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

THE CIRCLE OF LIFE

TEN QUESTIONS WITH LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA • The Mufasa composer on going cockney, singing karaoke in Cardiff and “stealing a page from Lloyd Webber”

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WHERE THERE’S A WILL • Prince William founded the Earthshot Prize to counter eco angst, says CEO Hannah Jones

TWO TIME LORDS A-LEAPING • Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat discuss the magic of Doctor Who at Christmas, time travel, turkeys and being replaced by AI

Striking a MATCH • JK Rowling’s detective drama Strike is back with a new case, but as things heat up between them on screen, has reality and fiction blurred for Holliday Grainger and Tom Burke?

Storm Santa! • Love, friendship, family and the mother of all blizzards… Richard Curtis’s new festive film has it all

NORTHERN DELIGHTS • Director Simon Otto on British idiosyncrasies and Brian Cox’s Santa

REMEMBERING SOMEONE SPECIAL • Andrew Ridgeley recalls how he and George Michael created one of the best-loved Christmas songs of all time

‘IT’S SNOWING, GET HERE!’ • Director Andy Morahan on shooting the perfect video

Waiting for the axe to fall • We know how Thomas Cromwell’s bleak end will come, but Wolf Hall remains compelling – and therein lies its genius, says historian Tracy Borman

‘AS A KID, MY WORLD FELL APART’ • The Star Wars films made a huge impression on the young Jude Law – now he’s taking a new generation of space adventurers across the universe

‘I’M NOT A DULL MAN!’ • His boyish adventures in fast cars are over and James May is back tinkering in his shed but, he insists…

THE SAVIOUR OF STRICTLY • Whatever the result, Chris McCausland is my winner

IT HAS TO BE KEELY! • The people’s vote for Sports Personality should go to the Olympian who won our hearts, says Simon Barnes

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‘I WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE A VOICE’ • From catching people smugglers to protecting the vulnerable, Sue Mitchell is a force to be reckoned with

THEIR AIM IS TRUE • Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett join forces in a satirical rock ‘n’ roll doc

Streams of Conscıousness • Sorry Elon, but...