Radio Times
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Radio Times (currently styled as RadioTimes) is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in May 1923 by John Reith, then general manager of the British Broadcasting Company (from 1 January 1927, the British Broadcasting Corporation), it was the world's first broadcast listings magazine.[2]
 The 2005 Christmas double issue (dated 17–30 December) with cover illustration by Mark Thomas of Doctor Who's TARDIS in a snow globe | |
| Categories | TV and radio listings magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 497,852 (July–December 2020)[1] |
| First issue | 28 September 1923; 100 years ago (1923-09-28) |
| Company | George Newnes Ltd (1923–1937) BBC Magazines (1937–2011) Immediate Media Company (since 2011) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | London, England |
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| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0033-8060 |
It was published entirely in-house by BBC Magazines from 8 January 1937[3] until 16 August 2011, when the division was merged into Immediate Media Company.[4][5][6] On 12 January 2017, Immediate Media was bought by the German media group Hubert Burda.[7]
The magazine is published on Tuesdays and carries listings for the week from Saturday to Friday. Originally, listings ran from Sunday to Saturday: the changeover meant 8 October 1960 was listed twice, in successive issues. Since Christmas 1969, a 14-day double-duration issue has been published each December containing schedules for two weeks of programmes. Originally this covered Christmas Day and New Year's Day, but on some occasions those have each appeared in separate editions due to the two-week period ending just before the New Year.