Team selections for Derby Dead Pool 2005

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57,288,974 Americans Are Smart | Above Average For Norfolk | Alison The Assassin | Already Dead And Resurrected | Atsusdead | B1G-5PUD | Bada Bada Bada Bada Bing | Bazzilliant | Better Late Than Never | Big Iain | Bleedin' Heart | Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band | Bone Collector (Dave) | Brown Bread | Bucket Kickers | But I'm Not Dead Yet | Cefor Certs | Church(yard) On The Hill | Close The Casket | Condoleezza's Harbingers of Notapotato | Crazycarl | Crem De La Crem | Dark Clouds and Silva Linings | Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk | Dead As A Dodo | Dead Beat | Dead In Arizona | Dead Ringers | Deadknobs And Doomed Picks | DeadOnArrival | Deathlist.net | Diet Of Worms | Dr Death's Diabolical Dice Of Doom | Dysfunctional | Eat My Dust | Eejit | Fallen Sparrow | Finbarr Returns from the Dead | Five-Fingered Hand Of Death | George Lass and the Gravelings | Globaltruth | Grassy Knoll Grayson | Grim Rita | Grizly | Grobler's Stiff Ones | Heaven Can't Wait 'til Another Day | Henry's Half-Dead Heroes | Holicman FT | Honez | I Smell Dead People | Impaled On The Antlers Of Doom | In Bed With Maradona | Jaguar X-Types | Jesus Jones | JoeRam | John Stalker | Juicy Janny | Just Resting My Eyes | Knockin' On Satan's Door | Lived So Let's Die | Living In A Box | Louis Cypher | Mean Machine | Meet Your Maker | Mr & Mrs Drummerboy | Mr C | Naked Florida Gravediggers | Not Dead Yet | Now The Time Is Near | Octopus of Odstock | Offaly Bad Taste | Oh...If Only It Were True | One Foot In The Grave | Peter 'RIP' Trait | Pining For The Fjords | Pooil Vaaish | Pry It From His Cold Dead Fingers | Puzlman's Passing Picks | Ready For The Box | Rebecca The Reaper | Reddmyst 20 | Rest In Peace | Rude Kid | See, I Told You I Was Sick! | SexyB's Goners | Siegfried Baboon’s David Van Day Show | Simon Says 'Die, You Fools, Die' | Six Foot Under | Slave to the Grave | Snuff Daddies | Stab In The Dark | Stiff As A Board | StuPerks | T. Rex | Team Lightning | The 104s | The Buddy Holly Flying Experience | The Coffin Boffins | The Coffin-Dodgers | The Conqueror Worm | The Doffin' Codgers | The Doom & Gloom Room | The Driller Killer | The Grey Horde | The Last Gasp | The Long-Awaited Return of The Plymouth Jury | The Melonfarmers | The Newstreet Boys Death Squad | The Raven | The Royton Rovers (Rita, Dave & Kevin Too…) | The Undertaker | The Vyrdolak | The Winged Devil Monkeys | The Wompons | TiM r | Time Is NOT On Our Side! | Toasted Brown Bread | U | Vassili Zaitsev | We Don't Want Any Bouncebackability | We Spin Terror | Whitaker's Choice | Worm Food | Youth In Asia Hotline

 

57,288,974 Americans Are Smart
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Ghazi al-Yawar
  3. James Brown
  4. Dick Clark
  5. James Doohan
  6. Geraldine Ferraro Unique pick
  7. Dan Fogelberg
  8. Betty Ford
  9. Gerald Ford
  10. Annette Funicello
  11. Vaclav Havel
  12. Augusto Pinochet
  13. Richard Pryor Joker!
  14. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  15. Nancy Reagan
  16. Maximilian Schell Unique pick
  17. Elizabeth Taylor
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Claus von Bülow Unique pick
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

Above Average For Norfolk
First year in DDP.
  1. Henry Allingham
  2. Raymond Baxter
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. Henry Blofeld Unique pick
  5. Laurence Chirac Unique pick
  6. James Doohan
  7. Kirk Douglas
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Louis Gossett (jnr) Unique pick
  10. Stephen Hawking
  11. Alex Higgins
  12. Evel Knievel
  13. Joseph Lynch GC Unique pick
  14. Magnus Magnusson
  15. Bernard Manning Joker!
  16. Edwin Morgan Unique pick
  17. Ivan Noble
  18. Harry Patch
  19. William Rehnquist
  20. Nancy Wake

 

Alison The Assassin
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 24th= (2004)
A refugee from a now-defunct rival deadpool. A younger-than-average selection of celebs, with a definite leaning towards the music and entertainment industry.
  1. Rabbi Philip Berg
  2. George Best
  3. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  4. Buster Bloodvessel
  5. Ian Brady
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  8. Stephen Hawking
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Jerry Lee Lewis
  11. Shane MacGowan
  12. Diego Maradona
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Slobodan Milosevic
  15. Liza Minnelli
  16. Eric Sykes
  17. Elizabeth Taylor
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Boris Yeltsin
  20. Viktor Yushchenko

 

Already Dead And Resurrected
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Joseph Barbera
  3. Charlie Bell
  4. James Brown
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Dan Fogelberg
  7. Gerald Ford
  8. Charles Haughey
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone
  12. Lady Bird Johnson
  13. David Lange
  14. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  15. Sir John Mills
  16. Rev Ian Paisley
  17. Rosa Parks
  18. Richard Pryor
  19. William Rehnquist Joker!
  20. Juan Pablo Torres Unique pick

 

Atsusdead
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Brooke Astor
  3. Ben Bradlee Unique pick
  4. Fidel Castro
  5. Dick Cheney
  6. Walter Cronkite
  7. Olivia de Havilland
  8. Kirk Douglas
  9. Charles Durning Unique pick
  10. Gerald Ford
  11. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  12. Rev Billy Graham
  13. Charlton Heston
  14. Pope John Paul II
  15. Stan Musial Unique pick
  16. Colin Powell
  17. William Rehnquist Joker!
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Kurt Vonnegut Unique pick
  20. Chuck Yeager

 

B1G-5PUD
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. George Bush (snr)
  3. George W. Bush (jnr) Joker!
  4. Sir Sean Connery
  5. Pete Doherty
  6. Kirk Douglas
  7. Queen Elizabeth II
  8. Jimmy Hill Unique pick
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. David Jason Unique pick
  11. Christopher Lee
  12. Shane MacGowan
  13. Liza Minnelli
  14. Roger Moore
  15. Paul Newman
  16. John Savident Unique pick
  17. Paul Scholes Unique pick
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Ice T Unique pick
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Bada Bada Bada Bada Bing
First year in DDP.
  1. Adam Ant Unique pick
  2. Warren Beatty Unique pick
  3. Pete Best Unique pick
  4. Michael Caine Unique pick
  5. Joan Collins Unique pick
  6. Phil Donahue Unique pick
  7. Jane Fonda Unique pick
  8. Michael J Fox
  9. Larry Hagman
  10. Lady Bird Johnson Joker!
  11. K. C. Jones Unique pick
  12. Mills Lane Unique pick
  13. Ralph Lauren Unique pick
  14. John Madden
  15. Nelson Mandela
  16. Pat Morita Unique pick
  17. Paul Newman
  18. Richard Pryor
  19. Dame Maggie Smith Unique pick
  20. Slim Whitman

 

Bazzilliant
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. George Best
  3. George Bush (snr)
  4. Kirk Douglas
  5. Gerald Ford
  6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  7. Larry Hagman
  8. Alex Higgins
  9. Saddam Hussein
  10. Pope John Paul II Joker!
  11. Ray Kennedy Unique pick
  12. Joe Pesci Unique pick
  13. Prince Philip
  14. Robert Redford Unique pick
  15. J. D. Salinger
  16. Ringo Starr Unique pick
  17. Elizabeth Taylor
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Sir Norman Wisdom
  20. Thom Yorke Unique pick

 

Better Late Than Never
First year in DDP.
  1. Michael Barrymore
  2. Mark Bosnich Unique pick
  3. Frank Bough
  4. James Brown
  5. Max Bygraves
  6. Leonard Cohen Unique pick
  7. David Coleman
  8. Ken Dodd
  9. Bob Dylan
  10. 'Mad' Frankie Fraser
  11. Gary Glitter
  12. Gene Hackman
  13. Holly Johnson
  14. Bernard Manning
  15. Denis Norden
  16. Elizabeth Taylor
  17. Jane Tomlinson Joker!
  18. Murray Walker
  19. Charlie Watts
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Big Iain
Years in DDP: 10
Best position: 3rd= (2000)
DDP organiser 1996-2002, now taking a back seat but still entering a strong (or weak, depending how you look at it) team.
  1. John Astin Unique pick
  2. Raymond Baxter Joker!
  3. Captain Beefheart Unique pick
  4. Ian Brady
  5. James Callaghan
  6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  7. Edward Heath
  8. Alex Higgins
  9. Hulk Hogan
  10. Delores Hope
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Arthur Miller
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Liza Minnelli
  15. Patrick Moore
  16. Arnold Palmer
  17. Nancy Reagan
  18. Ronald Searle Unique pick
  19. Elizabeth Taylor
  20. Robert Wise Unique pick

 

Bleedin' Heart
First year in DDP.
  1. 50 Cent
  2. Eddie Albert
  3. Muhammad Ali
  4. Ronnie Biggs
  5. James Brown
  6. Kirk Douglas
  7. Gerald Ford Joker!
  8. Mikhail Gorbachev Unique pick
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Lady Bird Johnson
  11. Angelina Jolie Unique pick
  12. Don Knotts
  13. Jerry Lewis
  14. Karl Malden
  15. William Rehnquist
  16. Max Schmeling
  17. Anna Nicole Smith Unique pick
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Mike Tyson
  20. Abe Vigoda

 

Bob Mugabe's Swingtime Band
Years in DDP: 3
Best position: 14th= (2004)
Once again, a warm welcome back to the Zimbabwean tyrant and his backing group. Joint 14th place last year was a massive improvement on his previous best of 40th.
  1. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Unique pick
  2. Osama bin Laden
  3. Gerald Ford
  4. King Harald V of Norway
  5. Vaclav Havel
  6. Saddam Hussein
  7. General Wojciech Jaruzelski
  8. Sgt Charles Jenkins Unique pick
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Lady Bird Johnson
  11. Pedro Antonio Marin Unique pick
  12. Robert Mugabe
  13. Pervez Musharraf
  14. Rev Ian Paisley
  15. Maurice Papon Joker!
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Ian Smith
  18. Suharto
  19. Boris Yeltsin
  20. Viktor Yushchenko

 

Bone Collector (Dave)
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Barker
  2. George Cole
  3. Ronnie Corbett
  4. Ken Dodd
  5. James Doohan
  6. Kirk Douglas
  7. Clive Dunn
  8. Alex Ferguson
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Jack Klugman
  11. Bernard Manning
  12. Leonard Nimoy Unique pick
  13. Richard O'Sullivan Joker!
  14. Bill Pertwee
  15. Nancy Reagan
  16. Sir Bobby Robson
  17. Roy Scheider
  18. Reg Varney
  19. Peter Vaughan
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Brown Bread
First year in DDP.
  1. George Best
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Fidel Castro
  4. Dick Clark Joker!
  5. Pete Doherty
  6. James Doohan
  7. Kirk Douglas
  8. Michael Foot
  9. Gerald Ford
  10. Rev Billy Graham
  11. Larry Hagman
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Rosemary Kennedy
  14. Jerry Lewis
  15. Diego Maradona
  16. Sir John Mills
  17. Richard O'Sullivan
  18. Augusto Pinochet
  19. Claire Rayner
  20. Elizabeth Taylor

 

Bucket Kickers
First year in DDP.
  1. Mohammed Al-Fayed
  2. Henry Allingham
  3. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  4. Paul Biya Unique pick
  5. Max Bygraves
  6. Bill Deedes
  7. Michael Foot
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Rev Billy Graham
  10. Russell Grant Unique pick
  11. Jimmy Greaves Unique pick
  12. Charlton Heston
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Diego Maradona
  15. Luciano Pavarotti
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Burt Reynolds Unique pick
  18. Juan Antonio Samaranch Unique pick
  19. Suharto
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

But I'm Not Dead Yet
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert Joker!
  2. Bea Arthur
  3. Brooke Astor
  4. Joey Bishop
  5. Ernest Borgnine
  6. Ian Brady
  7. Red Buttons
  8. Gerald Ford
  9. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  10. John Kenneth Galbraith
  11. Ernest Gallo
  12. Curt Gowdy Unique pick
  13. Paul Harvey
  14. Lady Bird Johnson
  15. Frankie Laine
  16. Karl Malden
  17. Harry Morgan
  18. Bum Phillips Unique pick
  19. Sidney Sheldon Unique pick
  20. Ruth Warrick Unique pick

 

Cefor Certs
Years in DDP: 6
Best position: 17th (2003)
One of two teams captained by a cat, but Cefor, with just 7 hits in the last 5 years, has been unable to match the success of his feline rival, Whitaker.
  1. Raymond Baxter
  2. Arthur C Clarke Joker!
  3. Ivor Cutler
  4. Michael Foot
  5. Gretchen Franklin
  6. Larry Hagman
  7. Sir Edmund Hillary
  8. Bonnie Langford Unique pick
  9. Humphrey Lyttleton
  10. Shane MacGowan
  11. Nelson Mandela
  12. Bettie Page
  13. Rev Ian Paisley
  14. Leslie Phillips
  15. J. D. Salinger
  16. Sir Jimmy Savile
  17. Liz Smith Unique pick
  18. Harry Dean Stanton Unique pick
  19. Jeremy Thorpe
  20. Anna Wing

 

Church(yard) On The Hill
First year in DDP.
  1. Brooke Astor
  2. John Cleese Joker!
  3. Charlie Drake
  4. Alex Ferguson
  5. Bruce Forsyth
  6. Edward Heath
  7. Hugh Hefner
  8. Vince Hill Unique pick
  9. Saddam Hussein
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Sir John Mills
  12. Rev Ian Paisley
  13. Prince Philip
  14. Sir Jimmy Savile
  15. Cardinal Jaime Sin
  16. Eric Sykes
  17. Elizabeth Taylor
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. June Whitfield
  20. Brian Wilson

 

Close The Casket
First year in DDP.
  1. George Best
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. James Callaghan
  4. Arthur C Clarke
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Barry Fry Unique pick
  8. Deborah Kerr Unique pick
  9. Frankie Laine
  10. Nelson Mandela
  11. Patrick Moore
  12. Roger Moore
  13. Denis Norden
  14. Rev Ian Paisley
  15. Prince Philip
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Mickey Rooney Joker!
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Desmond Tutu
  20. Robbie Williams

 

Condoleezza's Harbingers of Notapotato
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. James Callaghan
  3. James Doohan Joker!
  4. Cyril Fletcher
  5. Larry Hagman
  6. Sir John Harvey-Jones Unique pick
  7. Edward Heath
  8. David Hockney Unique pick
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Harry Morgan
  11. Les Paul
  12. Nancy Reagan
  13. Alain Robert Unique pick
  14. Helmut Schmidt Unique pick
  15. Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Unique pick
  16. Margaret Thatcher
  17. Jeremy Thorpe
  18. Peter Tuddenham Unique pick
  19. Peter Vaughan
  20. Murray Walker

 

Crazycarl
First year in DDP.
  1. Syd Barrett
  2. Fidel Castro
  3. Roger Ebert Unique pick
  4. Bill France Unique pick
  5. Estelle Getty
  6. Andy Griffith
  7. Stephen Hawking
  8. Bobby Heenan Unique pick
  9. Tom Laughlin Unique pick
  10. Jerry Lee Lewis
  11. Jerry Lewis
  12. Gordon Lightfoot
  13. Loretta Lynn Unique pick
  14. Tammy Faye Messner
  15. Les Paul
  16. Richard Pryor Joker!
  17. Eddie Robinson Unique pick
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Gene Wilder
  20. Cale Yarborough Unique pick

 

Crem De La Crem
First year in DDP.
  1. Henry Allingham
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Max Bygraves
  4. Arthur C Clarke
  5. Ivor Cutler
  6. Kirk Douglas
  7. Clive Dunn
  8. Michael Foot
  9. Gerald Ford
  10. Gretchen Franklin Joker!
  11. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  12. Edward Heath
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Karl Malden
  15. Sir John Mills
  16. Patrick Moore
  17. Richard O'Sullivan
  18. Luciano Pavarotti
  19. Reg Varney
  20. Anna Wing

 

Dark Clouds and Silva Linings
First year in DDP.
  1. Charlie Bell
  2. Saul Bellow
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
  5. John Diebold Unique pick
  6. Dan Fogelberg
  7. Charles Haughey
  8. Edward Heath
  9. Clare Hollingworth Unique pick
  10. Sir John Mills
  11. Maurice Papon
  12. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  13. William Rehnquist
  14. Max Roach Unique pick
  15. Arthur Schlesinger Jr Unique pick
  16. Cardinal Jaime Sin
  17. Jeremy Thorpe
  18. Jane Tomlinson Joker!
  19. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
  20. Jack Wild

 

Dave's Dead, Aye Dead Drunk
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 27th= (2004)
Dave obviously sobered up long enough to pick a solid team. No danger of any of this lot not getting the required UK obituary if they shake a seven.
  1. Robert Altman Unique pick
  2. George Best
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. James Callaghan
  5. Robert Earl Jones
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  8. Charlton Heston
  9. Ian Huntley
  10. Saddam Hussein
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Shirley MacLaine
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Ron Moody Unique pick
  15. Jack Nicholson Unique pick
  16. Augusto Pinochet Joker!
  17. Keith Richards
  18. Norman Schwarzkopf
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Richard Todd Unique pick

 

Dead As A Dodo
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 20th= (2004)
A younger-than-average team, but not as brave as last year, when the Dodos chose no fewer than 16 unique picks.
  1. Eddie Albert Joker!
  2. Mohammed Al-Fayed
  3. Jane Andrews
  4. Petula Clark Unique pick
  5. Sandra Dee
  6. Neil Diamond Unique pick
  7. Hulk Hogan
  8. Stan Lee
  9. Shirley MacLaine
  10. Winnie Mandela
  11. Liza Minnelli
  12. Van Morrison
  13. Rupert Murdoch
  14. Olivia Newton-John Unique pick
  15. Sidney Poitier Unique pick
  16. Kenny Rogers Unique pick
  17. Mickey Rooney
  18. Jackie Stallone Unique pick
  19. Ray Stevens Unique pick
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Dead Beat
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Ingmar Bergman
  3. P. W. Botha
  4. Frank Bough
  5. Frank Bruno
  6. Roger Cook Unique pick
  7. Michael Crawford Unique pick
  8. Ken Dodd Joker!
  9. Clint Eastwood
  10. Agnetha Faltskog Unique pick
  11. Gordon Honeycombe Unique pick
  12. Herbert Lom
  13. Lee Majors Unique pick
  14. Karl Malden
  15. Cliff Michelmore
  16. Slobodan Milosevic
  17. Paul O'Grady Unique pick
  18. Augusto Pinochet
  19. Salman Rushdie
  20. Sir Jimmy Savile

 

Dead In Arizona
First year in DDP.
  1. Joseph Barbera
  2. David Blaine Unique pick
  3. Arthur C Clarke
  4. David Crosby Unique pick
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Gerald Ford
  7. Edward Furlong
  8. John Kenneth Galbraith
  9. Larry Hagman
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Lady Bird Johnson
  12. Jack Klugman
  13. Jerry Lewis
  14. Courtney Love
  15. Rosa Parks
  16. Richard Pryor
  17. Elizabeth Taylor Joker!
  18. Abe Vigoda
  19. Simon Wiesenthal
  20. Shelley Winters Unique pick

 

Dead Ringers
First year in DDP.
  1. Iyad Allawi
  2. George Best
  3. Tony Blair
  4. Frank Bruno
  5. Fidel Castro
  6. Macaulay Culkin
  7. Michael J Fox
  8. Gary Glitter
  9. Charlton Heston
  10. Pope John Paul II Joker!
  11. Vanessa Mae Unique pick
  12. Bernard Manning
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Sharon Osbourne
  15. Prince Philip
  16. Sir Bobby Robson
  17. Sir Jimmy Savile
  18. Graeme Souness Unique pick
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Laurence Tureaud

 

Deadknobs And Doomed Picks
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Henry Allingham
  3. Sir Richard Attenborough
  4. George Best
  5. Ronnie Biggs
  6. James Callaghan
  7. Arthur C Clarke
  8. Pete Doherty
  9. Michael Foot
  10. Gary Glitter
  11. Edward Heath
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Jimmy 'Jinky' Johnstone
  14. Senator Edward Kennedy
  15. Shane MacGowan
  16. Diego Maradona Joker!
  17. Billy Preston
  18. Koo Stark Unique pick
  19. Jack Wild
  20. Brian Wilson

 

DeadOnArrival
First year in DDP.
  1. Osama bin Laden
  2. Barbara Bush Unique pick
  3. Jimmy Carter
  4. Jacques Chirac Unique pick
  5. Dick Clark
  6. Gerald Ford
  7. Marie Fredriksson Unique pick
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Estelle Getty
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Magic Johnson Unique pick
  12. Kim Jong-Il Joker!
  13. John McCain Unique pick
  14. Harry Morgan
  15. Sharon Osbourne
  16. Keith Richards
  17. Grace Slick Unique pick
  18. Wendie Jo Sperber
  19. Michael Stipe Unique pick
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

Deathlist.net
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 1st (2004)
An entry from the organisers of another celeb death-related website - check out their site at (you guessed it) www.deathlist.net. Won the DDP at their first attempt in 2004, after an epic battle with the reigning champion.
  1. Brooke Astor
  2. Joseph Barbera
  3. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  4. Gretchen Franklin
  5. John Kenneth Galbraith
  6. Ernest Gallo
  7. Edward Heath
  8. Albert Hofmann
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  11. Al Lewis
  12. Sister Lucia Unique pick
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Patrick Moore
  15. Oscar Niemeyer Unique pick
  16. William Rehnquist
  17. Max Schmeling
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Simon Wiesenthal
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Diet Of Worms
First year in DDP.
  1. Saul Bellow
  2. Ray Bradbury
  3. Dario Fo Unique pick
  4. Dick Francis Unique pick
  5. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Unique pick
  6. Nadine Gordimer Unique pick
  7. Günter Grass Unique pick
  8. P. D. James
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Milan Kundera Unique pick
  11. Doris Lessing
  12. Naguib Mahfouz Unique pick
  13. Arthur Miller
  14. V. S. Naipaul Unique pick
  15. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  16. Salman Rushdie
  17. Alexander Solzhenitsyn Joker!
  18. Muriel Spark Unique pick
  19. Mickey Spillane Unique pick
  20. Gore Vidal Unique pick

 

Dr Death's Diabolical Dice Of Doom
First year in DDP.
  1. Anastacia
  2. Osama bin Laden
  3. James Brown
  4. Dick Cheney
  5. Val Doonican Joker!
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Michael J Fox
  8. Edward Heath
  9. Saddam Hussein
  10. Steve Irwin Unique pick
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Jerry Lee Lewis
  13. Shane MacGowan
  14. Patrick Moore
  15. Ozzy Osbourne
  16. Rev Ian Paisley
  17. Prince Philip
  18. Richard Pryor
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Dysfunctional
First year in DDP.
  1. Neil Armstrong
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. James Callaghan
  4. Michael Foot
  5. Gerald Ford
  6. Gretchen Franklin
  7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  8. Ernest Gallo
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Alex Higgins
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Joe Longthorne
  13. Nelson Mandela
  14. Diego Maradona
  15. Sir John Mills
  16. Patrick Moore
  17. Rev Ian Paisley
  18. Augusto Pinochet Joker!
  19. Richard Pryor
  20. Max Schmeling

 

Eat My Dust
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 10th= (2004)
Not a bad result for this newcomer last year, but they didn't quite justify their choice of name…
  1. Brooke Astor
  2. Joseph Barbera
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. Arthur C Clarke
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Robert Earl Jones
  7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  8. Edward Heath
  9. Alex Higgins
  10. Saddam Hussein
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Frankie Laine
  13. Dame Vera Lynn
  14. Sir John Mills
  15. Byron Nelson
  16. Max Schmeling
  17. Jane Tomlinson
  18. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper Joker!
  19. Richard Widmark
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Eejit
First year in DDP.
  1. Iyad Allawi
  2. P. W. Botha
  3. Boutros Boutros-Ghali Unique pick
  4. Arthur C Clarke
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Gerald Ford
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Alex Higgins
  11. Pope John Paul II Joker!
  12. Frankie Laine
  13. Dame Vera Lynn
  14. Sir John Mills
  15. Rev Ian Paisley
  16. Jack Palance
  17. John Profumo
  18. Nancy Reagan
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Kurt Waldheim

 

Fallen Sparrow
First year in DDP.
  1. Brooke Astor
  2. Cardinal Corrado Bafile Unique pick
  3. Charlie Bell
  4. Hans Bethe
  5. Hugues Cuenod Unique pick
  6. Bulent Ecevit Unique pick
  7. Charles Haughey
  8. Ratu Iloilo Unique pick
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. George Kennan Unique pick
  11. Diego Maradona
  12. Ernst Mayr
  13. Kazuo Ohno Unique pick
  14. William Rehnquist
  15. Max Schmeling
  16. Wendie Jo Sperber
  17. Suharto
  18. Robert Tisch
  19. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper Joker!
  20. Zhao Ziyang Unique pick

 

Finbarr Returns from the Dead
Years in DDP: 6
Best position: 2nd (2000)
Has been around most years since the early days of DDP, though has never come close to repeating his 2nd place of 2000.
  1. Marc Almond Unique pick
  2. Raymond Baxter
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. Ian Brady
  5. George Bush (snr)
  6. James Callaghan
  7. P Diddy Unique pick
  8. Gerald Ford
  9. Zsa Zsa Gabor Joker!
  10. Stephen Hawking
  11. Alex Higgins
  12. Bernard Manning
  13. Diego Maradona
  14. Patrick Moore
  15. Nana Mouskouri Unique pick
  16. Prince Philip
  17. Iggy Pop Unique pick
  18. Peter Sutcliffe
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Janette Tough Unique pick

 

Five-Fingered Hand Of Death
First year in DDP.
  1. Iyad Allawi
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Fidel Castro
  4. Kirk Douglas
  5. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  6. Rev Billy Graham
  7. King Harald V of Norway
  8. Hugh Hefner
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Al Lewis
  11. Ivan Noble Joker!
  12. Peter O'Toole
  13. Augusto Pinochet
  14. Mohammed Zahir Shah
  15. King Sihanouk
  16. Suharto
  17. Elizabeth Taylor
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Robert Tisch
  20. Abigail Van Buren Unique pick

 

George Lass and the Gravelings
First year in DDP.
  1. Henry Allingham
  2. Ronnie Barker
  3. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  4. Ian Brady
  5. Fidel Castro
  6. Doris Day
  7. Bill Deedes
  8. Clive Dunn
  9. Gerald Ford
  10. Gretchen Franklin
  11. Dame Helen Gardiner
  12. Albert Hofmann
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Herbert Lom
  15. Dame Vera Lynn
  16. Karl Malden
  17. Rev Ian Paisley
  18. John Profumo
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Globaltruth
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. James Callaghan
  3. Bobby Charlton Unique pick
  4. John Cooper-Clarke Unique pick
  5. Bill Deedes
  6. Felix Dennis Unique pick Joker!
  7. Val Doonican
  8. Kirk Douglas
  9. Peter Falk
  10. Rev Billy Graham
  11. Charlton Heston
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Nelson Mandela
  14. Patrick McGoohan Unique pick
  15. Sir John Mills
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Keith Richards
  18. Max Schmeling
  19. Richard Widmark
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Grassy Knoll Grayson
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Barker
  2. George Best
  3. Frank Carson Unique pick
  4. Dick Clark
  5. Sandra Dee
  6. James Doohan
  7. Kirk Douglas
  8. Rev Billy Graham
  9. Evel Knievel
  10. Joe Longthorne
  11. Karl Malden Joker!
  12. Nelson Mandela
  13. Diego Maradona
  14. Rev Ian Paisley
  15. Rosa Parks
  16. Nancy Reagan
  17. Margaret Thatcher
  18. Jeremy Thorpe
  19. Richard Thorp Unique pick
  20. Jack Wild

 

Grim Rita
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. Gerald Ford
  3. Larry Hagman
  4. Charles Haughey
  5. Stephen Hawking
  6. Pope John Paul II
  7. Lady Bird Johnson
  8. Jerry Lewis
  9. Lady Mary Mills
  10. Patrick Moore
  11. Pervez Musharraf
  12. Richard O'Sullivan
  13. Augusto Pinochet
  14. Richard Pryor
  15. Prince Rainier of Monaco Joker!
  16. Mickey Rooney
  17. Lord Snowdon Unique pick
  18. Bill Tarmey
  19. Elizabeth Taylor
  20. Simon Wiesenthal

 

Grizly
First year in DDP.
  1. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Joker!
  2. Johnny Carson
  3. Fidel Castro
  4. Dick Clark
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Charlton Heston
  7. Paris Hilton Unique pick
  8. Pope John Paul II
  9. Angela Lansbury
  10. Al Lewis
  11. Jerry Lewis
  12. Nelson Mandela
  13. Liza Minnelli
  14. Peter O'Toole
  15. Kerry Packer Unique pick
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Richard Pryor
  18. Mickey Rooney
  19. Charlie Watts
  20. Viktor Yushchenko

 

Grobler's Stiff Ones
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. Dickie Bird Unique pick
  3. Ian Brady
  4. James Callaghan
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Michael J Fox
  8. Gretchen Franklin Joker!
  9. John Glenn
  10. Stephen Hawking
  11. Edward Heath
  12. Ian Huntley
  13. Saddam Hussein
  14. Joe Longthorne
  15. Lady Mary Mills
  16. Sir John Mills
  17. Rev Ian Paisley
  18. Eric Sykes
  19. Jane Tomlinson
  20. Simon Wiesenthal

 

Heaven Can't Wait 'til Another Day
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. James Brown
  3. James Callaghan
  4. David Coleman
  5. Pete Doherty
  6. Gerald Ford
  7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  8. Ron Greenwood
  9. Sir Edmund Hillary
  10. Michael Jackson
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Lady Bird Johnson
  13. Ted Lowe Unique pick Joker!
  14. Cliff Michelmore
  15. Ivan Noble
  16. John Profumo
  17. Claire Rayner
  18. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Jeremy Thorpe

 

Henry's Half-Dead Heroes
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 27th= (2004)
Back for another year, with a mainly elderly team this time, clearly hoping to improve on last year's tally of 2 hits.
  1. James Callaghan
  2. Lord Peter Carrington Unique pick
  3. Walter Cronkite
  4. Gerald Ford
  5. Ernest Gallo
  6. Charles Haughey
  7. Edward Heath
  8. Albert Hofmann
  9. Imelda Marcos
  10. Robert Mugabe
  11. Denis Norden
  12. Harry Patch Joker!
  13. Sir John Peel Unique pick
  14. Harold Pinter
  15. John Profumo
  16. David Prowse Unique pick
  17. Richard Pryor
  18. Ravi Shankar Unique pick
  19. Elizabeth Taylor
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Holicman FT
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Henry Allingham
  3. Joseph Barbera
  4. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
  5. Ernest Borgnine
  6. Jack Bruce
  7. Red Buttons
  8. Sid Caesar
  9. Kirk Douglas
  10. Bob Dylan Joker!
  11. Gerald Ford
  12. Ron Greenwood
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Don Knotts
  15. Frankie Laine
  16. Al Lewis
  17. Dame Vera Lynn
  18. Arthur Miller
  19. Jack Palance
  20. Keith Richards

 

Honez
First year in DDP.
  1. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Joker!
  2. Ernest Borgnine
  3. Max Bygraves
  4. Arthur C Clarke
  5. George Cole
  6. James Doohan
  7. Kirk Douglas
  8. Michael Foot
  9. Annette Funicello
  10. Hazel Hawke
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Christopher Lee
  13. Magnus Magnusson
  14. Bill Maynard
  15. Patrick Moore
  16. Peter O'Toole
  17. Jack Palance
  18. Sir Jimmy Savile
  19. Billy Smart
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

I Smell Dead People
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Henry Allingham
  3. Leon Askin Joker!
  4. Rabbi Philip Berg
  5. Giuseppe di Stefano
  6. James Doohan
  7. Gerald Ford
  8. Andy 'The Viking' Fordham Unique pick
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Ivan Noble
  12. Rev Ian Paisley
  13. William Rehnquist
  14. Lord Eric Roll of Ipsden Unique pick
  15. Max Schmeling
  16. King Sihanouk
  17. Shakin' Stevens Unique pick
  18. Mary Travers
  19. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
  20. Simon Wiesenthal

 

Impaled On The Antlers Of Doom
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Joker!
  3. Kirk Douglas
  4. Gerald Ford
  5. Rev Billy Graham
  6. Pope John Paul II
  7. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  8. Joe Longthorne
  9. Diego Maradona
  10. Paul Marsden Unique pick
  11. Patrick Moore
  12. Rosa Parks
  13. Les Paul
  14. Richard Pryor
  15. Billy Smart
  16. Elizabeth Taylor
  17. Margaret Thatcher
  18. Simon Wiesenthal
  19. Earl Woods Unique pick
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

In Bed With Maradona
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Neil Armstrong
  3. Michael Barrymore
  4. James Callaghan
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Tom Finney
  7. Michael Foot
  8. Boy George Unique pick
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Alex Higgins
  11. Hulk Hogan
  12. Ian Huntley
  13. Michael Jackson
  14. Diego Maradona Joker!
  15. Augusto Pinochet
  16. John Profumo
  17. Max Schmeling
  18. Peter Sutcliffe
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Mike Tyson

 

Jaguar X-Types
Years in DDP: 3
Best position: 12th= (2002)
Appropriately enough, the Jaguar team has gone for some solid British choices with a touch of foreign influence.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. Arthur C Clarke
  3. Kirk Douglas
  4. Clive Dunn
  5. Michael Foot
  6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  7. Alex Higgins
  8. Pope John Paul II
  9. Henry Kissinger
  10. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  11. Marcel Marceau Unique pick
  12. Arthur Miller Joker!
  13. Lady Mary Mills
  14. Sir John Mills
  15. Rev Ian Paisley
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  18. Mickey Rooney
  19. Eric Sykes
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

Jesus Jones
Years in DDP: 10
Best position: 2nd (1996)
Other than Big Iain himself, the only competitor to have taken part in DDP every year since the start. Has finished 2nd, 3rd (twice) & 4th - could this be the year for JJ to take top spot?
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  3. Jimmy Carter
  4. Graham Crowden Unique pick
  5. James Doohan
  6. Tom Finney
  7. Gerald Ford
  8. Estelle Getty
  9. Rev Billy Graham
  10. Edward Heath
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Jerry Lewis
  13. Nat Lofthouse Unique pick
  14. Diego Maradona
  15. Arthur Miller
  16. Arnold Palmer
  17. Richard Pryor
  18. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  19. Max Schmeling
  20. Eric Sykes

 

JoeRam
Years in DDP: 5
Best position: 1st (2002)
Runner-up in 2001, winner in 2002, and 4th in 2004, Joe has never been out of the top 10. Possibly the bookies' favourite since Otis' retirement.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Brooke Astor
  3. Lloyd Bentsen Unique pick
  4. Ronnie Biggs
  5. Sarah Brady
  6. James Doohan
  7. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  8. Gerald Ford
  9. Rev Billy Graham
  10. King Harald V of Norway
  11. Edward Heath
  12. Lady Bird Johnson
  13. Tammy Faye Messner
  14. Rosa Parks
  15. Augusto Pinochet
  16. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  17. William Rehnquist Joker!
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Mary Travers

 

John Stalker
First year in DDP.
Mr Stalker’s picks consist entirely of celebrities he has met or seen in person. As far as we know, he does not have any contagious diseases and is relying on pure coincidence.
  1. Princess Anne Unique pick
  2. Derek Bailey Unique pick
  3. Sir Richard Branson
  4. June Brown
  5. James Brown Joker!
  6. Noam Chomsky
  7. Ralph Fiennes Unique pick
  8. 'Mad' Frankie Fraser
  9. Stephen Fry Unique pick
  10. Paul Gambaccini Unique pick
  11. Paddy Joe Hill Unique pick
  12. Noddy Holder
  13. Lord Imbert Unique pick
  14. Mike Leigh Unique pick
  15. Jean-Marie Le Pen Unique pick
  16. Charlie Magri Unique pick
  17. Lee 'Scratch' Perry Unique pick
  18. Lou Reed Unique pick
  19. Charles Saatchi Unique pick
  20. Rod Stewart Unique pick

 

Juicy Janny
Years in DDP: 8
Best position: 7th= (1998)
A DDP regular since 1998, but has always languished in mid-table obscurity. It remains to be seen how this year's mixed team of entertainers and political figures will fare.
  1. Andy Bell Unique pick
  2. George Bush (snr)
  3. Ken Dodd
  4. Kirk Douglas Joker!
  5. Bruce Forsyth
  6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  7. Rev Billy Graham
  8. George Hamilton Unique pick
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Henry Kissinger
  11. Joe Longthorne
  12. Roger Moore
  13. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  14. Peter Sallis
  15. Arthur Scargill Unique pick
  16. Mollie Sugden
  17. Eric Sykes
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Frank Thornton Unique pick
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Just Resting My Eyes
First year in DDP.
  1. George Best
  2. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  3. Fidel Castro
  4. Barry Cryer Unique pick
  5. Michael Foot
  6. Gerald Ford
  7. Michael J Fox
  8. Gretchen Franklin
  9. Larry Hagman
  10. King Harald V of Norway
  11. Albert Hofmann
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. David Lange
  14. Courtney Love
  15. Diego Maradona
  16. Pervez Musharraf
  17. Augusto Pinochet
  18. Richard Pryor
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Simon Wiesenthal

 

Knockin' On Satan's Door
First year in DDP.
  1. 50 Cent
  2. George Best
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. Sir Richard Branson
  5. Ian Broudie Unique pick
  6. James Brown
  7. Kirk Douglas
  8. Bruce Forsyth
  9. Charlton Heston
  10. Alex Higgins
  11. Ian Huntley Joker!
  12. Saddam Hussein
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Sir John Mills
  15. Sharon Osbourne
  16. Christopher Parker
  17. Richard Pryor
  18. Ja Rule Unique pick
  19. Michael Schumacher Unique pick
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

Lived So Let's Die
First year in DDP.
  1. Cilla Black Unique pick
  2. Tony Blair
  3. George Bush (snr) Joker!
  4. Ken Dodd
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Clint Eastwood
  7. Queen Elizabeth II
  8. Peter Falk
  9. Rolf Harris
  10. Whitney Houston
  11. Tom Jones Unique pick
  12. Jack Klugman
  13. Paul McCartney
  14. Rev Ian Paisley
  15. Prince Philip
  16. Leslie Phillips
  17. Cliff Richard Unique pick
  18. William Roache Unique pick
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Living In A Box
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. Max Bygraves
  3. Arthur C Clarke
  4. Ken Dodd
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Charlie Drake
  7. Clive Dunn
  8. Michael Foot
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Jerry Lewis
  11. Dame Vera Lynn
  12. Patrick Moore
  13. Prince Philip
  14. Leslie Phillips
  15. Peter Sallis
  16. Eric Sykes
  17. Jeremy Thorpe
  18. Jane Tomlinson Joker!
  19. Reg Varney
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Louis Cypher
First year in DDP.
  1. Michael Barrymore
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Ian Brady
  4. James Garner Unique pick
  5. Stephen Hawking
  6. Alex Higgins
  7. Whitney Houston
  8. Ian Huntley
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Imelda Marcos
  11. Liza Minnelli
  12. Hosni Mubarak
  13. Robert Mugabe
  14. Rupert Murdoch
  15. Pervez Musharraf
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Nancy Reagan
  18. Jane Russell Unique pick Joker!
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Pete Townshend Unique pick

 

Mean Machine
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. George Bush (snr)
  3. Dick Clark
  4. James Doohan Joker!
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Clint Eastwood
  7. Queen Elizabeth II
  8. Gerald Ford
  9. Rev Billy Graham
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Wellington Mara
  12. Arthur Miller
  13. Bettie Page
  14. Harley Race Unique pick
  15. Nancy Reagan
  16. Max Schmeling
  17. Wendie Jo Sperber
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Luther Vandross

 

Meet Your Maker
First year in DDP.
  1. Joseph Barbera
  2. Walter Cronkite
  3. Peter Drucker Unique pick
  4. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  5. Gerald Ford
  6. John Glenn
  7. Edward Heath
  8. Albert Hofmann
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Henry Kissinger
  11. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  12. Nelson Mandela
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Rosa Parks Joker!
  15. Prince Philip
  16. Oral Roberts Unique pick
  17. Andy Rooney Unique pick
  18. Yitzhak Shamir Unique pick
  19. Elizabeth Taylor
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

Mr & Mrs Drummerboy
Years in DDP: 4
Best position: 14th= (2003)
The duo from Down Under return for another year, with a slightly less Antipodean-themed team this time.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Osama bin Laden
  4. Sir Jack Brabham Unique pick
  5. Prince Charles Unique pick
  6. Dick Clark
  7. Bill Gates Unique pick
  8. Gary Glitter
  9. Hazel Hawke Joker!
  10. Charlton Heston
  11. Saddam Hussein
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Augusto Pinochet
  14. Nancy Reagan
  15. Keith Richards
  16. Lou Richards Unique pick
  17. William Shatner
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Gough Whitlam Unique pick

 

Mr C
Years in DDP: 7
Best position: 2nd (1999)
One of the most experienced DDP competitors. Put in a strong performance in 2003, finishing equal 3rd, but had a less fruitful year in 2004.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Brooke Astor
  3. Joseph Barbera
  4. Zsa Zsa Gabor Joker!
  5. John Kenneth Galbraith
  6. Ernest Gallo
  7. Pope John Paul II
  8. Sir John Mills
  9. Art Modell Unique pick
  10. Pervez Musharraf
  11. Ivan Noble
  12. Augusto Pinochet
  13. William Proxmire
  14. Richard Pryor
  15. Ron Santo Unique pick
  16. Max Schmeling
  17. King Sihanouk
  18. Mel Stottlemyre Sr Unique pick
  19. Simon Wiesenthal
  20. Gene Wilder

 

Naked Florida Gravediggers
Years in DDP: 3
Best position: 15th (2001)
A slightly less adventurous team for the Floridians this year, but some interesting choices nonetheless.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Muhammad Ali
  3. Kitty Carlisle Unique pick
  4. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  5. Gerald Ford
  6. Pope John Paul II Joker!
  7. Don Knotts
  8. Art Linkletter Unique pick
  9. Courtney Love
  10. Mitch Miller Unique pick
  11. Rosa Parks
  12. Lynn Redgrave Unique pick
  13. William Rehnquist
  14. Max Schmeling
  15. Wendie Jo Sperber
  16. George Steinbrenner Unique pick
  17. Elizabeth Taylor
  18. Eli Wallach
  19. Jane Wyman
  20. Efrem Zimbalist (jnr) Unique pick

 

Not Dead Yet
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Brooke Astor
  3. Tom Courtenay Unique pick
  4. Albert Finney Unique pick
  5. Joan Fontaine
  6. John Fraser Unique pick
  7. Michael Gambon Unique pick
  8. Saddam Hussein
  9. P. D. James
  10. Jack Klugman
  11. Angela Lansbury
  12. Ozzy Osbourne
  13. Christopher Parker
  14. Prince Philip
  15. Debbie Reynolds Unique pick
  16. Peter Sallis
  17. John Travolta Unique pick
  18. Gene Wilder
  19. Douglas Wilmer Unique pick
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom Joker!

 

Now The Time Is Near
First year in DDP.
  1. Iyad Allawi
  2. Moqtada al-Sadr Unique pick
  3. Ayman al-Zawahri Unique pick
  4. The Duchess of Devonshire
  5. Doug Ellis
  6. Tom Finney
  7. Gretchen Franklin
  8. Gordon Guthrie Unique pick
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Kim Jong-Il
  11. Shane MacGowan
  12. Bill Maynard
  13. Slobodan Milosevic
  14. Patrick Moore
  15. Rev Ian Paisley
  16. Bert Prescott Unique pick
  17. Nancy Reagan
  18. Yves St Laurent Unique pick
  19. Peter Sutcliffe
  20. Jane Tomlinson Joker!

 

Octopus of Odstock
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 24th= (2004)
The eight-legged one has again largely shunned convention and come up with a team of interesting choices.
  1. Henry Allingham
  2. A. I. Bezzerides Unique pick
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. Gwynfor Evans Unique pick
  5. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  6. Michael Gough Unique pick
  7. Charles Haughey
  8. Pope John Paul II
  9. Van Johnson Unique pick
  10. Derek Martin Unique pick
  11. Sir John Mills
  12. Dom Mintoff Unique pick
  13. Maurice Papon Joker!
  14. Francis Pym Unique pick
  15. William Rehnquist
  16. Max Schmeling
  17. Robert Sargent Shriver
  18. Simone Simon Unique pick
  19. Gloria Stuart
  20. Phil Taylor Unique pick

 

Offaly Bad Taste
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. David Blunkett Unique pick
  3. Ernest Borgnine
  4. Ian Brady
  5. Fidel Castro
  6. Arthur C Clarke
  7. Joan Fontaine
  8. Michael Foot
  9. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  10. Alex Higgins
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Ludovic Kennedy Unique pick
  13. Herbert Lom
  14. Patrick Moore
  15. Rev Ian Paisley
  16. Prince Philip
  17. Sir Jimmy Savile
  18. Max Schmeling
  19. Gloria Stuart
  20. Elizabeth Taylor Joker!

 

Oh...If Only It Were True
First year in DDP.
  1. Iyad Allawi
  2. Sir Richard Attenborough
  3. Lauren Bacall
  4. George Best
  5. Dick Cheney
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Gerald Ford
  8. Gretchen Franklin
  9. Charlton Heston
  10. Saddam Hussein
  11. Michael Jackson
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Kate Moss Unique pick
  15. Pervez Musharraf Joker!
  16. Mary-Kate Olsen Unique pick
  17. Nancy Reagan
  18. Keith Richards
  19. Elizabeth Taylor
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

One Foot In The Grave
Years in DDP: 5
Best position: 2nd (2003)
Despite being named after a British sitcom, this team is in fact US-based. Solid performances in the last 4 years, including two top 3 finishes.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Henry Allingham
  3. George Best
  4. Ronnie Biggs
  5. Jack Bruce
  6. Giuseppe di Stefano
  7. Hermann Dörnemann
  8. Michael Foot
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Charles Lane
  11. Tammy Faye Messner
  12. Ruby Muhammad
  13. Norman Painting Unique pick
  14. William Rehnquist Joker!
  15. Max Schmeling
  16. Lee Starkey Unique pick
  17. Robert Tisch
  18. Jane Tomlinson
  19. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
  20. Simon Wiesenthal

 

Peter 'RIP' Trait
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 36th= (2004)
A less eclectic team than in 2004, now dominated by right-wing politicians and fat people.
  1. Ghazi al-Yawar
  2. Richard Briers
  3. James Brown
  4. George W. Bush (jnr)
  5. Pete Doherty
  6. Tad Doyle Unique pick
  7. Bruce Forsyth
  8. Lucian Freud Unique pick
  9. Eric Hobsbawm Unique pick Joker!
  10. Michael Howard Unique pick
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Robert Mugabe
  13. Rev Ian Paisley
  14. Augusto Pinochet
  15. John Popper Unique pick
  16. Nancy Reagan
  17. Brian Sewell Unique pick
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Tom Wolfe Unique pick
  20. Viktor Yushchenko

 

Pining For The Fjords
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Anastacia
  3. Neil Armstrong
  4. Sir Richard Attenborough
  5. George Best
  6. Ernest Borgnine
  7. Kirk Douglas
  8. Pope John Paul II
  9. Kannoth Karunakaran Unique pick
  10. Bernard Manning
  11. Patrick Moore Joker!
  12. Peter O'Toole
  13. Rosa Parks
  14. Augusto Pinochet
  15. Claire Rayner
  16. William Rehnquist
  17. Peter Sallis
  18. Eric Sykes
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Eli Wallach

 

Pooil Vaaish
First year in DDP.
  1. Jonathan Adams
  2. Syd Barrett
  3. George Best
  4. Fidel Castro Joker!
  5. Arthur C Clarke
  6. Gary Coleman Unique pick
  7. Dave Davies Unique pick
  8. Pete Doherty
  9. James Doohan
  10. Michael Foot
  11. Gretchen Franklin
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Holly Johnson
  14. Humphrey Lyttleton
  15. Shane MacGowan
  16. Patrick Moore
  17. Claire Rayner
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Sir Norman Wisdom
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

Pry It From His Cold Dead Fingers
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. George Bush (snr)
  4. James Callaghan
  5. Doug Ellis
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Stephen Hawking
  8. Charlton Heston
  9. Ian Huntley
  10. Henry Kissinger
  11. Dame Vera Lynn
  12. Liza Minnelli
  13. John Profumo
  14. Sir Bobby Robson
  15. Diana Ross Unique pick
  16. Margaret Thatcher
  17. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper Joker!
  18. Robbie Williams
  19. Sir Norman Wisdom
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

Puzlman's Passing Picks
First year in DDP.
  1. Emperor Akihito of Japan Unique pick
  2. Muhammad Ali
  3. Henry Allingham
  4. William F. Buckley Unique pick
  5. Fidel Castro
  6. Dino De Laurentiis Unique pick
  7. James Doohan Joker!
  8. Kirk Douglas
  9. Betty Ford
  10. Gerald Ford
  11. Andy Griffith
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Lady Bird Johnson
  14. Don Knotts
  15. Jack La Lanne Unique pick
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Max Schmeling
  18. Sherwood Schwartz Unique pick
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

Ready For The Box
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Joseph Barbera
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. James Callaghan
  5. Arthur C Clarke
  6. Clive Dunn
  7. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  11. Al Lewis
  12. Sir John Mills
  13. Augusto Pinochet
  14. Carlo Ponti
  15. Max Schmeling
  16. Suharto
  17. Margaret Thatcher
  18. Jane Tomlinson Joker!
  19. Chad Varah
  20. Richard Widmark

 

Rebecca The Reaper
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Henry Allingham
  3. Joseph Barbera
  4. George Best
  5. George Bush (snr)
  6. Sid Caesar
  7. James Callaghan
  8. Fidel Castro
  9. Yvonne de Carlo
  10. Kirk Douglas
  11. Clive Dunn
  12. Michael Foot
  13. Gretchen Franklin
  14. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  15. Larry Hagman
  16. Whitney Houston
  17. Ian Huntley
  18. Michael Jackson Joker!
  19. Pope John Paul II
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

Reddmyst 20
First year in DDP.
  1. Neil Armstrong
  2. Joseph Barbera
  3. Ernest Borgnine
  4. George Bush (snr)
  5. Sid Caesar
  6. Pierre Cardin Unique pick
  7. Walter Cronkite
  8. James Doohan
  9. Kirk Douglas
  10. Bobby Fischer Unique pick
  11. 'Mad' Frankie Fraser
  12. John Glenn
  13. Rev Billy Graham Joker!
  14. Pope John Paul II
  15. Stan Lee
  16. Ennio Morricone Unique pick
  17. Rev Ian Paisley
  18. Max Schmeling
  19. Peter Withe Unique pick
  20. Chuck Yeager

 

Rest In Peace
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  3. Buster Bloodvessel
  4. Ian Brady
  5. George Bush (snr)
  6. Kirk Douglas
  7. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  8. Gretchen Franklin
  9. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  10. Larry Hagman
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Jerry Lewis
  13. Shane MacGowan
  14. Sharon Osbourne
  15. Richard O'Sullivan
  16. Claire Rayner
  17. Bill Tarmey
  18. Margaret Thatcher
  19. Richard Widmark
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

Rude Kid
Years in DDP: 6
Best position: 7th= (2003)
6 years in the DDP, and a total lack of success (losing a couple of side-bets with other competitors along the way) hasn't prevented the Rude Kid from volunteering to co-run the show again in '05.
  1. Iyad Allawi
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. James Brown
  4. Pete Doherty
  5. Cyril Fletcher
  6. Estelle Getty
  7. Pope John Paul II
  8. Lady Bird Johnson
  9. Jerry Lewis
  10. Joe Longthorne
  11. Tammy Faye Messner
  12. Ruby Muhammad
  13. Floyd Patterson
  14. Richard Pryor
  15. Claire Rayner
  16. William Rehnquist Joker!
  17. Billy Smart
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Simon Wiesenthal
  20. Jane Wyman

 

See, I Told You I Was Sick!
First year in DDP.
  1. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Unique pick
  2. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
  3. Betty Cuthbert Unique pick
  4. Kirk Douglas
  5. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  6. Gerald Ford
  7. Rev Billy Graham
  8. Edward Heath
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. David Lange Joker!
  11. Jerry Lewis
  12. Ryan O'Neal Unique pick
  13. Rosa Parks
  14. Augusto Pinochet
  15. Max Schmeling
  16. Alfredo Stroessner Unique pick
  17. Margaret Thatcher
  18. Nancy Wake
  19. Simon Wiesenthal
  20. Gene Wilder

 

SexyB's Goners
First year in DDP.
  1. Patty Andrews
  2. R. G. Armstrong Unique pick
  3. Ingmar Bergman
  4. Brian Blessed
  5. George W. Bush (jnr)
  6. Fidel Castro
  7. Yvonne de Carlo
  8. Ken Dodd
  9. Kirk Douglas
  10. Michael Foot
  11. Gerald Ford
  12. Ernest Gallo
  13. Rolf Harris
  14. Saddam Hussein Joker!
  15. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  16. Courtney Love
  17. Shane MacGowan
  18. Carlo Ponti
  19. Sir Jimmy Savile
  20. Eric Sykes

 

Siegfried Baboon’s David Van Day Show
Years in DDP: 5
Best position: 10th= (2002)
Simian co-organiser of the Derby Dead Pool who has had to alter his team name in 2005 for legal reasons.
  1. George Best
  2. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  3. Joey Bishop
  4. James Brown
  5. Jack Bruce
  6. Sid Caesar
  7. Sir Sean Connery
  8. Tony Curtis
  9. Bill Deedes
  10. Monty Hall Unique pick
  11. Vaclav Havel
  12. Alan Igglesden Unique pick
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Patrick Moore
  15. Rupert Murdoch
  16. Rev Ian Paisley
  17. Ayatollah Sistani Unique pick
  18. Suharto
  19. Elizabeth Taylor
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

Simon Says 'Die, You Fools, Die'
First year in DDP.
  1. Brooke Astor
  2. David Beckham Unique pick
  3. George Best
  4. Ronnie Biggs
  5. Ian Brady
  6. James Callaghan
  7. Kirk Douglas
  8. Michael Foot
  9. Gretchen Franklin
  10. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  11. Stephen Hawking
  12. Charlton Heston Joker!
  13. Saddam Hussein
  14. Michael Jackson
  15. Pope John Paul II
  16. Bernard Manning
  17. Sir John Mills
  18. Max Schmeling
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Jane Tomlinson

 

Six Foot Under
First year in DDP.
  1. James Brown Joker!
  2. Glen Campbell
  3. Bill Cosby
  4. Macaulay Culkin
  5. Doris Day
  6. Clint Eastwood
  7. Bruce Forsyth
  8. Dennis Hopper Unique pick
  9. Ian Huntley
  10. John Inman
  11. Martin Kemp Unique pick
  12. Eartha Kitt Unique pick
  13. Nelson Mandela
  14. Paul McCartney
  15. Camilla Parker Bowles Unique pick
  16. Lester Piggott Unique pick
  17. Richard Pryor
  18. Norman Schwarzkopf
  19. Dick Van Dyke
  20. Barbara Windsor Unique pick

 

Slave to the Grave
First year in DDP.
  1. Eve Arnold Unique pick
  2. Michael Barrymore
  3. George Best
  4. P. W. Botha
  5. Phil Drabble Unique pick
  6. Glenn Ford
  7. Gretchen Franklin
  8. Larry Hagman
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Lady Bird Johnson
  12. Hamid Karzai
  13. Courtney Love
  14. Bernard Manning
  15. Michael Moore Unique pick
  16. Augusto Pinochet Joker!
  17. John Profumo
  18. Henri Salvador Unique pick
  19. Max Schmeling
  20. Kurt Waldheim

 

Snuff Daddies
First year in DDP.
  1. Brooke Astor
  2. Ingmar Bergman Joker!
  3. Fidel Castro
  4. Giuseppe di Stefano
  5. James Doohan
  6. Ralph Edwards Unique pick
  7. Gerald Ford
  8. Martin Gardner Unique pick
  9. Estelle Getty
  10. Stephen Hawking
  11. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  12. Dame Vera Lynn
  13. Byron Nelson
  14. Floyd Patterson
  15. Prince Philip
  16. Richard Pryor
  17. Nancy Reagan
  18. Billy Smart
  19. Dame Joan Sutherland Unique pick
  20. Charlie Watts

 

Stab In The Dark
First year in DDP.
  1. George Best
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Ian Brady
  4. Johnny Carson
  5. Fidel Castro
  6. Dick Cheney
  7. Robert Downey Jr Unique pick
  8. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  9. Gerald Ford
  10. Rev Billy Graham
  11. Michael Jackson
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Jerry Lewis
  14. Sir John Mills
  15. Robert Mugabe
  16. Pervez Musharraf
  17. Rev Ian Paisley
  18. Augusto Pinochet
  19. Richard Pryor
  20. Elizabeth Taylor Joker!

 

Stiff As A Board
First year in DDP.
  1. Sir Richard Attenborough
  2. Lauren Bacall
  3. Ronnie Barker
  4. Osama bin Laden
  5. Robbie Coltrane
  6. Tony Curtis
  7. Robert De Niro
  8. Edward Furlong
  9. Gene Hackman
  10. Christopher Lee
  11. Shane MacGowan
  12. Diego Maradona
  13. Sir Ian McKellen Unique pick
  14. Warren Mitchell Unique pick
  15. Bill Murray Unique pick
  16. Peter O'Toole Joker!
  17. Prince Philip
  18. Sir Bobby Robson
  19. Elizabeth Taylor
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

StuPerks
Years in DDP: 5
Best position: 4th= (2001)
A respectable 4th place at his first attempt in 2001, but has had a quiet time since. Could this be his year?
  1. Barbara Bel Geddes Unique pick
  2. Ingmar Bergman
  3. Ray Bradbury
  4. Sir John Crofton Unique pick Joker!
  5. Doris Day
  6. Yvonne de Carlo
  7. Olivia de Havilland
  8. James Doohan
  9. Kirk Douglas
  10. Gerald Ford
  11. Glenn Ford
  12. John Forsythe
  13. Rev Billy Graham
  14. Stan Lee
  15. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  16. Johnny Mathis Unique pick
  17. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
  18. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
  19. Dennis Weaver Unique pick
  20. Caspar Weinberger Unique pick

 

T. Rex
First year in DDP.
  1. George Best
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. James Callaghan
  4. Doris Day
  5. Bill Deedes
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Gretchen Franklin
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Paul Gascoigne Unique pick
  10. Rev Billy Graham
  11. Larry Hagman
  12. Edward Heath
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Dame Vera Lynn
  15. Sir John Mills
  16. John Mortimer Joker!
  17. Rev Ian Paisley
  18. John Profumo
  19. Claire Rayner
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

Team Lightning
First year in DDP.
  1. Joseph Barbera
  2. Fidel Castro
  3. Dick Clark
  4. Walter Cronkite
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Gerald Ford
  7. Rev Billy Graham
  8. Larry Hagman
  9. Paul Harvey
  10. Sir Edmund Hillary
  11. Delores Hope
  12. Pope John Paul II Joker!
  13. Lady Bird Johnson
  14. Don Knotts
  15. Nelson Mandela
  16. Ed McMahon Unique pick
  17. Rosa Parks
  18. Mary Travers
  19. Mary Tyler Moore
  20. Betty White Unique pick

 

The 104s
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. Osama bin Laden
  3. Dick Cheney
  4. Walter Cronkite
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Gerald Ford
  7. Annette Funicello
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Stephen Hawking
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Lady Bird Johnson
  12. Jerry Lee Lewis
  13. Al Lewis
  14. Jerry Lewis
  15. Greg Louganis Unique pick Joker!
  16. Rosa Parks
  17. Keith Richards
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Laurence Tureaud
  20. Mary Tyler Moore

 

The Buddy Holly Flying Experience
First year in DDP.
  1. Mahmoud Abbas
  2. Iyad Allawi
  3. Kenny Baker Unique pick
  4. George Best
  5. Jim Bowen
  6. Bruce Forsyth
  7. Edward Heath
  8. Saddam Hussein
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Senator Edward Kennedy
  11. Dame Vera Lynn
  12. George Michael Unique pick
  13. Denis Norden
  14. Rev Ian Paisley
  15. Marguerite Patten Unique pick
  16. Augusto Pinochet Joker!
  17. Keith Richards
  18. Ian Smith
  19. June Whitfield
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

The Coffin Boffins
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 5th= (2004)
The team formerly known as The Happy Desk made an impressive debut, finishing joint 5th last year, and will no doubt be hoping to do even better this time round.
  1. Mahmoud Abbas
  2. Michael Aspel
  3. George Best
  4. Arthur C Clarke
  5. Kirk Douglas
  6. Charlie Drake
  7. Michael Foot
  8. Gretchen Franklin
  9. Larry Hagman
  10. Edward Heath
  11. Pope John Paul II
  12. Dame Vera Lynn
  13. Dave Mackay Unique pick
  14. Bernard Manning
  15. Sir John Mills
  16. Eric Sykes
  17. Margaret Thatcher
  18. Jane Tomlinson Joker!
  19. Desmond Tutu
  20. Adam West Unique pick

 

The Coffin-Dodgers
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 36th= (2004)
19 of their 20 celebs did in fact manage to dodge the coffin last year. Better luck this time!
  1. Brooke Astor
  2. Harry Belafonte Unique pick
  3. Chuck Berry Unique pick
  4. George Best
  5. Glen Campbell
  6. Sir Sean Connery
  7. Bill Cosby
  8. Clint Eastwood
  9. Gretchen Franklin
  10. Sir Edmund Hillary
  11. Noddy Holder
  12. Henry Kissinger
  13. Gordon Lightfoot
  14. Roger Moore
  15. Jack Palance
  16. Margaret Thatcher
  17. Jane Tomlinson Joker!
  18. Desmond Tutu
  19. Eli Wallach
  20. Gene Wilder

 

The Conqueror Worm
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Sir Richard Attenborough
  3. Joey Bishop
  4. Ernest Borgnine
  5. James 'Whitey' Bulger Unique pick
  6. Noam Chomsky
  7. Tony Curtis
  8. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  9. Gerald Ford Joker!
  10. Estelle Getty
  11. General Wojciech Jaruzelski
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Henry Kissinger
  14. Al Lewis
  15. Sir John Mills
  16. Liza Minnelli
  17. J. D. Salinger
  18. Max Schmeling
  19. Elizabeth Taylor
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

The Doffin' Codgers
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Henry Allingham
  3. Jane Andrews
  4. Mustafa Barghouti Unique pick
  5. Sarah Brady
  6. James Callaghan
  7. Freddy Fender Unique pick
  8. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  9. Kirsty Howard
  10. Lady Bird Johnson
  11. Jerry Lewis
  12. Courtney Love
  13. Ivan Noble Joker!
  14. William Proxmire
  15. Ted 'Double Duty' Radcliffe Unique pick
  16. Claire Rayner
  17. Elizabeth Taylor
  18. Jane Tomlinson
  19. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
  20. Phyllis A. Whitney

 

The Doom & Gloom Room
First year in DDP.
  1. Dave Allen Unique pick
  2. George Best
  3. Max Bygraves
  4. Val Doonican
  5. Alan 'Fluff' Freeman Unique pick
  6. Edward Heath
  7. Alex Higgins
  8. Barry Humphries Unique pick
  9. Lionel Jeffries Unique pick
  10. Dame Vera Lynn
  11. Patrick Macnee Unique pick
  12. Patrick Moore
  13. Van Morrison
  14. Bill Pertwee
  15. Richard Pryor
  16. Sir Jimmy Savile
  17. Mollie Sugden
  18. Eric Sykes
  19. Reg Varney Joker!
  20. Slim Whitman

 

The Driller Killer
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 36th= (2004)
The power-tool obsessive has some improbable selections, but with a team largely unchanged since 2004, they are all a year older…
  1. Alec Baldwin Unique pick
  2. Michael Barrymore
  3. David Bowie Unique pick
  4. James Brown
  5. George Bush (snr) Joker!
  6. Robert De Niro
  7. Kirk Douglas
  8. Saddam Hussein
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Doris Lessing
  12. Shane MacGowan
  13. Liza Minnelli
  14. Patrick Moore
  15. Roger Moore
  16. Colin Powell
  17. Nancy Reagan
  18. Sandie Shaw Unique pick
  19. Elizabeth Taylor
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

The Grey Horde
First year in DDP.
  1. Hans Bethe
  2. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  3. Arthur C Clarke
  4. Hermann Dörnemann
  5. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  6. Gerald Ford
  7. Pope John Paul II
  8. Hamid Karzai
  9. Nelson Mandela
  10. Ernst Mayr
  11. Patrick Moore
  12. Pervez Musharraf
  13. General Vo Nguyen Giap
  14. Augusto Pinochet
  15. William Rehnquist
  16. Margaret Thatcher
  17. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
  18. Kurt Waldheim
  19. Simon Wiesenthal
  20. Geert Wilders Unique pick

 

The Last Gasp
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Muhammad Ali
  3. Michael Aspel
  4. Ronnie Biggs
  5. James Doohan
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Estelle Getty
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Pope John Paul II Joker!
  10. Shelley Long
  11. Hosni Mubarak
  12. Pervez Musharraf
  13. Willie Nelson Unique pick
  14. Rev Ian Paisley
  15. Augusto Pinochet
  16. Claire Rayner
  17. Joan Rivers
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Johnnie Walker Unique pick
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

The Long-Awaited Return of The Plymouth Jury
Years in DDP: 6
Best position: 3rd (1999)
A team which usually turns in a respectable mid-table performance, but enjoyed more success in its previous incarnation as 'Dave J'.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. George Best
  3. Ronnie Biggs
  4. James Callaghan
  5. Arthur C Clarke
  6. Kirk Douglas
  7. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  8. Michael Foot
  9. Gerald Ford Joker!
  10. Rev Billy Graham
  11. Vaclav Havel
  12. Charlton Heston
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Lady Bird Johnson
  15. Sir John Mills
  16. Augusto Pinochet
  17. Eric Sykes
  18. Elizabeth Taylor
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

The Melonfarmers
First year in DDP.
  1. Buzz Aldrin Unique pick
  2. Honor Blackman Unique pick
  3. Jim Bowen
  4. Richard Briers
  5. George W. Bush (jnr)
  6. Arthur C Clarke
  7. John Cleese
  8. Ken Dodd
  9. Linda Evans Unique pick
  10. Bruce Forsyth
  11. Charlton Heston
  12. Roy Horn Unique pick
  13. Michael Jackson
  14. Leslie Nielsen Unique pick
  15. Peter O'Toole Joker!
  16. Mickey Rooney
  17. Ariel Sharon Unique pick
  18. Spanky Spangler Unique pick
  19. Phil Spector Unique pick
  20. Brian Wilson

 

The Newstreet Boys Death Squad
First year in DDP.
  1. Shoko Asahara Unique pick
  2. Shamil Basayev Unique pick
  3. George Best
  4. Kirk Douglas
  5. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  6. Hugh Hefner
  7. Charlton Heston
  8. Pope John Paul II
  9. Diego Maradona
  10. Slobodan Milosevic
  11. Pervez Musharraf
  12. Rev Ian Paisley Joker!
  13. Augusto Pinochet
  14. Gerard Reve Unique pick
  15. Mohammed Zahir Shah
  16. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
  17. Margaret Thatcher
  18. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Unique pick
  19. Kurt Waldheim
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

The Raven
Years in DDP: 4
Best position: 7th= (2003 & 2004)
A competitor who puts some impressive research into his team selection, not least because he runs his own dead pool. See below for who his mystery team member 'John Doe' really is.
  1. Jonathan Adams
  2. Alu Alkhanov Unique pick
  3. Mahmoud al-Zahar Unique pick
  4. Mother Angelica Unique pick
  5. Gavin Arvizo Unique pick
  6. Paddy Roy Bates Unique pick
  7. Charlie Bell
  8. Ronnie Biggs
  9. Ray Buckland Unique pick
  10. Mohammed Deif Unique pick
  11. Oriana Fallaci Unique pick
  12. Joe Longthorne
  13. Khaled Mashaal Unique pick
  14. Ivan Noble
  15. Rev Ian Paisley
  16. Patricia Quinn Unique pick
  17. William Rehnquist
  18. Louis Rukeyser Unique pick
  19. Jane Tomlinson Joker!
  20. Jack Wild

 

The Royton Rovers (Rita, Dave & Kevin Too…)
First year in DDP.
  1. George Bush (snr)
  2. George W. Bush (jnr)
  3. James Callaghan
  4. Jimmy Carter
  5. Keith Chegwin Unique pick
  6. Alan Davies Unique pick
  7. Michael Foot
  8. Edward Heath
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Matthew Kelly Unique pick
  11. Jonathan King Unique pick
  12. Dame Vera Lynn
  13. Sir John Mills Joker!
  14. Patrick Moore
  15. Denis Norden
  16. Prince Philip
  17. Carol Smilie Unique pick
  18. James Stannage Unique pick
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Simon Wiesenthal

 

The Undertaker
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs
  2. George Bush (snr)
  3. James Doohan
  4. Queen Elizabeth II
  5. Gerald Ford
  6. Rev Billy Graham
  7. Pope John Paul II Joker!
  8. Lady Bird Johnson
  9. Al Lewis
  10. Karl Malden
  11. Wellington Mara
  12. Arthur Miller
  13. Harry Morgan
  14. Bettie Page
  15. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  16. Nancy Reagan
  17. Max Schmeling
  18. Wendie Jo Sperber
  19. Elizabeth Taylor
  20. Margaret Thatcher

 

The Vyrdolak
Years in DDP: 6
Best position: 5th= (2004)
The oddly-named Vyrdolak is steadily improving, with top 10 finishes in each of the last 2 years.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Leon Askin
  3. Gerald Ford
  4. Glenn Ford
  5. John Forsythe
  6. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  7. John Kenneth Galbraith
  8. E. Howard Hunt Unique pick
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Lady Bird Johnson
  11. Harvey Korman Unique pick Joker!
  12. Al Lewis
  13. Herbert Lom
  14. Darren McGavin Unique pick
  15. General Vo Nguyen Giap
  16. Robert Sargent Shriver
  17. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
  18. Eli Wallach
  19. William Westmoreland Unique pick
  20. Richard Widmark

 

The Winged Devil Monkeys
First year in DDP.
  1. Jean Alexander Unique pick
  2. Bea Arthur
  3. Mel Brooks Unique pick
  4. Arthur C Clarke
  5. Ronnie Corbett
  6. Richard Desmond Unique pick
  7. Phyllis Diller Unique pick
  8. James Doohan
  9. Jack Douglas Unique pick
  10. Jerry Falwell Unique pick
  11. Estelle Getty
  12. Rev Billy Graham
  13. Shelley Long
  14. Slobodan Milosevic Joker!
  15. Roger Moore
  16. Yoko Ono
  17. Rev Ian Paisley
  18. Richard Pryor
  19. Peter Stringfellow Unique pick
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

The Wompons
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Sir Richard Attenborough
  3. Tony Curtis
  4. Kirk Douglas
  5. Zsa Zsa Gabor
  6. John Inman
  7. Pope John Paul II Joker!
  8. Rod Laver Unique pick
  9. Gordon Lightfoot
  10. Sophia Loren Unique pick
  11. Shane MacGowan
  12. John Madden
  13. Winnie Mandela
  14. Tommy Morrison Unique pick
  15. Yoko Ono
  16. Billy Preston
  17. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  18. Roy Scheider
  19. William Shatner
  20. Robert Wagner Unique pick

 

TiM r
Years in DDP: 6
Best position: 4th= (2002)
A fairly consistent performer; definitely one to watch.
  1. Muhammad Ali
  2. 'Digger' Claude Choules Unique pick Joker!
  3. Arthur C Clarke
  4. Hermann Dörnemann
  5. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  6. Michael Foot
  7. Vaclav Havel
  8. Edward Heath
  9. Michael Jackson
  10. Pope John Paul II
  11. Jerry Lewis
  12. Shelley Long
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. John Mortimer
  15. Hosni Mubarak
  16. Christopher Parker
  17. Luciano Pavarotti
  18. Prince Philip
  19. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper
  20. Boris Yeltsin

 

Time Is NOT On Our Side!
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 10th= (2004)
Whether it will be or not for this team of mainly elderly Americans remains to be seen…
  1. Patty Andrews
  2. James Brown
  3. Yvonne de Carlo
  4. Dan Fogelberg
  5. Gerald Ford
  6. Rev Billy Graham
  7. Albert Hofmann
  8. Lady Bird Johnson
  9. Jack Klugman
  10. Arthur Miller
  11. Rosa Parks
  12. Augusto Pinochet
  13. Carlo Ponti
  14. Billy Preston
  15. Coretta Scott King Unique pick
  16. Wendie Jo Sperber Joker!
  17. Jane Tomlinson
  18. Dick Van Dyke
  19. John Wooden Unique pick
  20. Chuck Yeager

 

Toasted Brown Bread
First year in DDP.
  1. Muhammad Ali Joker!
  2. Walter Cronkite
  3. Olivia de Havilland
  4. Kirk Douglas
  5. Gerald Ford
  6. Edward Heath
  7. Albert Hofmann
  8. Michael Jackson
  9. Pope John Paul II
  10. Sir John Mills
  11. Sun Myung Moon Unique pick
  12. Maureen O'Hara Unique pick
  13. Prince Philip
  14. Richard Pryor
  15. J. D. Salinger
  16. Max Schmeling
  17. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
  18. Mary Travers
  19. Luther Vandross
  20. Sir Norman Wisdom

 

U
First year in DDP.
  1. Hans Bethe
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen
  4. Gerald Ford
  5. Albert Hofmann
  6. Delores Hope
  7. Pope John Paul II
  8. Frankie Laine
  9. Charles Lane
  10. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  11. Ernst Mayr
  12. Sir John Mills
  13. General Vo Nguyen Giap
  14. Max Schmeling
  15. Mohammed Zahir Shah
  16. King Sihanouk
  17. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper Joker!
  18. Phyllis A. Whitney
  19. Simon Wiesenthal
  20. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Unique pick

 

Vassili Zaitsev
Years in DDP: 2
Best position: 27th= (2004)
Brian Blessed retains his controversial place in this team, and is joined by 9-year-old Kirsty Howard, who was born with a serious heart defect but continues to defy the doctors by battling on.
  1. Lauren Bacall
  2. Ronnie Biggs
  3. Brian Blessed
  4. James Brown
  5. Alistair Burnett Unique pick
  6. Robbie Coltrane
  7. Eliza Gladys Milvina Dean Unique pick
  8. Kirk Douglas
  9. Charlton Heston
  10. Alex Higgins
  11. Kirsty Howard Joker!
  12. Shane MacGowan
  13. Liza Minnelli
  14. Leslie Phillips
  15. Elizabeth Taylor
  16. Shirley Temple Unique pick
  17. Jane Tomlinson
  18. Eli Wallach
  19. Simon Wiesenthal
  20. Viktor Yushchenko

 

We Don't Want Any Bouncebackability
First year in DDP.
  1. Eddie Albert
  2. Brooke Astor
  3. Joseph Barbera
  4. James Brown
  5. James Callaghan
  6. Bill Deedes
  7. The Duchess of Devonshire
  8. Kirk Douglas
  9. Clive Dunn
  10. Gretchen Franklin
  11. Edward Heath
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Stephen King Unique pick
  14. Al Lewis
  15. Arthur Miller
  16. Denis Norden Joker!
  17. Rev Ian Paisley
  18. Maurice Papon
  19. Nancy Reagan
  20. Suharto

 

We Spin Terror
First year in DDP.
  1. Patty Andrews
  2. Brooke Astor
  3. Joseph Barbera
  4. Ronnie Biggs
  5. P. W. Botha
  6. Sarah Brady
  7. Pete Doherty
  8. King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
  9. Ernest Gallo
  10. Rev Billy Graham
  11. Edward Heath
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Rosemary Kennedy
  14. Claude Lévi-Strauss
  15. Herbert Lom
  16. Tammy Faye Messner
  17. Sir John Mills
  18. Claiborne Pell Unique pick
  19. Max Schmeling Joker!
  20. King Sihanouk

 

Whitaker's Choice
Years in DDP: 5
Best position: 1st (2001)
Whitaker the cat's strategy of picking predominantly elderly royal and ex-military types has ensured him a top 10 finish in each of the last 4 years.
  1. Lord Ashley of Stoke Unique pick
  2. James Callaghan
  3. Arthur C Clarke
  4. Bill Deedes
  5. Michael Foot
  6. Sir Edward Ford Unique pick
  7. Dame Helen Gardiner
  8. Lord Glenamara Unique pick
  9. Edward Heath
  10. Patrick Leigh Fermor Unique pick
  11. Sir Bernard Lovell Unique pick
  12. Sir Arthur Marshall Unique pick
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. John Mortimer
  15. Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Unique pick
  16. Harold Pinter Joker!
  17. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  18. Dame Cicely Saunders Unique pick
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Chad Varah

 

Worm Food
First year in DDP.
  1. Kate Adie Unique pick
  2. Mohammed Al-Fayed
  3. Muhammad Ali
  4. Henry Allingham
  5. George Best
  6. Sarah Brady
  7. June Brown
  8. James Brown Joker!
  9. Pete Burns Unique pick
  10. Johnny Carson
  11. Kirk Douglas
  12. Pope John Paul II
  13. Sir John Mills
  14. Sharon Osbourne
  15. Christopher Parker
  16. Prince Rainier of Monaco
  17. Joan Rivers
  18. Bill Tarmey
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Jane Tomlinson

 

Youth In Asia Hotline
First year in DDP.
  1. Ronnie Biggs Joker!
  2. Ian Brady
  3. Richard Burns Unique pick
  4. Olivia de Havilland
  5. John DeLorean Unique pick
  6. Kirk Douglas
  7. Michael Foot
  8. Gerald Ford
  9. Glenn Ford
  10. Gretchen Franklin
  11. Edward Heath
  12. Delores Hope
  13. Pope John Paul II
  14. Lady Bird Johnson
  15. Jerry Lewis
  16. Diego Maradona
  17. Sir John Mills
  18. Max Schmeling
  19. Margaret Thatcher
  20. Richard Widmark

 

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