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Nuno Bernardo


Normally I use the internet to read the news, but at the weekend I buy the Sunday Times, which enables you to catch up with what's been going on in the week. I'm a huge fan of Top Gear and love the column that's written by the Clarkson guy. I also read the London free papers, though they seem to concentrate more on celebrity gossip and that's not really my thing.


I read industry magazines, such as Broadcast, Variety and Screen International. Also, as I used to be a musician, I buy some of the magazines relating to electronic music production, like Computer Music. I buy Mojo and Billboard, too, from time to time.


I'm a huge fan of two British writers. The first is Mike Gayle, I'm just finishing his Wish You Were Here. It's about a guy who goes on holiday with a friend having just broken up with a girl. The other writer I really like is Nick Hornby and, especially his novel High Fidelity, which is also one of my favourite films. When you're a teenager there are hundreds of books written for you but when you get to your late 20s/early 30s there really aren't that many, particularly if you happen to be a man, so I like writers such as Mike Gayle and Nick Hornby because I identify with their characters.


I love Top Gear, of course, which is one of the greatest shows in the world. I mean, how can you have a programme about cars - a subject that must have been dealt with in every country in the world - and manage to make it interesting? I also like some of the American imports, such as CSI, although I've watched so many episodes over the past year that I'm starting to become a bit fed up with it. And I'm really enjoying Dirty Sexy Money and The Sarah Connor Chronicles. In terms of British programmes, I'd never heard of Gordon Ramsay before I moved here but I've watched a few of his shows. If you watched too many, though, I'm sure you'd get bored because it's pretty much the same programme every time, but he's a funny character.


To be honest with you, I don't really listen to the radio. Normally I use the website to listen to music depending on my mood, whether that is soul, rock or indie. And when I'm not using, I'll go to iTunes radio and pick one of the stations.


I try to avoid them. The television I watch is pre-recorded so when there's a break I just fast-forward. My major exposure to ads is at the cinema and the ones that warn you about talking over the phone when you're driving are really, really strong. The ad that starts with a child leaning against a tree is horrible - but not in a bad way. It's very touching. The other one that's very good, I think, has a split screen with a man talking to his wife - and then he has a crash. You can't be indifferent to an ad like that. In Portugal adverts don't tend to be so hard-hitting and explicit.

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I like Yahoo a lot, as well as Google. Recently, too, I've begun to use Wikipedia. I'm not a big fan - there is no verification for the information, of course - but I tend to end up there. I also like and Variety's website.

· Nuno Bernardo is the creator of Bebo's online drama Sofia's Diary

· This article was amended on April 17 2008. Nuno Bernardo is the author of Sofia's Diary, not Sofia's Party as we mistakenly stated. This has been corrected.

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