Radio Times

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 editors

12 Christmas treats… • 23—29 DECEMBER 2023 TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM

12 New Year treats… • 30 DECEMBER 2023—5 JANUARY 2024 TO WATCH & STREAM

12 Films at Christmas • RT presents a dozen brilliant movies for you to watch at home

O come, all ye Faithful • Claudia Winkleman bans her family from watching her on TV at Christmas – but there will be singing, bridge and burnt gingerbread

My time has come • At last! Meet the new Doctor – Ncuti Gatwa on self-doubt, perfect casting, swearing and standing on the precipice of the Whoniverse

‘I’m back!’ • Sheridan Smith has fought her demons and has the scars to prove it – but as her new drama proves, she’s a survivor…

Reinventing Agatha • Agatha Christie’s Murder Is Easy has been reborn with a young black hero. Her great-grandson says the author would have approved…

‘IT’S BOLD AND RISKY’ • David Jonsson is excited to be breaking new ground

‘We got Mog when I was four’ • Tacy Kneale think’s Mog’s Christmas is perfect… she should know, her mother Judith Kerr wrote it

‘JUDITH COULD BE STEELY’ • The Making of Mog

The cat’s whiskers • Rob Brydon is the bearded busker in Axel Scheffer and Julia Donaldson’s touching tale of feline friendship

‘CAN YOU SAY THAT WITH A SMILE?’ • Adrian Lester on narrating Quentin Blake’s stories

On home turf • Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham went global at Eurovision – now she’s back on the West End stage for Christmas

Bach! The herald angels sing • What do Radio 3’s finest listen to at Christmas? Petroc Trelawny, Anna Lapwood, Clive Myrie and Katie Derham reveal their perfect playlists

100 not out! • Lee Mack and Sally Bretton notch up a century of Not Going Out

JOYEUX NOEL! • Kris Marshall is heading to his own corner of paradise for Christmas this year – in France

Call of the wild • Mission: Impossible star Rebecca Ferguson says hugging trees and walking barefoot comes naturally. No wonder she’s thrilled to be stepping into the shoes of David Attenborough…

Polar opposites • Timothy Spall and James Nesbitt play good and bad Santas in a new family drama. But what was their best – and worst – Christmas?

Peaky dancers • Steven Knight on turning his Brummie gangster epic into contemporary dance

THE BOURNE LEGACY

‘It’s a prıvilege to have wrinkles’ • Sue Johnston has just celebrated a BIG birthday – but that doesn’t mean she’s going to start acting her age

‘She always wanted to make me laugh’ • Craig Cash pays a poignant tribute to his friend and writing partner Caroline Aherne, who took real life and turned it into comedy...