DH watches the same films over and over again - Jerry Maguire, Shawshank Redemption, Life of Brian, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Roxanne. I hate Jerry Maguire. Ironically, when it came out I wanted to go to see it but he vetoed it because he thought it was 'a boring film about the IRA'. Instead it's a boring film about a sports agent.
All football and F1. The noise from the crowd or the engines eventually drives me from the room.
Obscure foreign team playing another obscure foreign team in European football competitions because 'they might draw Arsenal later.' He doesn't support Arsenal or any specific football team which means he watches them all.
Most sport. He was once watching basketball while I was getting ready to go out. I finished and he said: 'Can I just watch the end of this?' I asked how long it would be and he said there were 11 minutes on the clock so I thought I'd use the time to fiddle with my hair a bit more.
Sneaky bastard. He knew the rules of basketball and he knew I didn't. I'd heard of Time Out but didn't realise that it's used as a tactic for stretching the match out. So 11 minutes on the clock doesn't necessarily mean it will end in 11 minutes. I lost track of time and after about 30 minutes it dawned on me that the match was still going on with no end in sight.
Wakes up in the small hours and instead of turning over and going back to sleep, gets up and watches How Things Work or are Made or whatever and repeats of Top Gear or basketball. Then complains that he's tired.
Won't watch anything like The Wire or The Sopranos because they require too much concentration.
Did watch a Italian crime series called Romanzo Criminale, not because it's fantastic but because it's set in Rome, which is one of his favourite places. So while I was trying to read the subtitles and follow the plot he'd nudge me and say: 'Ooh look, that's the big building on the way in from the airport.'
Misses the point of TV dramas. We were watching Case Histories where Jason Isaacs is private investigator involved in complicated mysteries. His character occasionally goes running. DH, who's a keen runner, seems to think it's a documentary about running and critiqued Jason's style for me.
Luckily for Jason, DH approved and said it was obvious he was an experienced runner - there is no higher accolade - unlike with other films where someone might break into a run and he whinges: 'Look! Look! He runs like a girl. No technique. He's going to break down. See, I told you he'd have to stop.'
He watched the first series of Game of Thrones because he likes Sean Bean. When the baby dragons appeared in the final episode he scoffed in disgust and said: 'I'm not watching the next one. The dragons are pathetic. They've made them cute. Everyone knows dragons aren't cute.'
Dragons, as we know, are mythical creatures. They can make them look however they like.