As the UK prepares to head to the polling stations for next week\u2019s General Election, Radio Times<\/strong> asked the leaders of the main political parties what they\u2019ve enjoyed watching on TV recently.<\/p>\n With choices ranging from Bridgerton to Horrible Histories, these are the shows that have caught the attention of the nation\u2019s politicians away from the demands of the campaign trail.<\/p>\n The leaders of Labour and the SNP were also contacted, but had not supplied contributions for this feature at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAs Radio Times<\/strong> readers might imagine, right now I\u2019m spending my time travelling the country to hear from as many people as possible, so I don\u2019t have a huge amount of time for telly beyond catching the Euros when I can. But I\u2019ve recently enjoyed watching Bridgerton<\/a> with [my wife] Akshata. I\u2019m always in awe at the talent that we have in this country, and fantastic period dramas like this showcase why this country stands as a creative industries superpower.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWhen I get a chance to watch TV, it\u2019s normally with my children. Recently, I\u2019ve watched a lot of Operation Ouch! and Horrible Histories with my daughter, and Something Special and Mr Tumble\u2019s other programmes with my son on his iPad. They\u2019re all great shows!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t watch many political dramas \u2013 too much of a busman\u2019s holiday. But I make exceptions for The West Wing and Borgen. I\u2019m more often on the other side of the camera, but on an evening off I can also be found watching Death in Paradise<\/a> or Doctor Who<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI like crime dramas and I\u2019m currently streaming Rebus<\/a>, though I\u2019m struggling to find much time to watch it at the moment. I\u2019m also hoping to watch the England and Scotland matches in the Euros where campaigning allows!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s good to be able to switch off completely from wall-to-wall politics and news, and I\u2019ve found sports documentaries to be a fine way to escape. After Drive to Survive and Full Swing on Netflix, I\u2019m now enjoying Quarterback. In between reading manifestos and policy briefings, fellow train passengers may well see me watching an episode as I travel between debates and interviews during the campaign!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI recently watched Baby Reindeer<\/a> on Netflix all in one sitting. The more I cringed, the more compulsive it became.\u201d<\/p>\n The Wimbledon and General Election issue of\u00a0Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013 subscribe here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/body><\/html>\n From Baby Reindeer to Mr Tumble, here’s what some of the UK’s leading politicians have been enjoying on the small screen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53762,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/general-election-2024-party-leaders-tell-radio-times-what-theyre-watching-on-tv.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/general-election-2024-party-leaders-tell-radio-times-what-theyre-watching-on-tv-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/general-election-2024-party-leaders-tell-radio-times-what-theyre-watching-on-tv-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/general-election-2024-party-leaders-tell-radio-times-what-theyre-watching-on-tv-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/general-election-2024-party-leaders-tell-radio-times-what-theyre-watching-on-tv-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/general-election-2024-party-leaders-tell-radio-times-what-theyre-watching-on-tv.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/general-election-2024-party-leaders-tell-radio-times-what-theyre-watching-on-tv.jpg",1200,800,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"From Baby Reindeer to Mr Tumble, here's what some of the UK's leading politicians have been enjoying on the small screen.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/53761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Conservative Party leader<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>Rhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru leader<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>Nigel Farage, Reform UK leader<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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