Jon

Factual, history, nature and comedy mainly, e.g: Victoria Wood, French and Saunders, Brideshead Revisited,



I Claudius, The High Life, old series of Gardeners World, most history programmes (not "docudramas"!), House of Cards trilogy, Mapp and Lucia, Tales of the City, Queer as Folk, Abigail's Party, Phoenix Nights, Father Ted, Dear Ladies, Absolutely Fabulous, Walking with Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts, Kath and Kim, The Royle Family, Two's Company, Golden Girls, Antiques Roadshow, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, BBC4 (in general), Balderdash and Piffle, QI, Never Mind the Full Stops, Beautiful People, Ladies of Letters, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Cranford, Upstairs Downstairs, Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Secret Life of Plants (in fact ANYTHING by David Attenborough



... Hate: reality TV, "Celebrity" anything, American soaps and most US comedies, game shows

And since there is no section for theatre or clubbing or concerts or anything else, if you are interested in my diverse choice of entertainment over the years, a random selection of things I loved include: Patti Smith, Tiger Lillies, Dresden Dolls, Tilda Swinton et al at the Meltdown 2005, Pet Shop Boys at Pride Clapham in 1997, Liza Minelli at the Apollo Victoria in 1983, David Bowie at Milton Keynes Bowl in 1982, the final appearance of the three original members of Bananarama at G.A.Y. in 2003 and Scissor Sisters at Koko in 2006. I have seen some weird and wonderful performances, including Elaine Stritch, Toyah, Kiki and Herb, Marc Almond, Gina G, Bea Arthur, Duran Duran, Lily Savage, Divine, Ultra Nate, Eartha Kitt, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Erasure, Adeva, Barbara Cook, Holly Johnson, Sheila Steafel,



Ultravox, Right Said Fred, Ash, Gary Numan, Olive, Dannii Minogue, Atomic Kitten, Boy George, Geri Halliwell, Topping and Butch, Christine Pedi, John Barrowman, Dita Von Teese, Rick Skye... Shows include Hard Times (the musical); Zipp!; Raymond Gubbay's Madam Butterfly; Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, Edward Scissorhands, Highland Fling and Nutcracker; Lionel Blair in Pageant; Chicago; Victor Victoria; Julie Walters in Acorn Antiques; The Rat Pack; Singalonga Sound of Music; John Barrowman in Anything Goes; Gaydar Diaries; My One and Only; Sir Ian McKellen in Aladdin; Ewan McGregor in Guys and Dolls; The Boyfriend; Maureen Lipman in Glorious; Slice O'Minelli, Over My Shoulder; Children Will Listen (Sondheim Gala); Avenue Q; June Whitfield in On The Town; Bryn Terfel in Sweeney Todd; Side by Side by Sondheim; Stonewall; Lady Be Good; Drowsy Chaperone; Soho Divas Revue; Scarlet Fever Revue; Menier Chocolate Factory production of La Cage Aux Folles; Stephen Fry's Cinderella; Julian Clary in Cabaret; Sister Wendy the Musical; Candide; Wink the Other Eye at Wiltons Music Hall; Eurobeat Almost Eurovision; A Little Night Music; Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical; Alan Bennet's Enjoy; The Importance of Being Earnest; Hello Dolly!; Barry Manilow at the Proms in the Park...