He's very good at what he does. If anyone doen't like what he does.....fine, horses for courses! I like him, and Mrs. Fenswoman is turned into a quivering wreck by the sound of his voice.

Al, if you don't like the smirk, just do what I do when he's on the telly - read a book and just listen! :-) :-)

FWIW - if there's anything about MB's performance that gets on my wick, it's his speech-impediment, which I hear very, very clearly, although others don't seem to. But I can forgive him, because he's so good otherwise at what he does.