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Radio Times

17-23rd October 2026
Magazine

Radio Times magazine is the UK's number one quality entertainment guide, helping readers to find the best TV, radio, streaming content, podcasts, and films, each week. With unparalleled access to the biggest names in entertainment, combined with journalism from the best writers in broadcasting, incisive criticism, exclusive features, and original photo shoots, the magazine makes headlines every week. The comprehensive, easy-to-use listings cover over 100 channels. And the daily recommendations written by Radio Times’ TV experts help uncover the best things to watch and listen to on the small screen, including streaming services such as; BBC iPlayer, ITVX, All4, Apple +, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ , Britbox, Acorn and many more. If you enjoy radio, you will also find full national radio listings including Scotland, Wales, N Ireland and local English radio plus podcasts. Plus, a puzzles section, the unique letters pages, latest books reviews, travel guides and money advice. It not only makes Radio Times an indispensable weekly read but the absolute must guide to home entertainment.

FROM THE EDITOR

A GLIMMER OF HOPE • Blue Lights's Sandra and Gerry were torn apart in the first series. Andi Osho and Richard Dormer talk later love – and Gerry's return

10 QUESTIONS WITH SALLY BRETTON AND LEE MACK • Stars of the longest-running TV sitcom on air reveal the secret to their success

FROSTBITE • With hosts still learning on the job and A-listers tangoing over to The Traitors, here’s how to restore Strictly’s shine

GAMING GROOMER KILLED MY SON

The Celebrity Traitors • The producer behind The Celebrity Traitors STEPHEN LAMBERT on the series' ratings, his dream casting, THAT Richard E Grant moment – and whether he'd be a Traitor or a Faithful

'I JUST DO WHAT I LIKE DOING' • Who needs big Hollywood films and paychecks? MICHAEL SHEEN is indulging his love of game shows and traitorous shenanigans – but that doesn't mean he won't still play King Lear

HORROR BEYOND BELIEF • Sixty years on, a new documentary reveals the fight for justice in Aberfan following a disaster that should have been averted

A GHOST OF A SMILE • A Halloween series of Last One Laughing challenges comedians such as REECE SHEARSMITH and LOU SANDERS not to laugh – or scream

WHAT'S WORTH WATCHING • THE 10 BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, STREAM & LISTEN TO

STREAMING

SPORT • International rugby league is the perfect celebration of speed, skill and mayhem,

SATURDAY • TELEVISION SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY • TRAGIC LOSS Volunteers helping to find survivors among the destruction

TUESDAY • TELEVISION TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY • TELEVISION WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

RADIO • The Archers Sunday 7:00pm Radio 4

THE PICK OF THE BEST AUDIO ON DEMAND

'I fancied beautiful Darcy' • Embracing his 90s – and his feminine side – period drama king ANDREW DAVIES has written a frank and poignant memoir

FEED THE BIRDS • From pyracantha to beautyberries, autumn gardens offer a feast for wildlife as well as for the eye, says JOE SWIFT

CANADA HIGH • From towering mountain peaks to icefields and blue lakes, Canada’s national parks offer an escape as dramatic as anything you’ll see in the new crime-solving series set there

HOW TO CUT YOUR COUNCIL TAX • Many are entitled to a reduction – so don’t miss out, says PAUL LEWIS

FEEDBACK

LOVELY JUBBLY • The huge success of Only Fools and Horses was down to the writing and the chemistry, says SIR DAVID JASON

'I'M NOW COMFORTABLE BEING MYSELF' • Going from Hollywood films to culinary travelogues meant dropping the act

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Languages

  • English