Do you look like the Pope? Send in a photo!
Work for British Pope look-a-likes is set to go through the roof!
It's been confirmed that his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (pictured right) is to visit Britain in 2010.
Pope look-a-like, Ron Bannon-Wells will be in the studio tonight. But surely there's more than one Pope look-a-like out there, watching The One Show.
So, do you look like the Pope? Send in a photo!
Or - the email address to send your photos to is: theoneshowemailsA@bbc.co.uk.
Please note this email address is only used for photo call outs. If you wish to contact us with a comment or story please get in touch via our 'Your stories' page.
All being well, photos sent-in will be shown on tonight's programme, so remember to add your genuine first name and location to your email. Thank you.
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You would not DARE to mock Muslims, Hindus, and other "minority and/or ethnic groups"
HOW DARE YOU MOCK THE CATHOLIC FAITH??
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You would not DARE to mock Muslims, Hindus, and other "minority and/or ethnic groups"
HOW DARE YOU MOCK THE CATHOLIC FAITH??
I find this highly offensive, and I am CERTAIN others feel the same way!
I think an apology is called for - publicly, please!
Sincerely
Paul McDermott
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From Dan Murphy Woolwich,
I will probably sent to hell for this as Im roman catholic, but I think the best Pope Benedict lookalike was the picture of the Albino Gorilla.......forgive me father haha
Dan wolfman
I would love you to read this out on the show..
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I have just been watching you friday evening show and can I say that I am disgusted by your article/piece involving the Pope.
I understand that for enterainment value you had a Pope alike and even said to viewers to send in their Pope alikes???(fathers or family friends).What is going on.Although I am not a practicing catholic, I thought your total lack of respect to the leader of one of the worlds largest religiouns very distasteful.
Will you be having a Allah alike next week,I very much doubt it.You would not want to upset any of our Muslim community.But you feel it's acceptable to riducule the Pope on prime time TV...what are you doing?
I don't even particulary like this new Pope....but lets play fair.
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I am not a hot catholic but my wife and I attend Mass regularly and find your Pope lookalike competition offensive,otherwise we enjoy your show.
Consider the offence that could be caused with an Allytolla lookalike competion.Mike and Ursula.
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So is this why I pay my Licence Fee in order to have my faith and Spiritual Leader ridiculed in such a way??!!! I am outraged. Would you do this to Muslims or Jews? I don't think so.
In case the BBC has forgotten, the Pope is actually a Head of State and is visiting Britain on an official engagement. When President Obama visits, will the BBC have a special on how we all "Black Up" and laugh at him?
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From Dan Murphy Woolwich..again..
I promise this is my last one. I do think the msgs complaining or finding this Pope article offensive are actually more anti other religions (ie Islam) than they may think they are. They are just using this article to vent their disapproval to other religions by using the 'Pope' piece as an excuse. I am a practising Roman Catholic and one of the things we are taught, is to have a sense of humour...as I posted earlier, I know priests who will find this article very funny indeed...just because other religions do not find self depracation amusing, doesnt mean to say we all have to follow that edict..
Anyway, have a good weekend all, and may your god bless you all..
Dan Wolfman Murphy
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I sat down to watch The One Show as usual and to my dismay as a practising catholic, the head of my church was poked fun at and subjected to ridicule which seemed to go on and on. I find this completely unacceptable and felt embarressed by the whole spectacle. Obviously your show has plumbed new depths and I for one will no longer be the regular viewer I was. Perhaps you have under-estimated the strength of faith which exists in this country and it would have been more valuable to have researched what His visit means to the catholic community here, both young and old.
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Hey Sarah, chill out a little bit eh, its not as if we are gona go on a crusade or jihad and rid the world of all non christian believers...c'mon, have a sense of humour and get the joke...its no big deal....This is a joke a priest told me. 'what happens when a Pope dies ?...another 'popes' up !!
God Bless and have a good weekend.
Dan
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Having seen the show tonight (as opposed to actually watching it), one is left with the definite impression that it is rapidly approaching its sell-by date, and almost depends for success (or otherwise) on the quality of the guest. The show was thrashing about in mediocrity, with a "guest" who had 'mediocre' written all over him. The school kids admittedly had a lift from the helicopter & Christine's visit which was a nice touch, but the bit about the "Pope" was as embarrassing as it was crass and infantile.
As we all know, the One Show is promoted as being "inclusive", "respectful of communities" and of course, most "politically correct". So having tried to lampoon the Pope, I insist that similar treatment is promptly meted out to the earthly rep of the Muslim faith (if there is one, that is ...personally, I wouldn't know whether there is, or there isn't);
Maybe Barry Humphries in the guise of Les Patterson, wearing a see-through burka, reading a few well chosen lines from the Satanic Verses while munching his way through a bacon sandwich, interspersed with intermittently bellowing for the faithful to come to prayer would be an entertaining start.
..........and look!! Is that a pig I see flying over that mosk??
Without Lucy, Giles & Tuffers, the show can be pretty dire, and the BBC should seriously consider dropping it, and replacing it with some other variation on the light, magazine-format. It could be introduced by Christine as anchor-woman, with features by Giles/Lucy/Tuffers/Anita & the naturalist chappie who was looking for the blonde hares tonight + the bug-guy. In fact anyone who can contribute something informative & interesting. If Christine needs a co-presenter, then dig up Archie Andrews, who would at least be an expert at wooden, stiff and characterless deliveries to camera.
The show should also be run in, say, series of 8-10 shows. To do it in the present format every weekday night is too much, and from the quality offered seems unsustainable, as at LEAST 50% of the content is consequently pretty third rate.
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I do have a sense of humour and enjoy a laugh and joke with the rest of them but as a practising catholic I was horrified about the way The One Show treated the Pope's visit. Would The One Show send up President obama or the spiritual head of any other religious ? I don't think so.
Debbie
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Religion is all bogus and creates more trouble than it creates peace. I'll stick with science thanks very much.
Homer simpson quote ' what if we chose the wrong religion and each day wer'e just making God madder and madder' Amen my yellow friend.
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I don't get why people are bothered about it, it's just a bit of fun.
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I agree with purpletimr
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I have to agree with most of the people on this blog. I mean, it was practically World War III when those Danish cartoons came out making fun of the prophet Mohammed, yet they’re allowed to take the piss out of the Pope and we’re just supposed to take it? Catholicism is an easy target for some reason, we’re told to ‘get a sense of humour’, which would be helpful if it was even funny at all. Some guy who doesn’t even look like the Pope, dressed up like he’s in the KKK, hilarious…
BTW Homer goes back to church at the end of it, did you even watch the whole episode?
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My better half and I found the item regarding the look-a-like Pope, totally offensive. We are not Roman Catholics but practising Anglicans. As has been said, you wouldn't dare mock Islam in these troublesome times, so why mock Christianity? Absolutely disgraceful.
An apology is swiftly called for and the whole subject taken off the programme. You should all be hanging your heads in shame.
If this is what it takes to fill a 60 minute programme, then I am afraid the days of this show will be numbered. This is unfortunate as we have been fans since the beginning.
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POPE BENEDICT "LOOK-A-LIKE" Contest
It is valid to discuss The Pope's actions and/or statements-It is not "fair comment" to mock or ridicule him as an individual and leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
As a catholic found it objectionable as I am sure did many other people(Christian or not)
I feel sure that the BBC would NOT make a program ridiculing/mocking Mohammed .
There would be demonstrations,burning of bibles and a fatwa against the BBC presenters.
Christianity however is an easy target-"we turn the other cheek"
I would hope(but not expect)that the BBC would offer a simple apology,acknowledge that it has caused offence and cancel this stupid competition.
The One Show has given much pleasure and amusement in the past.This is offensive and not funny.You maynot agree with anothers belief but treat them with respect as you would wish to be treated.
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The catholic faith continues to get it wrong in so many areas at the same time, in doing this they make it so easy for anyone to justifiably criticise them.
I do not think we should welcome this pope or any other; the whole catholic system seems to be stuck in the dark ages.
There are so many things they get dangerously wrong one of the most reprehensible, aids and the condom. I will leave it there they are just too easy a target.
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Iplova- Discussion and criticism-There is no problem with this-there is active discussion regarding your area of concern and other contentious issues.What is not acceptible in my opinion is mockery and ridicule-it is just bad manners and is certainly not constructive.
Our views may(or may not) be different-but I respect your right to have a different view-I would not ridicule or mock you. That is the important issue-respect for others beliefs.
"I may disagree with what you say but will defend your right to say it"
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See all of my comments on the main thread for the 25 Sep show.
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How dare the one show take the offence to have a pope look a like contest when one minute they do items about how people dont have respect anymore etc And then sit there making the fun of someones religion or do bbc guidelines only apply when its not jewish muslim or any other religion my gf is catholic and was shocked how they have treated this issue. I think they make it up as they go along what next!!
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Glanville
Be my guest mock away, I am not the delicate flower that criticised religion seems to be.
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In these days of political correctness it seems that the only minorities it's acceptable, even fashionable, to attack, vilify and ridicule are Christians (preferably Roman Catholics). The inane giggling and smirks which accompanied this childish and unimaginative item on 'the one show' displays a woeful lack of understanding of Catholicism and a worrying indifference to any offense a 'Pope look-a-likes' competition might cause. No doubt I and others who complain will be told to chill out, get a life or develop a sense of humour. In response, I would call into question the sense of humour of any viewer who found this banal distraction entertaining let alone amusing. I don't ask for an apology, sincere or otherwise, from the BBC, but I think it might behoove it to show a little common sense and stop ridiculing the firmly held beliefs of a large minority of its audience.
The simplistic and lazy argument that religion equals 'trouble' and, by inference, science equals peace IS amusing. Scientists created mustard gas for the Western Front, Zyclon B for the Auschwitz gas chambers, atomic, nuclear, napalm and smart bombs for general annihilation, greenhouse gases for global warming and CFCs for ozone depletion... no trouble there then. Do these profanities make us dismiss science as bogus? Of course not.
Homer Simpson is very funny, 'purpletimr,' but I'm not sure he's meant to be a role model.
Kieran
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Ipilova- You have just proved my point.
You or I can pass comments on each other and we can respond if we so choose-however I would not mock or ridicule-I will discuss/comment agree/disagree but will always respect your point of view. If you mock/ridicule me personally -again I can choose to respond or not-I probably would not as it is not constructive and is demeaning to both of us.I would just ignore.
This is our choice.Disagree but respect-The failure to respect others is the cause of many the worlds problems.
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Glanville
looking for a pope look alike is a bit of fun; too many of the things he stands for can be shot down in flames, easily.
Many of the things supported by his particular brand of belief are on a world scale, downright unhealthy and far to dangerous for my liking.
I find brevity around a man that supports the many bad things that he evidentially does, not in the best of taste.
Considering what he represents, I don't think anyone should complain about bit of look alike fun it should be the least of anyone's worries.
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Just another thought-Christine Bleakley-she is Irish-I do not know whether Catholic or Protestant-that is for her to disclose or not.It is irrelevant to my point.
In Ireland there has been sectarian violence between Catholic and Protestant resulting in many innocent deaths.She is an intelligent lady-why was she not sensitive to the offence that this featue might cause? Being Irish from Belfast she would certainly have first hand experience of sectarianism. Common sense(definition-that which is not so common) should have prevailed.
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RE comment 23: Well said!
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