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I find it interesting that the steepest price rises were during the early years of austerity.
I wonder if it will rise sharply again over the next few years too.
Cornish Cockney | 17.12.22 - 9:38 a.m. | #
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I seem to remember a year when the timimg of Christmas meant the double issue covered slightly more than 2 weeks and overlapped with the one before or after by a day or two. I ended up feeling cheated at paying twice for the same day.
I'd expected this year's would cost at least £7 so no price increase was surprising.
Andrew S | 17.12.22 - 9:43 a.m. | #
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Are there single sheets in some issues? Most magazine page lengths are divisible by 4.
Paul | 17.12.22 - 9:53 a.m. | #
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The Christmas double issue is not stapled.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 17.12.22 - 9:59 a.m. | #
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The big Christmas films aren't that anymore as the days when you could only see them on broadcast TV are long gone.
Even in the remote possibility that you could get a group of relatives in the same room, at least one of them will be looking at their phone.
Still Anon | 17.12.22 - 10:00 a.m. | #
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No Great Escape or Muppets Christmas Carol (Michael Caines finest performance) this year?
mclm | 17.12.22 - 10:21 a.m. | #
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As many people move away from linear television & PVRs to streaming, and other pursuits like gaming, television /radio listing magazines are becoming less relevant, in their current format.
Now if only there was a magazine that covered a broader list of things to do with your leisure time. Maybe even with Time in it's title. A gap in the market.
More seriously, the only reason why there isn't a free listing magazine is the cost of the schedule data, which can't be covered by advertising alone.
MilesT | 17.12.22 - 10:37 a.m. | #
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Great summary! I remember the novelty of it when the double-issue first started. From these lists, I take it the first year was 1969...
cau1khead | 17.12.22 - 11:27 a.m. | #
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I saw a photo of the 1973 double- issue the other day. It cost 10p. Eric & Ernie plus the Two Ronnies on the cover.
ap | 17.12.22 - 1:07 p.m. | #
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There are two links in the post.
The second one links to all the covers.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 17.12.22 - 1:12 p.m. | #
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No "A Christmas Carol" movies? Any version? At all?? I'm very disappointed because there would usually have been a few versions aired already at this time. I only saw one Christmas movie so far, It's A Wonderful Life a couple of weeks ago on Film 4.
Ell | 17.12.22 - 2:31 p.m. | #
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I have listed ten films.
I have not listed all the films.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 17.12.22 - 2:46 p.m. | #
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Ell: Talking Pictures TV has the marvellous Alastair Sim 1951 version of Scrooge at 2.20pm on Christmas Day.
Marley | 17.12.22 - 2:54 p.m. | #
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*wonders when/if our subscription issue will arrive*
Blue Witch | 17.12.22 - 3:13 p.m. | #
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Despite the postal strikes, our double issue arrived yesterday - we're in South East Essex.
John S. | 17.12.22 - 5:12 p.m. | #
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I understand that the World Cup, with all its knock-on effects, influenced RT's Christmas publication this year. Christmas schedules are usually nailed on in good time, but an ongoing cascade of disruption caused by the football meant they had to leave it as late as possible or risk (inconceivable!) inaccuracy.
jpmac | 17.12.22 - 5:53 p.m. | #
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Marley (nice name) - thanks for the heads up. I'll look out for it.
Even though only 10 are listed here, but there hasn't been any such movies yet on broadcast TV this year. At all.
Ell | 17.12.22 - 8:57 p.m. | #
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There's a channel called Great! Christmas (freeview 52) which shows nothing but Christmas movies, and has been doing so since October!
Jeremy | 17.12.22 - 9:30 p.m. | #
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I've been watching movies from that channel, and also 5 Select and Channel 5. If not for these channels there would be no Christmas movies at all.
But they only play Hallmark-type romantic Christmas movies and none of the classics, which I still miss.
Ell | 18.12.22 - 5:43 a.m. | #
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Pleased to see nobody has disagreed with you about Die Hard's status as a Christmas film.
martin | 18.12.22 - 7:03 a.m. | #
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My newsagent has been moaning all week that the distributor sent him ten copies of the double issue, while he expects to sell two at most. I find this slightly surprising, since quite a few older people use his shop, but I presume he knows his business and they’re probably all online or away at Christmas. Anyway, I think he’s now managed to send the surplus ones back. Things Are Not What They Were…
Baldassaro | 18.12.22 - 8:32 a.m. | #
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Indeed - in households that I know who have hard copy listings, they are in the form of weekend newspaper supplements.
NickW | 18.12.22 - 9:53 a.m. | #
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Did you get your free bar of chocolate - the Radio Times Christmas gift to its Readers!
Sara | 19.12.22 - 12:56 p.m. | #
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120 pages before u get to the listings, all to see that North by NorthWest is on now.
Chr0me | 24.12.22 - 1:44 p.m. | #
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If you do know the number of pages for Radio Times pre-2016, I'd love to hear it. I'm trying to get a complete list of details for the last 100 years in time for the centenary.
Glenn Reuben | 07.03.23 - 12:04 p.m. | #
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