Talk:Duncan Bannatyne
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[edit] Naval service
Once read he was dishonorably discharged from the Royal Navy. Anyone know the details? 86.7.208.240 23:29, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- Some details appeared in Daily Mail "Weekend" magazine 16/09/2006 - apparently he tried to push a senior officer off the ship he was working on - sentenced to nine months in Colchester barracks, then given a dishonourable discharge. Camillus (talk) 23:55, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
- The incident was mentioned on the BBC's Should I Really Give Up Flying? programme. According to them he tried to throw his commanding officer off the deck of an aircraft carrier. Ninja-lewis 00:32, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
The truth is that after a run ashore in Scotland he was waiting on the quayside for a boat to bring him and his drunken shipmates back to the ship, lying at anchor aircraft carrier HMS Hermes. Told to stand aside to let the boat officer on first, Bannatyne pushed the officer and became abusive. Back on Hermes he was placed on a charge and sent before the ships captain with the result that he was ordered to serve time in the military prison. Being a bit of a 'jack the lad' Bannatyne might well have been provoked by the officers seniorority, obviously was not cut out for the disipline of navy life. He could not afford then to buy himself out of the navy, decided to do it the other route instead.
[edit] I Cannae Do It, Captain
His Autobiography 'Anyone can do it' mentions the incident. Apparently, Bannatyne was longing to escape from a 12year Navy contract and a bullying officer showing off to his girlfriend provided Bannatyne with the right opportunity.
It should be noted, however, that throughout the book (particularly the early sections), Bannatyne is at pains to prove he is not a thug- before discussing the facts that suggest he is.
Oh Duncan
[edit] Bannatynes Group includes: list
This list is written in an utterly bizarre format that makes no sense to a passing reader. I have attempted to wikify it but with no knowledge of the subject matter, and with the confusing format, I am not sure what it is trying to say in the first place. Someone who does know should go through and improve it further. Erk|Talk -- I like traffic lights -- 14:21, 18 February 2007 (UTC) OH PLEASE —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.46.41.10 (talk) 13:55, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Protection
Sorry guys, the football365 people have gone crazy again, so the article's protected for a little bit. If you need to edit, or want to drop to semiprotection, please ask at WP:RFPP. Thanks, – Riana ঋ 10:18, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Protected edit request
Please recategorise the article, replacing Category:Natives of West Dunbartonshire with Category:People from West Dunbartonshire per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 March 17#Category:Scottish people by council area. Thanks, Angus McLellan (Talk) 12:44, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- {{EditProtected}} done. CMummert · talk 17:36, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Affair with Chris Evans?
Being new to this I don't want to leap in feet first and go deleting things, but I find it hard to believe that Duncan Bannatyne would have had an affair with Chris Evans! Or vice versa for that matter. Gruach 09:59, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
- In response to my own comment, I have just been looking over some other instances of vandalism on the site and didn't realise quite how widespread it is. I have now discovered the history tab, and can see just what people are up against here! Gruach 10:58, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
