TV Choice

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TV Choice
TV Choice (magazine) cover.jpg
Editor-in-Chief Graham Kibble-White
CategoriesTV magazines
FrequencyWeekly (except Christmas Specials)
Circulation 1,219,107 (September 1999 – present) [1]
Print and digital editions.
Publisher Bauer
Founded1999
First issue14 September 1999
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
Website TVChoiceMagazine.co.uk
ISSN 2044-7337

TV Choice is a British weekly TV listings magazine published by H. Bauer Publishing, the UK subsidiary of family-run German company Bauer Media Group. [2] It features weekly TV broadcast programming listings, running from Saturday to Friday, and goes on sale every Tuesday. [3] A double issue is released to cover the Christmas & New Year period at a higher price.

Contents

Overview

Regular issues

Launched on 14 September 1999, the magazine includes features on UK TV shows, including the British soap operas, and films, as well as puzzles, crosswords, a letters page and prize competitions.

Prices

The following prices have been effective.

DatePriceSpecial issue price
14 September 1999 – 22 February 201242p£1
29 February 2012 – 2 March 201345p
9 March 201338pN/A
16 March 2013 – 6 July 201320p [4]
13 July 2013 – 16 December 201338p
23 December 2013 – 23 April 201545p£1
30 April 2015 – 1 January 201650p
8 January 2016 – 1 January 201752p
8 January 2017 – 1 January 201855p£1.10
8 January 2018 – 15 March 201957p
22 March 2019 – 30 November 201962pN/A
5 December 2019 – 2 December 202065p£1.30
3 December 2020 – 1 December 202169p£1.40
2 December 2021 – 2 January 202372p£1.50
3 January 2023 – 1 December 202375p
2 December 2023 – present79p£1.60

Christmas and New Year issues

A special Christmas & New Year double-issue was originally priced at £1, double the normal price. As of 2 December 2023, the seasonal issue will be priced at £1.60, twice the price of the regular 79p weekly issues.

Issue #Date rangeReleased
118 – 31 December 19997 December 1999
223 December 2000 – 5 January 200112 December 2000
322 December 2001 – 4 January 200211 December 2001
421 December 2002 – 3 January 200310 December 2002
520 December 2003 – 2 January 20049 December 2003
618 – 31 December 20047 December 2004
717 – 30 December 20056 December 2005
823 December 2006 – 5 January 200712 December 2006
922 December 2007 – 4 January 200811 December 2007
1020 December 2008 – 2 January 20099 December 2008
1119 December 2009 – 1 January 20108 December 2009
1218 – 31 December 20107 December 2010
1317 – 30 December 20116 December 2011
1422 December 2012 – 4 January 201311 December 2012
1521 December 2013 – 3 January 201410 December 2013
1620 December 2014 – 2 January 20159 December 2014
1719 December 2015 – 1 January 20168 December 2015
1817 – 30 December 20166 December 2016
1923 December 2017 – 5 January 201812 December 2017
2022 December 2018 – 4 January 201911 December 2018
2121 December 2019 – 3 January 202010 December 2019
2219 December 2020 – 1 January 20218 December 2020
2318 – 31 December 20217 December 2021
2424 December 2022 – 6 January 202313 December 2022
2523 December 2023 – 5 January 202412 December 2023

Podcast

In February 2022, it was announced that TV Choice would release its first ever podcast entitled My TV Years, with television presenter and radio DJ Mel Giedroyc hosting. The podcast ran for eight weeks, on a Wednesday, with the first airing 23 February 2022, and the final episode on 13 April 2022.

Episodes

No.Broadcast dateRuntimeCelebrity guestKnown for
123 February 202244 minutes Sanjeev Bhaskar The Kumars at No. 42 , Goodness Gracious Me and Unforgotten
22 March 2022 [note 1] 43 minutes Kirstie Allsopp Presenter of Location, Location, Location and Love It or List It
39 March 202244 minutes Hugh Dennis Outnumbered , Mock The Week and Not Going Out
416 March 202240 minutes Sally Ann Matthews Coronation Street's Jenny Connor
523 March 202245 minutes Adjoa Andoh Star of BBC's Doctor Who , Casualty and EastEnders , and Netflix's Bridgerton
630 March 202237 minutes Jon Richardson Comedian
76 April 202234 minutes Morgana Robinson Impressionist, comedian, writer and actress extraordinaire
813 April 202242 minutes Alex Horne Taskmaster creator and co-host

Circulation

In February 2008, TV Choice became the biggest selling (actively purchased) magazine of all categories in the UK, a position it has held ever since. [5] It sells over 1.2 million copies a week and has an adult readership of 1.8 million. It has a target market among C1 C2 young, mass market adults. [6]

Awards

TV Choice also has its own annual awards ceremony, the TV Choice Awards originally called the TV Quick Award, awarded on the basis of a public vote by readers of TV Choice. The following categories and winners are shown from the 2009 awards to the present day.

CategoryWinners
Best Reality Show The Apprentice
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Best Actor Philip Glenister
Jack O'Connell
David Tennant
Benedict Cumberbatch
Tom Hiddleston
Cillian Murphy
Adrian Dunbar
and more
Best Game Show Deal or No Deal
Total Wipeout
The Cube
and more
Best Talent Show Britain's Got Talent
The Great British Bake Off
Strictly Come Dancing
and more
Best Comedy Show The Inbetweeners
Gavin & Stacey
Mrs Brown's Boys
Benidorm
Birds of a Feather
Peter Kay's Car Share
After Life
and more
Best Soap Actress Katherine Kelly
Michelle Keegan
Alison King
Lacey Turner
Jessie Wallace
Lindsay Coulson
Charlotte Bellamy
Emma Atkins
and more
Best Daytime Show Loose Women
The Jeremy Kyle Show
This Morning
The Chase
Best Soap Actor Simon Gregson
Danny Miller
Shane Richie
Danny Dyer
Ryan Hawley
and more
Best Entertainment Show Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Celebrity Juice
The Graham Norton Show

Gogglebox

Best Soap Newcomer: Actresses Lauren Crace
Paula Lane
Kirsty-Leigh Porter
Sally Dexter
Kara-Leah Fernandes
Best Soap Newcomer: Actors Adam Thomas
Tony Discipline
David Witts
Davood Ghadami
Shayne Ward
Ned Porteous
Outstanding Contribution Ant & Dec
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Doctor Who
EastEnders
Barbara Windsor
Mary Berry
Best Soap Storyline Danielle and Ronnie's Story in EastEnders
Aaron's gay self-loathing in Emmerdale
Hayley Cropper's Cancer, Coronation Street
Best Family Drama Waterloo Road
Doctor Who
Call the Midwife
Best Soap EastEnders [7]
Coronation Street
Emmerdale
Best Drama Series Ashes to Ashes
Being Human
Sherlock
Doctor Who
Broadchurch
Downton Abbey
Best New Drama Merlin
Glee
Sherlock
Call the Midwife
Broadchurch
Happy Valley
Poldark
Doctor Foster
Little Boy Blue
Liar
Bodyguard
Best Actress Sheridan Smith
Sarah Lancashire
Olivia Colman
Michelle Keegan
Jodie Comer
Soap Moment of the Year Coronation Street's 50th Anniversary Tram Crash scene
Emmerdale Live Episode
Best International Show The Big Bang Theory
Game of Thrones
Best Food Show Gordon Ramsay's F Word
Jamie's 30 Minute Meals
The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation
Jamie's 15-Minute Meals
Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking
Saturday Kitchen
Sunday Brunch
Gino's Italian Escape: Hidden Italy
Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip

James Martin's Saturday Morning

Best Factual Entertainment & Lifestyle Show Top Gear
Come Dine with Me
Supersize vs. Superskinny
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
Educating Yorkshire
Gogglebox
DIY SOS: The Big Build
Blue Planet II

Notes

  1. In light of recent events related to the ongoing conflict crisis in Ukraine, this episode was prerecorded in the first week of February 2022.

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