Newspapers:
More often than not I buy the Guardian, but more often than not I just do the crossword.
Magazines:
I get Time Out and I hardly ever read the articles. I can't stand bloke's mags. They immediately make me feel alienated: cars, sports wear and aftershave - things I don't actually own.
Radio:
I like phone-ins on regional stations at 3am, particularly from the West Midlands. They select a couple of topical subjects, but people phone in and just talk about really local issues, such as what's happening at the skip down the road.
Books:
I'm reading Is Shane McGowan Still Alive? by Tim Bradford, which is a sort of travelogue about an Englishman in Ireland, and the marketing of that country. Just finished a fantastic book called Leadville by Edward Platt, billed as the biography of the A40.
Television:
I wince when 30 year olds talk about loving Supermarket Sweep, but I do like having Watercolour Challenge on in the background. I find things like that genuinely pleasurable and I'm not trying to be ironic. My favourite show is Call My Bluff, which I watched as a boy and adored. I was so excited when they brought it back. It's a programme which has a real generosity of spirit.
Film:
I haven't been to the cinema for more than a year, for which I am regularly mocked by my friends.
Adverts:
I come from a lower-middle-class family where debt is the worst thing possible so adverts which encourage you to buy on credit alarm me. Because of my daytime viewing I usually watch adverts for hearing aids and things like that.
New Media:
I was getting 400 emails a day when my show was on, plus three proposals of marriage. They said, "I liked your show, if you want to marry get in touch." People are slightly mad.
Are You Dave Gorman? by Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace, is published by Ebury on 6 September, £9.99
