WATCHING comedies such as the BBC Scotland-produced Mrs Brown's Boys could hold the key to dating someone with a similar sense of humour, a new survey indicates.
The Scots TellyTractive research by TV Licensing reveals a sense of humour proved to be an important trait in a prospective partner, with comedy quizzes QI and Pointless and Mrs Brown's Boys all picked by 32 percent of Scots that participated in the research.
Read Julie McDowall's review of Mrs Brown's Boys
The online study conducted by YouGov for TV Licensing reveals that some TV programmes are definite turn-ons on a first date, whilst others are definite turn-offs.
Most Scots (33 percent) seem to be attracted to intellectual types, as Question Time proved to be their biggest TV turn-on.
But a whopping 64 percent said they would be turned off by a potential love interest who admitted to watching The Only Way is Essex, closely followed by Keeping Up with the Kardashians (60 percent).
When asked to choose, QI proved to be the biggest TV turn-on with a third of men (33 percent) surveyed and nearly a third of women (29 percent) saying they would be attracted to someone who said they were a fan of the comedy panel quiz hosted by Stephen Fry.
Women with an interest in driving and motor sports are in good company, as 24 percent of men say they would be attracted to a partner who watches Top Gear.
The survey also revealed that, across the UK, over a third of Strictly Come Dancing's male fan-base (34 percent) would be most attracted to those who enjoyed Match of the Day. But female fans of the X Factor find reality television magnetic in their prospective partners, with nearly half (48 percent) wanting to talk Britain's Got Talent and over a quarter (27 percent) asking to banter about Big Brother on a first date.
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