TV Quick

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TV Quick
CategoriesTV magazines
FrequencyWeekly
Publisher Bauer Media Group
Total circulation113,936 (ABC Jan – Jun 2010) [1]
Founded30 March 1991
Final issue12 May 2010
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

TV Quick was a British weekly television listing magazine published by H Bauer Publishing, the UK subsidiary of family-run German company Bauer Media Group. It featured weekly television listings running from Saturday to Friday, and began publication on 30 March 1991 [2] following deregulation of the UK listing magazine market. [3]

Contents

The magazine had its own annual awards ceremony, the TV Quick Awards, awarded on the basis of a public vote by readers of TV Quick and its sister publication TV Choice . The awards were renamed the TV Choice Awards following the title's closure.

The title's demise followed a 27% year-on-year fall in circulation between 2008 and 2009 according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. [4] On 12 May 2010, Bauer announced that it had commenced a 30-day consultation period with its staff about the magazine's future, [1] and the magazine ceased publication shortly after. It was suggested that the fall in sales was due to the magazine being caught in a no-mans-land between premium titles such as Radio Times and TV Times and budget titles like TV Choice and What's on TV . [4]

Awards

The first TV Quick awards took place in 1997 with eighteen categories voted for. [5]

2000s

2001

Award [6] Winner
Best Soap Eastenders
Best Soap Actor Martin Kemp
Best Soap Storyline Eastenders
Best Actor David Jason
Best Entertainment Show Graham Norton Show

2000

Award [7] Winner
Best Soap Coronation Street
Best Soap Actress Samantha Giles
Best Soap Actor Martin Kemp
Best Soap Newcomer Tina O'Brien
Best Soap Storyline Coronation Street
TV Personality Ali G
Best Actress Sarah Lancashire
Best Actor David Jason
Best TV Cook Jamie Oliver
Best Comedy Show The Royal Family
Best Entertainment Show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Best Lifestyle Show Ground Force
Best Factual Show Walking with Dinosaurs
Best Children's Show SMTV Live
Best Imported TV Show Friends
Best New Drama At Home with the Braithwaites
Best Loved Drama Bad Girls

1990s

1999

Award [8] Winner
Best Soap Eastenders
Best Soap Actress Julie Hesmondhalgh
Best Soap Actor Joe Absolom
Best Soap Newcomer Jack Ryder
Best Actress Amanda Burton
Best Actor John Thaw
Best Comedy Show Birds of a Feather
Best Lifestyle Show Ground Force

1998

Award [9] [10] [11] Winner
Best Soap Eastenders
Best Soap Actress Martine McCutcheon
Best Soap Actor Ross Kemp
Best Soap Newcomer Anna Brecon
Best Soap Storyline Coronation Street
Best Actress Pauline Quirke
Best Actor Robson Green
Funniest Person on TV Lily Savage
Best Entertainment Presenter Johnny Vaughan / Denise van Outen
Best TV Cook Ainsley Harriott
Best Comedy Show Friends
Best Medical Drama Casualty
Best Drama Where the Heart is
Best Lifestyle Show Changing Rooms
Best Children's Show The Simpsons
Best Game Show Stars in Their Eyes
Best Talk Show The Jerry Springer Show

1997

Award [5] Winner
Best Soap Eastenders
Best Soap Actress Martine McCutcheon
Best Soap Actor Ross Kemp
Best Actress Amanda Burton
Best Actor Robson Green
Funniest Person on TV Harry Enfield
Best TV Cook Ainsley Harriott
Best Comedy Show Only Fools and Horses
Best Medical Drama Casualty
Best Entertainment Show They Think It's All Over
Best Children's Show Live & Kicking
Best Game Show Big Break
Best Imported TV Programme The X Files

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