TV Choice


TV Choice is a British weekly TV listings magazine published by H. Bauer Publishing, the UK subsidiary of family-run German company Bauer Media Group. It features weekly TV broadcast programming listings, running from Saturday to Friday, and goes on sale every Tuesday. A double issue is released to cover the Christmas & New Year period at a higher price.

Overview

Regular issues

Launched in August 1999, the magazine includes features on UK TV shows, including the British soap operas, and films, as well as puzzles, crosswords, a letters page and prize competitions.

Prices

The following prices have been effective.
DatePriceSpecial issue price
August 1999 – 22 February 201242p£1
29 February 2012 – 2 March 201345p£1
9 March 201338pN/A
16 March 2013 – 6 July 201320pN/A
13 July 2013 – 16 December 201338pN/A
23 December 2013 – 23 April 201545p£1
30 April 2015 – 1 January 201650p£1
8 January 2016 – 1 January 201752p£1
8 January 2017 – 1 January 201855p£1.10
8 January 2018 – 15 March 201957p£1.10
22 March 2019 – 30 November 201962pN/A
5 December 2019 – present65p£1.30

Christmas and New Year issues

A special Christmas & New Year double-issue was originally priced at £1, double the normal price. The 2019 edition cost £1.30, double the normal price of 65p, introduced with the previous issue.
Issue #Date rangeReleasedRun-up to Christmas issues
118 – 31 December 19997 December 199927 Nov & 2 Dec 1999
223 Dec 2000 – 5 Jan 200112 December 20002 & 7 December 2000
322 Dec 2001 – 4 Jan 200211 December 20011 & 6 December 2001
421 Dec 2002 – 3 Jan 200310 December 200230 Nov & 5 Dec 2002
520 Dec 2003 – 2 Jan 20049 December 200329 Nov & 4 Dec 2003
618 – 31 December 20047 December 200427 Nov & 2 Dec 2004
717 – 30 December 20056 December 200526 Nov & 1 Dec 2005
823 Dec 2006 – 5 Jan 200712 December 20062 & 7 December 2006
922 Dec 2007 – 4 Jan 200811 December 20071 & 6 December 2007
1020 Dec 2008 – 2 Jan 20099 December 200829 Nov & 4 Dec 2008
1119 Dec 2009 – 1 Jan 20108 December 200928 Nov & 3 Dec 2009
1218 – 31 December 20107 December 201027 Nov & 2 Dec 2010
1317 – 30 December 20116 December 201126 Nov & 1 Dec 2011
1422 Dec 2012 – 4 Jan 201311 December 20121 & 6 December 2012
1521 Dec 2013 – 3 Jan 201410 December 201330 Nov & 5 Dec 2013
1620 Dec 2014 – 2 Jan 20159 December 201429 Nov & 4 Dec 2014
1719 Dec 2015 – 1 Jan 20168 December 201528 Nov & 3 Dec 2015
1817 – 30 December 20166 December 201626 Nov & 1 Dec 2016
1923 Dec 2017 – 5 Jan 201812 December 20172 & 7 December 2017
2022 Dec 2018 – 4 Jan 201911 December 20181 & 6 December 2018
2121 Dec 2019 – 3 Jan 202010 December 201930 Nov & 5 Dec 2019

Circulation

In February 2008, TV Choice became the biggest selling magazine of all categories in the UK, a position it has held ever since. It sells over 1.2 million copies a week and has an adult readership of 1.8 million. It has a target market among C1 C2 young, mass market adults.

Awards

TV Choice also has its own annual awards ceremony, the TV Choice Awards, awarded on the basis of a public vote by readers of TV Choice. The following categories and winners are shown from the 2009 awards to the present day. The 2020 awards ceremony will be shown this autumn online due to the CoVID-19 pandemic; online voting began on 26 May and closes midnight on 12 June 2020.

Best Reality Show

• The Apprentice
• I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Best Actor

• Philip Glenister
• Jack O'Connell
• David Tennant
• Benedict Cumberbatch
• Tom Hiddleston
• Cillian Murphy
• Adrian Dunbar

Best Game Show

• Deal or No Deal
• Total Wipeout
• The Cube

Best Talent Show

• Britain's Got Talent
• The Great British Bake Off
• Strictly Come Dancing

Best Comedy Show

• The Inbetweeners
• Gavin & Stacey
• Mrs Brown's Boys
• Benidorm
• Birds of a Feather
• Peter Kay's Car Share
• After Life

Best Soap Actress

• Katherine Kelly
• Michelle Keegan
• Alison King
• Lacey Turner
• Jessie Wallace
• Lindsay Coulson
• Charlotte Bellamy
• Emma Atkins

Best Daytime Show

• Loose Women
• The Jeremy Kyle Show
• This Morning

Best Soap Actor

• Simon Gregson
• Danny Miller
• Shane Richie
• Danny Dyer
• Ryan Hawley

Best Entertainment Show

• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
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• Celebrity Juice
• The Graham Norton Show

Best Soap Newcomer

Actresses

• Lauren Crace
• Paula Lane
• Kirsty-Leigh Porter
• Sally Dexter
• Kara-Leah Fernandes

Actors

• Adam Thomas
• Tony Discipline
• David Witts
• Davood Ghadami
• Shayne Ward
• Ned Porteous

Outstanding Contribution

• Ant & Dec
• Coronation Street
• Emmerdale
• Doctor Who
• EastEnders
• Barbara Windsor
• Mary Berry

Best Soap Storyline

• Danielle and Ronnie's Story in EastEnders
• Aaron's gay self-loathing in Emmerdale
• Hayley Cropper's Cancer, Coronation Street

Best Family Drama

• Waterloo Road
• Doctor Who
• Call the Midwife

Best Soap

• EastEnders
• Coronation Street
• Emmerdale

Best Drama Series

• Ashes to Ashes
• Being Human
• Sherlock
• Doctor Who
• Broadchurch
• Downton Abbey

Best New Drama

• Merlin
• Glee
• Sherlock
• Call the Midwife
• Broadchurch
• Happy Valley
• Poldark
• Doctor Foster
• Little Boy Blue
• Liar
• Bodyguard

Best Actress

• Sheridan Smith
• Sarah Lancashire
• Olivia Colman
• Michelle Keegan
• Jodie Comer

Soap Moment of the Year

• Coronation Street's 50th Anniversary Tram Crash scene
• Emmerdale Live Episode

Best International Show

• The Big Bang Theory
• Game of Thrones

Best Food Show

• Gordon Ramsay's F Word
• Jamie's 30 Minute Meals
• The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation
• Jamie's 15-Minute Meals
• Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking
• Saturday Kitchen
• Sunday Brunch
• Gino's Italian Escape: Hidden Italy
• Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip

Best Factual Entertainment & Lifestyle Show

• Top Gear
• Come Dine with Me
• Supersize vs. Superskinny
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• Educating Yorkshire
• Gogglebox
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• Blue Planet II