Radio Times' behind-the-scenes secrets and history of iconic Christmas issues - from Parliamentary approval to record-breaking sales
Radio Times' behind-the-scenes secrets and history of iconic Christmas issues - from Parliamentary approval to record-breaking sales
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Father Christmas is coming! #ChristmasRadioTimes 🎅👀 The Christmas double issue will be on sale nationwide on Tuesday 8 December, or earlier in some areas. Find out more about what’s inside and how to get your copy here: bit.ly/3f9IhT7 | Radio Times
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Father Christmas is coming! #ChristmasRadioTimes 🎅👀 The Christmas double issue will be on sale nationwide on Tuesday 8 December, or earlier in some areas. Find out more about what’s inside and how to get your copy here: bit.ly/3f9IhT7 | Radio Times
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Hot off the press! This year's Radio Times Christmas double issue is on sale nationwide wide tomorrow! 💫🎄 Find out more about what’s inside and how to get your copy here: http://spr.ly/618831X0s | Radio Times
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Hot off the press! This year's Radio Times Christmas double issue is on sale nationwide wide tomorrow! 💫🎄 Find out more about what’s inside and how to get your copy here: http://spr.ly/618831X0s | Radio Times
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Christmas without Radio Times? It’s like Wallace without Gromit – unthinkable! The Christmas issue is on sale now, and to celebrate we have recreated the cover from Wensleydale and cranberries with Nathan Wyburn Art - and we think it’s “grate”! 🧀 Drop a comment and tell us what you think. | Radio Times
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Christmas without Radio Times? It’s like Wallace without Gromit – unthinkable! The Christmas issue is on sale now, and to celebrate we have recreated the cover from Wensleydale and cranberries with Nathan Wyburn Art - and we think it’s “grate”! 🧀 Drop a comment and tell us what you think. | Radio Times
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It wouldn’t be Christmas without Radio Times! 🎅🦌❄️ We are excited to reveal this year’s cover – watch it come to life in our animated video… The Christmas double issue will be on sale nationwide on Tuesday 8 December, or earlier in some areas. Find out more about what’s inside and how to get your copy here: bit.ly/3f9IhT7 #ChristmasRadioTimes | Radio Times
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It wouldn’t be Christmas without Radio Times! 🎅🦌❄️ We are excited to reveal this year’s cover – watch it come to life in our animated video… The Christmas double issue will be on sale nationwide on Tuesday 8 December, or earlier in some areas. Find out more about what’s inside and how to get your copy here: bit.ly/3f9IhT7 #ChristmasRadioTimes | Radio Times
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It's here! Watch our video to reveal the front cover of the 2019 Radio Times Christmas double issue, and see it come to life… Highlighters at the ready! The magazine is on sale from Tuesday 10 December, or earlier in some areas. For further details, go to: http://bit.ly/ChristmasRadioTimes2019 | Radio Times
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It's here! Watch our video to reveal the front cover of the 2019 Radio Times Christmas double issue, and see it come to life… Highlighters at the ready! The magazine is on sale from Tuesday 10 December, or earlier in some areas. For further details, go to: http://bit.ly/ChristmasRadioTimes2019 | Radio Times
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Hot off the press! This year's Radio Times Christmas double issue is on sale nationwide from Tuesday 12 December! 🎅🎄⭐ Find out more about what's inside this year's #ChristmasRadioTimes and how to get your copy: http://spr.ly/6184RKxAp | Radio Times
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Hot off the press! This year's Radio Times Christmas double issue is on sale nationwide from Tuesday 12 December! 🎅🎄⭐ Find out more about what's inside this year's #ChristmasRadioTimes and how to get your copy: http://spr.ly/6184RKxAp | Radio Times
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“The inspiration for the cover came from Wallace & Gromit’s love of machines and Wallace’s fascination with making life easier with his gadgets,” says Wallace & Gromit Director Jay Grace. Go behind the scenes with Aardman to see Wallace & Gromit spring to life on the cover of this year’s Radio Times Christmas double issue – on sale Tuesday 10th December! 🌟🎥 | Radio Times
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It wouldn't be Christmas without circling the Radio Times Christmas issue... Not long to go now 👀 | Radio Times
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Yesterday we revealed our 2022 Radio Times Christmas double issue cover ✨ Did you guess our cover artwork correctly? To find out more about this year's #ChristmasRadioTimes visit here: http://spr.ly/61883DwVp | Radio Times
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Highlighters at the ready... this year's #ChristmasRadioTimes double issue goes on sale this Tuesday 7 December 2021, or earlier in some areas! 🎅🎁🎄 Circle, star, underline, boxes - how do you mark up your festive picks? 🖋️ Find out more about what's inside here: https://bit.ly/3rBTwfl | Radio Times
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Tomorrow we reveal this year's Radio Times Christmas double issue cover 🎉✨ Any guesses so far? To find out more about this year's reader offer of a one-month free trial* of Apple TV , click here: http://spr.ly/6187RJly7 *New and qualified returning Apple TV subscribers only. £8.99/month after free trial with auto-renewal unless cancelled. Terms apply. #ChristmasRadioTimes | Radio Times
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It wouldn't be Christmas without Radio Times! 🎄💝📺 #ChristmasRadioTimes Dive into the heart-warming world of Judith Kerr's beloved Mog as she springs to life on our cover 🐾 This year's Christmas double issue will be on sale nationwide from Tuesday 12 December! #ChristmasRadioTimes Find out more about what's inside the issue: http://spr.ly/6189RKl1T Cover illustrated by Robin Shaw | Radio Times
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Merry Christmas from all of our Radio Times festive issue interviewees! Find them in the Christmas issue, on shelves now. | Radio Times
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In 1988, the Radio Times Christmas issue sold 11.2 million copies – our highest-selling issue to date. 🎄 We're delving into the festively-dressed Radio Times archive with a look at our favourite Christmas issues from years gone by, with insights from our very own brand editor Shem Law and social media content creator Jamie Windust. Subscribe to the Radio Times app to watch Jamie and Shem's full chats – including some juicy details on how the legendary Radio Times Christmas issue comes to life.
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Christmas Karma director Gurinder Chadha is a huge fan of the Radio Times Christmas issue. Get you hands on this year's issue from tomorrow! | Radio Times
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Don't forget to pick up your copy of the legendary #ChristmasRadioTimes double issue! - 292 pages; the best of Christmas TV and radio - 4,500 films rated - star interviews, reviews, quizzes and more... | Radio Times
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It's been over 100 years since the very first Christmas Radio Times was published in 1923 🎄 We're delving into the festively-dressed Radio Times archive with a look at our favourite Christmas issues from years gone by, with insights from our very own brand editor Shem Law and social media content creator Jamie Windust. Subscribe to the Radio Times app to watch Jamie and Shem's full chats – including some juicy details on how the legendary Radio Times Christmas issue comes to life. | Radio Times
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Our brand editor Shem Law reminisces about his first ever Radio Times Christmas issue – back in 2001.🎄 We're delving into the festively-dressed Radio Times archive with a look at our favourite Christmas issues from years gone by, with insights from our very own Shem Law and Jamie Windust. Subscribe to the Radio Times app to watch Jamie and Shem's full chats – including some juicy details on how the legendary Radio Times Christmas issue comes to life. | Radio Times
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Who do you think topped the Christmas Day TV ratings in the 1990s? According to BARB, here's who came out on top! | Radio Times
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Is Batman Returns a Christmas movie? We asked that question to the film's iconic Catwoman star Michelle Pfeiffer and she seemed a little baffled by the suggestion... | Radio Times
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Christmas is officially on its way! To celebrate the release of the 2025 Christmas issue, we took to the streets to get the public's reaction to this year's cover stars and find out what makes the perfect Christmas cover. Have you got yours yet? | Radio Times
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The legendary Christmas double issue is hot off the press and now in stores nationwide! Don’t forget to pick up your copy 🎄 | Radio Times
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, with RT's exclusive preview of 12 festive TV specials to look forward to. Plus: 🎁 Call the Midwife stars Helen George, Natalie Quarry and Renee Bailey are in the mood for festive fun 🎁 The queen of SoHa returns with two very important guests for an Amandaland special 🎁 The Stranger Things finale episodes drop on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve Call the Midwife photographed exclusively for Radio Times by Nicky Johnston | Radio Times
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Kate Winslet's emotional new Christmas film has released its starry new trailer. Goodbye June also stars Dame Helen Mirren, Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough and Timothy Spall, and follows a dysfunctional family thrust together over the festive holidays when their mother's health takes a turn for the worse. Goodbye June will arrive in select UK cinemas on 12th December and lands on Netflix on 24th December. | Radio Times
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Only watch Emmerdale at Christmas? Don't despair, Soap Editor Michael Adams is here to catch you up on everything you need to know. | Radio Times
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Who used to get a Radio Times at #Christmas and mark off what they wanted to watch? 📺 | Time Tube TV
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Shaun the Sheep and Gromit steal the spotlight on the cover of this year's Radio Times Christmas double issue. 📺🎄 Pick up your copy and dive into our top recommendations of what's worth watching, from TV and films to radio and podcasts, plus plenty of exclusive features and interviews with the stars of Call the Midwife, Amandaland, Death in Paradise and more. On sale now. | Radio Times
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Shaun the Sheep and Gromit steal the spotlight on the cover of this year's Radio Times Christmas double issue. 📺🎄 Pick up your copy and dive into our top recommendations of what's worth watching, from TV and films to radio and podcasts, plus plenty of exclusive features and interviews with the stars of Call the Midwife, Amandaland, Death in Paradise and more. On sale now. | Radio Times
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Is there a movie you watch around Christmas time each year that perhaps isn't all that Christmassy? | Radio Times
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