Back in 2005 whilst trying to raise money for the RNIB (no not the lifeboat people, the Royal National Institute of the Blind), I wrote to 500 famous Britons to see if they'd meet me for no reason whatsoever other than to shake my hand and to help me prove a friend wrong. I needed to meet 100 out of the 500 of them in 6 months to win a bet.
As a result of this banal project I was labelled a "timewaster", an "attention seeker", a "poor man's Dave Gorman" (who he?), an "unoriginal star fornicator" (or words to that effect) and a "nobody who no-one really cares about", so thanks, mum, for that.
Well anyway, amazingly enough quite a few of the original 500 obliged (see below) and now I'm conducting a similar experiment to raise money for a very worthwhile charity Help for Heroes. However this time, the individuals will be meeting me for a very specific reason.
To find out why I'm doing this, I suggest that you read the posting entitled 'Why Am I Doing This?'
Meanwhile here are some of the kind people who met me for no particular reason last time:
Neil Kinnock - Politician
Nicholas Parsons - Actor
Toby Anstis - DJ
Nick Ross - TV Presenter
John Gordon Sinclair - Actor
Sir Tim Rice - Musicals
Lorraine Kelly - Chat Show Host
Jason Queally - Cyclist
Jamie Theakston - DJ
Chris Martin - Musician
Richard Hammond - TV Motor Expert
Jonathan Ross - Jack of all trades
Tony Hawks - Comedian/Author (not a skateboarder)
Gary Lineker - Footballer
Iain Banks - Author
Fiona Phillips - TV Personality
Alan Titchmarsh - Horticulturalist
Sir Patrick Moore - Astronomer
Bob Holness - Gameshow Presenter / Actor
Edith Bowman - DJ
John McCririck - Horse Racing Pundit
Mike Leigh - Movie Producer/Director
Richard Wilson - Actor
Lesley Garret - Opera Singer 
George Galloway - Politician
Gary Bushell - Newspaper Columnist 
Joe Pasquale - Comedian 
Fiona Bruce - Newsreader
Claire Balding - Sports Presenter
Asad Ahmed - Newsreader
Carl Fogarty - Powerbike Racer
Sir Ranulph Fiennes - Polar Explorer
Bruce Oldfield - Fashion Designer
Lawrence Dalaglio - Rugby Player
Hugh Cornwell - Musician
Cherie Blair - Barrister/ExPM's Wife
John Motson - Football Pundit
Jonathan Edwards - Triple Jumper
John Francome - Jockey
David Suchet - Actor
Derren Brown - Illusionist
Anne Widdecombe - Politician
Tom Baker - Actor
Jeffrey Archer - Politician/Author
Sir Ian McKellen - Actor
Lisa Rogers - Beautiful TV Personality
Jimmy Carr - Comedian
Chris Tarrant - TV Presenter/DJ
Bill Kenwright - Theatre Emprasario
David Gower - Cricketer
Andrew Marr - Political Commentator
Ainsley Harriot - TV Chef
