Editors, The Futureheads, Dogs Die in Hot Cars, Duran Duran, Interpol, Manics, The Killers, Feeder, stellastarr*, The Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, The Waterboys, Garbage, Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, Muse, The Pogues, Rilo Kiley, Madonna, Idlewild, We are Scientists, The Longpigs, The Charlatans, Stone Roses, Blondie, The Feeling, Everclear, Razorlight, The Kooks, Bloc Party, The Pixies, The Smiths, New Order, Suede, Elastica, Tristan Prettyman, Echobelly, Reef, Led Zeppelin, ACDC, Pat Benatar, Los Campesinos, The Oohlas, Super Furry Animals.
Lord of the Rings trilogy, Amelie, Charlotte Gray, Serenity, Star Wars, The Motorcycle Diaries, Breakfast at Tiffanys, On the Black Hill, The Usual Suspects, 28 Days Later, Some Like it Hot, My Fair Lady, Rebecca, Cold Mountain, Amores Perros, A Very Long Engagement, Muriel's Wedding, The Prestige.
Lost, Prison Break, Battlestar Galactica, ER, Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, Without a Trace, Cold Case, Sex and the City, any property or history programme.
Anything by Bruce Chatwin, Daphne Du Maurier, Thomas Hardy, Sebastian Faulks, Dennis Lehane, John Connolly, Donna Tartt, Jilly Cooper, Robert Crais and Michael Connolly.