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{{short description|British television listings magazine devoted to soaps, celebrities and features}}
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| image_caption = ''TV Times'' logo from 1999 to 2016
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| frequency = Weekly
| circulation= 197,153 (ABC Jan
| circulation_year=
| category = [[:Category:Listings magazines|TV listings magazine]]
| company = {{plainlist|
* Associated Rediffusion (1955–1959)
* TV Publications Ltd (1959–1968)
* Independent Television Publications (1968–1989)
* [[TI Media]] (formerly IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) (1989–2020)
* [[Future plc]] (2020–present)
}}
| firstdate = 22 September 1955
| country =
| based = [[London
| language = [[British English]]
| website =
| issn = 0962-1660
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'''''TV Times''''' is a British [[Television in the United Kingdom|television]] listings magazine. From 1955 until 1991, it was the only source of seven-day listings for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and, from 1982, [[Channel 4]] (as well as [[S4C]] in Wales in an enclosed local supplement titled ''[[TVTimes#Sbec|Sbec]]''). The magazine did not circulate nationally until 1968 as some (usually smaller) regional stations opted to produce their own listings publications. Until the market was [[Deregulation|deregulated]], its nearest rival was ''[[Radio Times]]'' – owned then by the [[BBC]] and at the time the only source of weekly [[List of BBC television channels and radio stations|BBC television and radio]] schedules. However the two magazines were very different in character, and viewers wanting the full listings for the coming week were required to purchase both publications. The ''TV Times'' branding was also used for several broadcast spin-offs on ITV, including the ''Miss TV Times'' and ''The TV Times Awards'' during the 1970s and 1980s.
Previously published by Independent Television Publications, owned by the participating ITV companies, the magazine was acquired by [[TI Media|IPC Media]] in 1989, which became Time Inc. UK in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Devitt | first = Maureen | title = Scottish Television profit 21% brighter | work = Herald Scotland | access-date = 2014-08-23 | url = http://www.heraldscotland.com/archive/headline.html }}</ref> It was acquired by [[Future plc]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/future_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=967&newsid=1341444|title=Proposed Acquisition of TI Media for £140 million|date=30 October 2019|website=otp.investis.com|access-date=31 October 2019|archive-date=11 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711103951/http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/future_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=967&newsid=1341444|url-status=live}}</ref>
==History and profile==
''TV Times'' was launched on 22 September 1955, with the start of transmissions of the first [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] station, [[Associated-Rediffusion]]. Initially, the magazine was published only in the [[London]] area, carrying listings for Associated-Rediffusion (Rediffusion, London from 1964) on weekdays and [[Associated Television|ATV]] at weekends, but regional editions began to appear covering those [[List of ITV regions|ITV regional companies]] which did not opt to establish their own listings magazines. ''TV Times'' became a national magazine (except for the Channel Islands) from 21 September 1968.
During the late 1950s until the early 1980s, ''TV Times'' suffered frequent printing disputes that often meant emergency or special combined editions.
The magazine was branded as ''TV Times Magazine'' from 3 October 1981 until 6 October 1984, the premise being it contained more than simply television listings. From November 1982 onwards, it carried listings for [[Channel 4]] and its [[Welsh language|Welsh]] equivalent, [[S4C]]. On 7 October 1989, the programme schedule pages were printed in [[color|full colour]] for the first time. When the television listings were [[Deregulation|deregulated]] on 1 March 1991, ''TV Times'' began carrying listings for the [[BBC]]'s television channels which, up to that point, had only been printed in the BBC's official listings magazine, ''[[Radio Times]]''.<ref name=duopoly>{{cite news |title=The TV-Listings Market: The Duopoly Strikes Back |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |page=53 |date=2 February 1991}}</ref> On 11 February 2006, the magazine was refreshed for a more modern look including the double-page highlights of programmes on all channels as well as [[Radio in the United Kingdom|radio]] and kids' television listings were scrapped, increasing the publication's emphasis on big-star interviews and soaps.
On 15 March 2022, the television listings were given a refreshed layout which is similar to ''[[Radio Times]]'', ''[[TV & Satellite Week]]'' and ''[[What's on TV]]''. The changes included a return of radio schedules to the magazine after a 16-year absence.
===''TV Times'' Awards===
The awards were held annually to celebrate best in British television as nominations and winners are entirely chosen by its readers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 October 2022 |title=TV TIMES Awards 2022 |url=https://www.birminghamworld.uk/news/tv-times-award-my-mame-is-leon-cole-martin-birmingham-3876466 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014141707/https://www.birminghamworld.uk/news/tv-times-award-my-mame-is-leon-cole-martin-birmingham-3876466 |archive-date=14 October 2022 |work=Birminghamworld}}</ref>
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| ''TV Times''
| {{
* [[Associated-Rediffusion]]{{•}}
* [[
* [[Southern Television]]
* [[ITV Anglia|Anglia Television]]
* [[ITV Border|Border Television]]
* [[
* Scottish Television {{small|(from September 1965)}}
*
* [[
* [[
}}
|-
| ''TV Guide''
| [[Scottish Television]]
|-
| ''Television Weekly''
| {{
* [[Television Wales and the West|TWW]]
*
* [[Independent Television Service for Wales and the West|ITSWW]]
* [[ITV Wales & West|Harlech Television]]
}}
|-
| {{
* ''Wales TV''
* ''Teledu Cymru''
}}
| [[Wales West and North Television]]
|-
| ''TV World''
| {{
* [[Associated Television|ATV Midlands]]{{•}}
* ATV {{small|(from 29 July 1968)}}
}}
|-
| ''The Viewer''
| {{
* [[ITV Tyne Tees|Tyne Tees Television]]
*
}}
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| [[ITV Channel Television|Channel Television]]
|}
On 1 March 1991, ''TV Times'' published [[BBC One|BBC1]] and [[BBC Two|BBC2]] programme listings for the first time, which also mirrored the 11 regional editions generally referred to by the ITV company's name, rather than geographical area:
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Region
! [[BBC Television|BBC TV]]
! ITV
|-
| [[
| [[BBC South East]]
| {{plainlist|
* [[Thames Television|Thames]]{{•}} [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] {{small|(until 31 December 1992)}}
* [[Carlton Television|Carlton]]{{•}} LWT {{small|(from 1 January 1993)}}
}}
|-
| [[
| [[
| [[ITV Anglia|Anglia Television]]
|-
| [[
| {{plainlist|
* [[BBC West Midlands]]
* [[BBC East Midlands]]
}}
| [[ITV Central|Central Television]]
|-
| [[Southern England|South]]/[[South East England]]<br />{{small|(includes [[Channel Islands]] from 26 October 1991)}}
| {{plainlist|
* [[BBC South]]
* BBC South East
}}
| {{plainlist|
* [[Television South|TVS]]{{•}} [[ITV Channel Television|Channel TV]] {{small|(until 31 December 1992)}}
* [[ITV Meridian|Meridian]]{{•}} Channel TV {{small|(from 1 January 1993)}}
}}
|-
| [[South West England]]
| [[BBC South West]]
| {{plainlist|
* [[Television South West|TSW]] {{small|(until 31 December 1992)}}
* [[ITV Westcountry|Westcountry]] {{small|(from 1 January 1993)}}
}}
|-
| [[Wales]]/[[West of England]] {{small|(with [[S4C]])}}
| {{plainlist|
* [[BBC Cymru Wales|BBC Wales]]
* [[BBC West]]
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| [[ITV Wales & West|HTV]]
|-
| [[North West England]]
| [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]]
|-
| [[Yorkshire]]/[[Lincolnshire]]
| [[BBC North#BBC region 1968–2004|BBC North]]
| [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]]
|-
| [[North East England]]<br />{{small|(includes [[Anglo-Scottish border|English-Scottish border]])}}
| [[BBC North East and Cumbria|BBC North East]]
| {{plainlist|
* [[ITV Tyne Tees|Tyne Tees Television]]
* [[
}}
|-
| [[Central Belt|Central]]/[[Northern Scotland]]
| [[BBC Scotland]]
| {{plainlist|
* [[Scottish Television]]
* [[Grampian Television]]
}}
|-
| [[Northern Ireland]]<br />{{small|(with [[RTÉ One|RTÉ1]] and [[RTÉ2|Network 2]])}}
| [[BBC Northern Ireland]]
| [[UTV (TV channel)|Ulster Television]]
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Region
! Channels
|-
| [[England]]
| All 13 [[BBC English Regions|BBC]] and 10 [[
|-
| [[Wales]]
| {{flatlist|
* [[BBC Cymru Wales|BBC Wales]]
* [[ITV Cymru Wales|ITV Wales]]
* [[S4C]]
}}
|-
| [[Scotland]]
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* [[STV (TV channel)|STV]]
* [[ITV Border]]
}}
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* [[RTÉ One|RTÉ1]]
* [[RTÉ2]]
* TV3 {{small|(later [[Virgin Media One]]
}}
|}
From 1956 to 1964, the [[Midlands]] originally had their own edition of ''TV Times'' listing [[Associated Television|ATV]] and [[ABC Weekend TV|ABC]] programmes. A separate listings magazine called ''TV World'' was published from 27 September 1964, with the innovative idea of splitting itself 50:50 with a second cover in the middle allowing for the magazine to be folded over to create both a weekend and a weekday section from one publication. ''TV Times'' went national (except for the Channel Islands) from 21 September 1968.
[[
[[S4C]] launched its own pull-out weekly listings supplement magazine ''Sbec'' on 1 November 1982, distributed free with the [[Wales]] edition of ''TV Times''. It contained full details of schedules in both [[Welsh language|Welsh]] and [[English language|English]]. [[Channel 4]]'s programmes were also included.
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==External links==
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* [http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/tvtip TV Times Index Project (TVTip) – Database of TV Times listings 1955 – 1985]
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