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Pan Breed will go up later when the deadlines gone. But as @YoungWillz @Gooseberry Crumble and @Bibliogryphon seem to like my wacky Theme Teams, here are the 2024 versions: Here’s Who You Could Have Won Lawrence Gordon Clark (JOKER) Mary Danby - horror anthologist Dick Taverne Candace Hilligoss Diane Hoh Jim Sillars Giles Havergal - acclaimed Scottish theatre director David Irving Christopher Timothy Harold Snoad - Keeping up Appearances producer Frank Bowling Nadim Sawalha - Actor, Julia and Nadia's dad, Fekkesh from The Spy Who Loved Me Michael Billington - Guardian obit writer, picked to amuse DI Peter Sasdy - TV director, The Stone Tapes Martha Bartlett - Socialite who introduce JFK and Jackie. Jim Rafferty - Songwriter and Gerry's big brother Alvin Rakoff Moira Armstrong - TV director, Quiet as a Nun Andrew Davies - screenwriter Stacy Keach Gallifrey Regeneration Game Anneke Wills (JOKER) Christopher Benjamin Cy Town Barbara Clegg Donald Douglas David Garfield Janet Henfrey Warris Hussein Milton Johns Edward de Souza Tristan de Vere Cole Gabriel Woolf Roy Evans Anne Reid Mary Peach Martin Jarvis - surprisingly never picked in the DDP before Christopher H Bidmead Philip Hinchcliffe Eric Saward Dave Anderson

He's a great pick for the list but one I'd personally like them to fail with!

1. Jimmy Carter 1704 (9th, 1st) 2. Joanne Woodward 1333 (7th, 6th) 3. Glynis Johns 1230 (8th, 7th) 4. Esther Rantzen 1155 (NEW) 5. Noam Chomsky 1051 (3rd, 37th) 6. Roberta Flack 951 (2nd, 8th) 7. Shannen Doherty 864 (4th, 32nd) 8. Linda Nolan 846 (5th, 16th) 9. Frank Field 846 (3rd, 10th) 10. Jonnie Irwin 816 (2nd, 15th) 11. Eva Marie Saint 799 (4th, 17th) 12. James Whale 763 (4th, 9th) 13. June Spencer 703 (3rd, 18th) 14. Jean Marie Le Pen 673 (2nd, 30th) 15. Dick van Dyke 655 (3rd, 19th) 16. Nigel Starmer Smith 651 (2nd, 21st) 17. David Attenborough 651 (2nd, 36th) 18. Imelda Marcos 611 (2nd, -) 19. Rob Burrow 598 (2nd, 31st) 20. Alan Greenspan 546 (NEW) 21. David Graham 522 (3rd, 50th) 22. Yoko Ono 520 (5th, 27th) 23. Sonny Rollins 508 (2nd, 40th) 24. Mel Brooks 500 (2nd, 23rd) 25. Franz Beckenbauer 499 (NEW) 26. Bruce Willis 494 (NEW) 27. Steve McMichael 490 (NEW) 28. Toby Keith 485 (NEW) 29. Pope Francis 480 (NEW) 30. Dennis Skinner 479 (NEW) 31. Stanley Baxter 475 (2nd, 41st) 32. Norman Tebbit 472 (3rd, 34th) 33. Ethel Kennedy 464 (NEW) 34. Bob Newhart 452 (2nd, -) 35. Francoise Hardy 431 (3rd, 46th) 36. Violeta Chamorro 428 (2nd, -) 37. William Russell 422 (NEW) 38. Cleo Laine 385 (NEW) 39. Patrick Murray 371 (NEW) 40. Vanessa Redgrave 361 (NEW) 41. Douglas Hurd 355 (2nd, -) 42. Isabel Peron 353 (NEW) 43. Vera Miles 354 (2nd, 48th) 44. Jim Lovell 344 (NEW) 45. Denis Law 336 (NEW) 46. Patricia Routledge 327 (NEW) 47. Tom Baker 311 (NEW) 48. Michael Tilson Thomas 310 (NEW) 49. Julie Goodyear 304 (NEW) 50. Tom Lehrer 296 (NEW)

10th Jonnie Irwin 2nd appearance, 15th last year 816 points TV Star 9th Frank Field 3rd appearance, 10th last year 846 points Statesman 8th Linda Nolan 5th appearance, 16th last year 846 points Another Nolan Sister 7th Shannen Doherty 4th appearance, 32nd last year 864 points Charmed 6th Roberta Flack 2nd appearance, 8th last year 951 points Killing Me Softly 5th Noam Chomsky 3rd appearance, 37th last year 1051 points Rent A Cynic 4th Esther Rantzen NEW 1155 points That’s Life lady 3rd Glynis Johns 8th appearance, 7th last year 1230 points Suffragette 2nd Joanne Woodward 7th appearance, 6th last year 1333 points Actress 1st Jimmy Carter 9th appearance, 1st last year 1704 points Peanuts Farmer

26th Bruce Willis NEW 494 points John McClane 25th Franz Beckenbauer NEW 499 points Der Kaiser 24th Mel Brooks 2nd appearance, 23rd last year 500 points Comic 23rd Sonny Rollins 2nd appearance, 40th last year 508 points Musician 22nd Yoko Ono 5th appearance, 27th last year 520 points Mrs Lennon 21st David Graham 3rd appearance, 50th last year 522 points Granda Pig 20th Alan Greenspan NEW 546 points Economist 19th Rob Burrow 2nd appearance, 31st last year 598 points Rugby Legend 18th Imelda Marcos 2nd appearance 611 points Shoes 17th David Attenborough 2nd appearance, 36th last year 651 points Naturalist 16th Nigel Starmer Smith 2nd appearance, 21st last year 651 points Commentator 15th Dick Van Dyke 3rd appearance, 19th last year 655 points Cockney Rebel 14th Jean Marie le Pen 2nd appearance, 30th last year 673 points Racist 13th June Spencer 3rd appearance, 18th last year 703 points Archers 12th James Whale 4th appearance, 9th last year 763 points Talk Show Host 11th Eva Marie Saint 4th appearance, 17th last year 799 points Hitchcock Star

50th Tom Lehrer NEW 296 points Pigeon Lover 49th Julie Goodyear NEW 304 points Bet Lynch 48th Michael Tilson Thomas NEW 310 points Composer 47th Tom Baker NEW 311 points Time Lord 46th Patricia Routledge NEW 327 points Mrs Bucket 45th Denis Law NEW 336 points Footballer 44th Jim Lovell NEW 344 points Astronaut 43rd Vera Miles 2nd appearance (48th last year) 354 points Gooseberry Favourite 42nd Isabel Peron NEW 354 points World Leader 41st Douglas Hurd 2nd appearance 355 points Former Home Sec 40th Vanessa Redgrave NEW 361 points Redgrave 39th Patrick Murray NEW 371 points Mickey 38th Cleo Laine NEW 385 points Singer 37th William Russell NEW 422 points Sir Ian of Tardis 36th Violeta Chamorro 2nd appearance, first since 2019 428 points World Leader 35th Francoise Hardy 3rd appearance, 46th last year 431 points Singer 34th Bob Newhart 2nd appearance 452 points Comic 33rd Ethel Kennedy NEW 464 points Kennedy Clan 32nd Norman Tebbit 3rd appearance, 34th last year 472 points Sean’s Cuddly Uncle 31st Stanley Baxter 2nd appearance, 41st last year 475 points Parliamo Deathlist 30th Dennis Skinner NEW 479 points Beast of Bolsover 29th Pope Francis NEW 480 points Old Man in a Big House 28th Toby Keith NEW 485 points American 27th Steve “Mongo” McMichael NEW 490 points Goldberg’s Mate

One of the big name boxers of the 70s, a contender for the top belt but was unsuccessful against Ali like so many others. Now in a care home in dire health, a very good DL pick, sadly.

Eastwood, Hackman AND Duvall. The trio.

Hopefully if Tom Baker dies they don't replace him with Peter Davison...

Bugner, Beckenbauer, Tom Baker, Sly Stone, Buzz Aldrin, Ted Turner, Brigitte Bardot, Fritzl, Flack, Rantzen, Barenboim, Brokaw, Julie Walters, Blix, Gene Hackman, Draper, Clint Eastwood, Patricia Routledge, Glynis Johns, the Pope (Francis I assume!). On paper that's the greatest bunch of new picks in ages. My one grumble, not picking Davey Attenborough feels a bit risky.

GLYNIS IS THERE!!!!!!

You never got caught out by the Pope regenerating?

Buzzi and the Duke finished in the top 60 but started too slowly, and were both over 50 points from a qualifying spot. Faithfull finished miles off, nearly 200 points off the pace.

DROPS Ruth Buzzi, Duke of Kent, Andy Taylor, Marianne Faithful, Randy Jackson DQ’D (due to only 25 names from 2023 carrying over) James Watson, James Earl Jones NEAR MISSES Sandy Gall, Brigitte Bardot, Michael Caine, Rupert Murdoch, Albert II, Buzz Aldrin, Prunella Scales, Mahathir Mohamad, Joan Plowright Full list will be revealed in an hour or so once I've had time to look over the new actual DL.

And we're shut for entrants. I need to tot up the last few lists but it looks like we will need a few DQs this year.

Was a bit worried to see they've picked me in the dreaded number 50 spot. Knew my doctor was hiding something...

Was going to say she was recently on Between the Covers (the BBC book discussion show) but looking it up that was over a year ago now.

I sent it to that email and didn't but then, from memory, the auto-reply has trouble with certain Email providers. I'm not worried as I never get the auto-update but am in the DDP each year!

It'd be very this government to pencil in the one month of the year they'd been advised not to have an election. It'll be October, though I am open to May as its closer.

Actually quite surprised, he was a prominent political documentary maker going back decades, in with the Chomsky crowd, and a recognisable face about 20 years ago as a regular critic of Bush and Blair. Like a few of that era, he seemed to go from criticising Bush to supporting Putin in later life.

Wishing you a speedy recover, DDT, you're one of the pillars of this community.

For the 13th time, Pan Breed is in. Good luck everyone. At least this time I learned my lesson and didn't swap one of my picks at the 11th hou... no, hang on, that tradition continued.

Gooseberry is usually Mystic Meg on these things so only fair I make two quick predicts. 2024 is a leap year. Previous leap years have seen the reaper go a bit nuts on A Listers. There were more celebs dying in 2017 but you remember more of them from 2016. The DL record will be smashed. Of the twenty five being carried over there will be a huge number of dying, old and very frail people. A number of returnees look on their last legs. There's some decent newcomers out there too. Unless they absolutely fuck it up DL24 should start with a very high floor before the vagaries of death hit us.

I love The Gunfighters. Cracks me up no end.

Yeah I understand that. Not a yewtree name but I had similar with Cheggars "hello fellow kids" approach growing up. I much preferred Terry Wogan who'd make a joke out of his being uncool and out of touch. Incidentally I found out after he died that Wogan detested Savile and had personally blocked him as many of Wogans TV stuff as he could.