 2011 | 27 December 2011 | 2 |
References
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External links
- {{BBC programme}}
- {{IMDb title|2158647}}
Category:BBC Three original programming
Category:2006 British television series debuts