John McCririck, Celebrity Big Brother 2005, racing pundit, sports commentator

John McCririck

Profession: Horse racing pundit
Place/Date of Birth: Surbiton, Surrey, 17 April 1940

Unsurprisingly, the audience agreed with Kaye that he should sling his hook.

Celebrity Big Brother 2005 - John is out! - Day 12
And he talks to Davina. About diet coke.
J: "They didn’t say they would take some of [the shopping] back."
D: You were told you would gain some shopping and ...
J: I’ve got a contract!
D: Big Brother can...
J: Big Brother can’t break a contract!
D: It was funny though.
J: It wasn’t funny at all. Disgusting.
D: There was one period where you stayed quiet for 14 hours. How hard was that?
J: It wasn’t hard at all because I was fighting a battle.
D: Let’s talk about your other Housemates. Jeremy?
J: He’s a pretty boy with no depth. He could well win. Nice chap but no depth.
D: Brigitte?
J: She’s like a meringue; she’s so in love with herself. I would like her to win though.
D: Kenzie?
J: The one with hope. Hope to change. He’s trying to learn but if he wins it will be seen as the yobbo vote. He’s lazy, he’s idle and plays on the little boy thing though.
D: Lisa?
J: Earth mother, bossy, jolly hockey sticks. She stood tall. I love Lisa. She used the ’c’ word on me and I thought that wonderful. She’s a proper woman. Cuddly, you can get hold of her.
D: Caprice?
J: Cash register limited. All about her grubby little company and bras. Don’t buy her lingerie!
D: John, you’ve been amazing
J: You said that to everyone.

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Biography

Born in 1940, John McCririck is one of the nation’s most eccentric sporting commentators. Having worked as a bookie and a writer (both of which he admits he was not good at) McCririck was offered a job on Channel 4’s racing coverage, where his flamboyancy and ability to make every sentence he spoke near impossible to understand made him something of a legend. Having published a book, John McCririck’s World of Racing, and appeared on episodes of news spoof show Brass Eye, he has become something of a legend.

2005 saw McCririck display a different side to himself - an appearance on Big Brother saw him, quite rightly, branded sexist. Not only were we introduced to his long suffering wife Booby, but his obsession with similarly named parts of the female anatomy. Following his reality debut up an appearance on Channel 4’s infuriating Wife Swap John spent a week living with Edwina Curry, much to the nation’s amusement. This was closely followed by an appearance on daytime chat show Loose Women, which saw him booed off of the stage.
September 2007