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Radio Times

26-2nd 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

10 QUESTIONS WITH AMOL RAJAN & HANNAH FRY • As Celebrity Traitors, will Amol be universally challenged – and will Hannah’s game plan go by the numbers?

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO... SIT IN FOR A RADIO PRESENTER • Paddy O'Connell started out in hospital radio in Aberdeen, where he went to university, then joined the BBC local radio trainee scheme. Now he hosts Broadcasting House on Radio 4, but he has also done more "sitting in" than most (when the regular presenter is away and someone has to mind the shop in their absence) – and he's also been sat in on plenty of times. So, what are the dos and don'ts?

FROSTBITE • The schedules are awash with celebrity travelogues, but Michael Palin remains in a league of his own

THE PERFECT PAIRING • NIGELLA LAWSON brings style, taste and glamour, while PAUL HOLLYWOOD adds the technical expertise. Just apply heat and together they rise to the occasion...

DAGGERS DRAWN! • Killer instinct or too nice? ED GAMBLE gives his verdict on this year's Celebrity Traitors line-up

'WE WANT IT TO BE GRITTY' • SIÂN BROOKE has never been afraid of challenging roles – but this series of Blue Lights could be her toughest test yet

'OBSTACLES CAN BE POSITIVE' • TIM McMULLAN was told he'd never make it as an actor due to a genetic eye condition – now he's a star of stage and screen

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

STREAMING • SECRET HISTORY There is more to Jackie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) than first appears

THERE'S NO 'I' IN TEAM • Team tennis makes the court less lonely, says SIMON BARNES – but it needs to have real jeopardy for it to be an elite sport

SATURDAY • Atticus and Susan (Tim McMullan and Lesley Manville) are back with another literary mystery

SUNDAY • Having enthusiastically eaten and drunk her way around Mexico and Spain (OK, she explored a little of their cultures and history too), the Texican actor now turns her attention to France. She is, she explains, a "serious Francophile" and "simply can't get enough of Paris", which is where she starts her gastronomic pilgrimage.

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY • BODY MAN Richard Armitage as Ethan Winter, the latest TV pathologist making waves

THURSDAY • GAME OF DECEIT Claudia Winkleman (centre) returns with a new batch of celebrities

FRIDAY

A FINAL REPORT • After 28 years of award-winning journalism, Crossing Continents is among the latest victims of BBC cutbacks

PODCASTS • WORST OF TIMES The sobering story of the rise of racism and the far-right in Britain

RURAL IDLE • ERIC IDLE wanted to escape fame –...

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Languages

  • English