Has anyone used CMS packages to set up websites?

(I'm in the UK, if it matters)

I've read the "do it in html" threads (and agree with them to an extent), but I'm working with a group who just don't see it that way.
Partly due to a particularly abstruse techie colleague, who will take all year to redesign the universe from the big bang up, and then explain (if at all) only in gobbledegook.

What I really need is a Which? guide to CMS packages, with a Best Buy recommendation, since there's plenty of them out there, and I'd just be sticking a pin in a list. So "not this one" is a good help, too.

I've got the hosting and so forth already, don't need a high-price Web design service either, just ways that technophobes can enter and edit stuff, and some help with graphics / sounds / shop (may be able to employ graphic design help).

Thanks for any opinions on the various (I've found a dozen without trying) packages.

Paws