TV Choice

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.

TV Choice
Editor-in-ChiefJon Peake
CategoriesTV magazines
FrequencyWeekly (except Christmas Specials)
Circulation1,219,107 (September 1999 – present)[1]
Print and digital editions.
PublisherBauer
Year founded1999
First issue14 September 1999
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
WebsiteTVChoiceMagazine.co.uk
ISSN2044-7337

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 – present72p£1.50

Christmas and New Year issues

A special Christmas & New Year double-issue was originally priced at £1, double the normal price. As of December 2021, the seasonal issue is priced at £1.50, twice the price of the regular 72p weekly issues. It was revealed in March 2021 that the 2021 seasonal issues would have two separate magazines - the Christmas one released on 7 December and the New Year one on 28 December.

Issue #Date rangeReleased
1 18 – 31 December 19997 December 1999
2 1 — 7 January 200028 December 1999
3 23 Dec 2000 – 5 Jan 200112 December 2000
4 22 Dec 2001 – 4 Jan 200211 December 2001
5 21 Dec 2002 – 3 Jan 200310 December 2002
6 20 Dec 2003 – 2 Jan 20049 December 2003
7 18 – 31 December 20047 December 2004
8 1 – 7 January 200528 December 2004
9 17 – 30 December 20056 December 2005
10 31 Dec 2005 – 6 Jan 200627 December 2005
11 23 Dec 2006 – 5 Jan 200712 December 2006
12 22 Dec 2007 – 4 Jan 200811 December 2007
13 20 Dec 2008 – 2 Jan 20099 December 2008
14 19 Dec 2009 – 1 Jan 20108 December 2009
15 18 – 31 December 20107 December 2010
16 1 – 7 January 201128 December 2010
17 17 – 30 December 20116 December 2011
18 31 Dec 2011 – 6 Jan 201227 December 2011
19 22 Dec 2012 – 4 Jan 201311 December 2012
20 21 Dec 2013 – 3 Jan 201410 December 2013
21 20 Dec 2014 – 2 Jan 20159 December 2014
22 19 Dec 2015 – 1 Jan 20168 December 2015
23 17 – 30 December 20166 December 2016
24 31 Dec 2016 – 6 Jan 201727 December 2016
25 23 Dec 2017 – 5 Jan 201812 December 2017
26 22 Dec 2018 – 4 Jan 201911 December 2018
27 21 Dec 2019 – 3 Jan 202010 December 2019
28 19 Dec 2020 – 1 Jan 20218 December 2020
29 18 – 31 December 20217 December 2021
30 1 – 7 January 202228 December 2021

Podcast

In late-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 will run for eight weeks, on a Wednesday, with the first airing 23 February 2022, and the final episode on 13 April 2022.

Week 1 (23 February)

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
and This Morning
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
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
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

References

  1. "ABC Certificates and Reports: TV Choice". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. – TV Choice information Media UK
  3. TV Choice Bauer Media
  4. Roy Greenslade (12 March 2013). "TV listings magazines in price war". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  5. Luft, Oliver. "Magazine ABCs: TV Choice tops 100 actively purchased". Press Gazette, 11 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
  6. "TV Choice – Key Facts". H Bauer Publishing. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013.
  7. "TV Choice Awards: Ant and Dec take home three awards - BBC Newsbeat". BBC Newsbeat. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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