TVTimes: Difference between revisions

| category = [[:Category:Listings magazines|TV listings magazine]]

| company = {{plainlist|

* [[TI Media]] (formerly IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) (1989–2020)

* [[Future plc]] (2020–present)

| based = [[London]]

| language = [[British English]]

| issn = 0962-1660

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''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.

 

 

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.

 

==Regional editions==

* [[Associated-Rediffusion]]{{•}} [[Associated Television|ATV London]] {{small|(until 1968)}}

* [[ABC Weekend TV|ABC North]]{{•}} [[ITV Granada|Granada]] {{small|(until 1968)}}

* [[Thames Television|Thames]]{{•}} [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] {{small|(from 30 July 1968)}}

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| ''TV Guide''

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| ''Television Weekly''

* TWW{{•}} Teledu Cymru {{small|(1964–1968)}}

* [[Independent Television Service for Wales and the West|ITSWW]] {{small|(4 March – 19 May 1968)}}

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| [[Wales West and North Television]] {{small|(14 September 1962 – 26 January 1964)}}

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* ATV {{small|(from 29 July 1968)}}

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| ''The Viewer''

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| [[ITV Channel Television|Channel Television]]

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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:

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| [[BBC South East]]

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* [[Television South|TVS]]{{•}} [[ITV Channel Television|Channel TV]] {{small|(until 31 December 1992)}}

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| [[BBC South West]]

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* [[ITV Westcountry|Westcountry]] {{small|(from 1 January 1993)}}

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! Channels

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| [[England]]

| All 13 [[BBC English Regions|BBC]] and 10 [[List of ITV regions|ITV]] regions in England, the [[Isle of Man]] and the [[Channel Islands]]

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| [[Scotland]]

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* [[BBC Scotland]]

* [[ITV Border]]

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* [[RTÉ One|RTÉ1]]

* [[RTÉ2]]

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===''Sbec''===

[[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.

 

==See also==

 

==External links==

* [http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/tvtip TV Times Index Project (TVTip) – Database of TV Times listings 1955 – 1985]

 

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