Shaun Keaveny's favourite TV: Countryfile, Breaking Bad, Jossy's Giants Jul 22nd 2013, 11:00
The 6 Music morning DJ and stand-up on his televisual predilections
Unmissable show?
I like to get a fix of Countryfile, being a city dweller. I like anything that gives me a hit of meadows and birds. It's like in futuristic films when people in space pods are watching films of people walking through fields. And any BBC4 or Sky Arts music documentary. All the Britannia ones. Anything like that is unmissable.
Box set?
I am shuddering towards the denouement of Breaking Bad and, like a last piece of chocolate, I've saved the last two episodes of the series before the final eight episodes turn up. Once that's over with, I've been strongly advised to watch House Of Cards.
Bring back ...
Jossy's Giants. Classic television written by Sid Waddell. Jack Hargreaves' Out Of Town. An old man in a shed. What could be better than that? And Monkey Dust. That animation, it was unbelievably good. I miss it almost as if it's a person. Like a Stone Roses album or something. It was genius. It's never been repeated or anything. It deserves a proper widespread release on DVD at least.
TV turn-off?
The hijacking of MTV by shitty reality shows. Haven't we got enough of this shit already, that we don't have to put it on the music channels?
Come Dine With Me lineup?
We'd have to get Jimi Hendrix involved. Apparently his cabbage and carrot salad was to die for. Vic and Bob. They would be fascinating guests. Julia Bradbury. We had her on the show once and she just made me dissolve with laughter. Simon Rimmer, so that I'd get at least one decent meal. Tim Key, who just makes me laugh until snot's coming out of my eye.
Pitch us a TV show ...
The Redeemer, starring Liam Neeson. Each week he's got some vouchers to redeem, and he finds himself in a far-flung place, like the Mojave desert. He's only got 12 hours to get back to Sainsbury's to redeem these vouchers before they expire. Will he or will he not get 12p off a punnet of strawberries?
Shaun hosts Latitude 2013 coverage for BBC Radio 6 Music this weekend
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