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My husband's favourite TV programmes

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overthehill Wed 10-Apr-19 10:06:38

This is a list of what DH likes to watch

Shed & Buried
Scrap Kings
Salvage Hunters
Motorbike show
Find it Flog it Fix it
Chasing Classic cars
Car SOS
Wheeler Dealers
Top Gear

This got me thinking, I am not saying women cannot watch and maybe some women enjoy some of those programmes but they are targeted at men. What programmes are targeted at women? All I can think of is the Sewing Bee and that has finished now.

Then lets not forget football of course.

Bellanonna Wed 10-Apr-19 10:22:15

The News x many
Antiques Roadshow
Looks over top of newspaper at some of the things I watch

Jane10 Wed 10-Apr-19 10:25:07

overthehill those are exactly the programmes my DH likes.
Re targeted at women: I doubt that many men willingly choose to watch 'Call the Midwife' or 'One Born every Minute'!

shysal Wed 10-Apr-19 10:30:53

I am lucky living alone and being able to watch what I like. However, I do watch Salvage Hunters, Find it, Fix it, Flog it and Car SOS. I am not a sports fan but that is not because I am female, it is just my choice as a human being. Most programmes I think would appeal to any gender, so I don't feel deprived of any targeted at women only.
I hope you have the use of a TV in a separate room smile.

ninathenana Wed 10-Apr-19 10:37:08

DH likes all programmes that involve property, be it buying/selling building or a reno. Fortunately so do I. We also both like anything to do with antiques.
I would say gardening and cookery programmes are enjoyed by all.
DD lived for a while with a guy that watched every cookery programme going.
I agree with jane Midwife etc. seem aimed more at women and of course there is Loose Women smile

overthehill Wed 10-Apr-19 10:39:23

See your point Jane about Midwife and OBEM but these programmes DH watches and yours evidently are ongoing not short series.

glammanana Wed 10-Apr-19 10:45:33

My OH watchs all on your list overthehill his ambition in life is to buy one of the classic cars from USA but not much chanse of that,he made do with going to their showroom in Cearars Palace when we where over there.
He insists that all the programmes I watch has baby deliveries just as he decides to eat something,I will watch special programmes on my TV if there is any thing special he wants to watch.

Jane10 Wed 10-Apr-19 10:54:31

I think separate TVs are vital to a happy marriage! (Also separate bathrooms but thats another matter!)

KatyK Wed 10-Apr-19 11:02:34

Football is on all the time here. Any football. Fortunately we have two TVs
He also loves -
Homes under the Hammer - he won't budge until he has watched this although most of them are years old.
Rick Stein cookery programmes
That thing about the pawn shop (American)
Lots of things on the history channel
He won't watch daytime TV (and who can blame him).
Fortunately most of the dramas that are on we both like.
He used to love travel programmes (what happened to those?)

Alima Wed 10-Apr-19 14:18:16

Apparently my DH likes every single programme on TV apart from the stuff I watch. Very, very rarely do we watch the same things, say Line of Duty or football when England or DCFC are on. He loves The Avengers, space crap, you name it he will watch it. We have 2 tellies!

Alima Wed 10-Apr-19 14:20:41

In answer to your OP Overthehill, are most reality shows like TOWIE targeted at women? I don’t really know.

EllanVannin Wed 10-Apr-19 15:12:12

My husband used to like Patrick Moore in The Sky at Night.
That was when you didn't have much to choose from. I wouldn't get a smell-in if he was alive today.

Willow500 Wed 10-Apr-19 17:01:33

My husband likes all the war history stuff, Time Team, the Gold Rush programs, car pimping or Scrap Heap Challenge but will also watch the dramas with me and the soaps. He will watch big football matches but is not really interested in sport. He does watch Britain's Brightest Family and messages fly back and forth with his sister with the answers - I leave them to it grin

SalsaQueen Wed 10-Apr-19 17:06:56

My husband likes:

Poirot
Miss Marple
Heartbeat
Bones
CSI
Midsomer Murders

I don't like any of those. I like real-life dramas, wildlife programmes and documentaries.

I sit and watch my things upstairs, whilst he watches his tv downstairs. Occasionally, we meet for a cup of tea!

blossom14 Wed 10-Apr-19 17:10:54

The Masters from Augusta are due his week. Oh joy! If it's not golf it's snooker.

lovebeigecardigans1955 Wed 10-Apr-19 17:18:11

My dear late husband enjoyed Call the Midwife and I'm grateful that he didn't watch cricket on the telly as it seemed to go on all day, same with golf.
Believe it or not he enjoyed Strictly Come Dancing, The Voice, and Britain's got Talent - I'd rather chew my own arm off than watch those. We both liked Bake Off and Sewing Bee, Rick Stein, that bloke in France, beardie Dick and his wife Angel in Chateau.
I enjoy 'house' programmes - Homes under the Hammer, Love It or List It, etc and loved Phil Spencer's History of Britain in 100 Homes.
I love quizzes too - Pointless, The Chase, etc.
I know I'm a bit weird - I like Abandoned Engineering.

shysal Wed 10-Apr-19 17:26:29

Willow500, you have reminded that I used to watch Dick (chateau) Strawbridge on Scrapheap Challenge. He is a clever chap!

tinaf1 Wed 10-Apr-19 17:41:48

Golf,football & darts but maybe not in that order ?

sodapop Wed 10-Apr-19 17:50:53

My husband will watch Judge Judy incessantly, even after they have been repeated several times. Also most of the programmes listed by overthehill. YouTube on his tablet whilst I watch my soaps. We do both watch the late evening dramas on scheduled TV.

harrigran Wed 10-Apr-19 18:01:25

Football
Anything to do with weather
Anything to do with engineering like bridge building or shipbuilding
Line of duty
Police interceptors
He loathes soap operas and anything to do with giving birth.

jacq10 Wed 10-Apr-19 18:06:37

My DH watched and played sport all his life as even when he was quite poorly he played boccia and wheelchair curling (thankfully not on the ice!!). When the kids were young I had plenty to keep me occupied and didn't mind (and he did encourage them to play and watch sport as well) but once Sky came on the scene we did a deal. He watched all his sport sound off (said the commentators annoyed him anyway!) and I listened to the radio or CD's. Occasionally I would go to the bedroom if it was something I wanted to watch at the time otherwise I would record stuff and we would watch it later. Of course this was before downloads, etc, and now I have all the time in the world to watch what I want.

Callistemon Wed 10-Apr-19 18:39:29

Snooker [yawn] - like watching paint dry
Grand Designs

Callistemon Wed 10-Apr-19 18:40:18

Anything to do with engineering like bridge building or shipbuilding
Yes, and that too
History - but we both watch those

chaffinch Wed 10-Apr-19 18:50:50

We watch the 6 o’ clock news and the local news programmes together, then I disappear into spare bedroom to watch “my “ programmes and he remains in lounge to watch “his” programmes.

MamaCaz Wed 10-Apr-19 19:09:27

Mine watches news programmes, the antique shows, Would I Lie to You and Have I got News for You ... over, and over and over again!

Oh, and he never misses Corrie or Emmerdale!

Actually, he will watch just about anything rather than turn the tv off, and that included children's programmes back when they didn't have their own channels.

He only gives me the remote when there is genuinely nothing on that he wants to watch (which doesn't happen often), and even has the audacity to make out that he is being thoughtful when he does this! Grrrr