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 Editor

THIS WEEK • THE TEN BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM

BACK TO THE SWINGING SIXTIES

GRAPEVINE • The TV stories that are getting us talking…

AIMEE LOU WOOD • She won a Bafta for Sex Education and plaudits for Cabaret — but she’s much happier pretending to be pregnant

to be a radio sound designer

YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU’LL MEET • If life is a journey, then make an effort to talk to strangers on a train, says Alexei Sayle

‘I was nervous of what they would find’ • Former Olympian Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill knows the courage it takes to excel on the world stage – but nothing prepared her for what she discovered on Who Do You Think You Are?

Digging up their roots • The celebrities find circus performers, campaigners and war heroes in their family trees

Stranger than fiction • Twenty years of genealogical journeys have produced some jaw-dropping TV. Exec producer Colette Flight takes up the tale

‘I longed for a better sense of identity’ • Moira Stuart recalls taking part in the very first series

ON YOUR MARKS! • A new batch of celebrities are racing across South America. But how will they cope with just their nearest and dearest for company?

MY LONG ROAD BACK • His accident left him with flashbacks and scars, but Freddie Flintoff feels ready to face the world thanks to his ragtag cricket team

‘HE’S A SPECIAL LAD’

‘Fame was the bane of her existence’ • Film-maker Nanette Burstein reveals how candid audiotapes of Elizabeth Taylor paint a revealing portait of the Hollywood star

Murder most foul • Who killed the man in the blood-soaked M&S pyjamas?

LAST BUT NOT LEAST • In a Games all about equality it’s fitting that the honour of ending the show in Paris goes to the women, says Simon Barnes

PICK OF THE WEEK’S SPORT ON TV

SHE’S NO ANTIHERO • No wonder we all fall for the Taylor Swift love story

Streaming

HOW & WHERE TO STREAM TV & FILM

Saturday

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TODAY AT THE OLYMPICS

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Sunday

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Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Friday

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COMETH THE HOUR • Nuala McGovern, the new host of Woman’s Hour, hopes to help the next generation...