Issue Week 19 - 2017 (2024)

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IN THIS ISSUEFarewell from the editorIn my first week as editor of Radio Times a letter arrived from a reader bemoaning my appointment. It wasn’t personal, the reader explained politely. It was just that I was yet another new editor who would want to make my mark with yet more pointless changes to “a magazine I love just as it is”. In her way, this plain-speaking reader struck home. Radio Times stands apart from other magazines precisely because our relationship with readers is so deep and enduring. Many of you have been reading us far longer than any RT editor (although as only the 17th editor in 94 years I’m hardly a fly-by-night). But this special relationship with readers is why Radio Times is in such rude health today. We have many more readers, in…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEFarewell from the editorIn my first week as editor of Radio Times a letter arrived from a reader bemoaning my appointment. It wasn’t personal, the reader explained politely. It was just that I was yet another new editor who would want to make my mark with yet more pointless changes to “a magazine I love just as it is”.In her way, this plain-speaking reader struck home. Radio Times stands apart from other magazines precisely because our relationship with readers is so deep and enduring. Many of you have been reading us far longer than any RT editor (although as only the 17th editor in 94 years I’m hardly a fly-by-night).But this special relationship with readers is why Radio Times is in such rude health today. We have many more readers, in print and…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEThis week…WHAT I’M WATCHING… MICHAEL MOSLEY ‘Like a large proportion of the country I have been totally gripped by Line of Duty,” says the TV doctor who offers advice on how to get a good night’s sleep on page 18. “The plot twists and turns have been brilliantly scripted and superbly executed by the cast. It’s the most addictive thing I’ve seen so far this year.’ JAMES NAUGHTIE ‘I’m watching Gardeners’ World because it’s that time of year and Monty Don is a hero,” says our guest columnist. “And I’ll be bingeing on the French presidential election in all its forms, of course!’ WHO SAID THIS? RT’S QUOTE OF THE WEEK Quantum physics validated my instinctual belief that life is actually much more magical or complex than classical Newtonian physics has…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEThis week…WHAT I’M WATCHING…MICHAEL MOSLEY‘Like a large proportion of the country I have been totally gripped by Line of Duty,” says the TV doctor who offers advice on how to get a good night’s sleep on page 18. “The plot twists and turns have been brilliantly scripted and superbly executed by the cast. It’s the most addictive thing I’ve seen so far this year.’JAMES NAUGHTIE‘I’m watching Gardeners’ World because it’s that time of year and Monty Don is a hero,” says our guest columnist. “And I’ll be bingeing on the French presidential election in all its forms, of course!’WHO SAID THIS?RT’S QUOTE OF THE WEEKQuantum physics validated my instinctual belief that life is actually much more magical or complex than classical Newtonian physics has taught us.WAS IT?A Broadcaster James NaughtieB Actor…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEThis week…FOOD FIGHT The Great British Bake Off starts in its new home on Channel 4 (below) later this year and the BBC is lining up some culinary competition. BBC1 is piloting a show called My Mum Cooks Better Than Yours, in which mothers direct their children to cook recipes against the clock. And this autumn BBC2 has The Big Family Cooking Showdown, presented by Nadiya Hussain and Zoë Ball (alongside chefs Giorgio Locatelli and Rosemary Shrager), which will see 16 families competing to show off their best family recipe. It may sound like a recipe to spoil Channel 4’s version of Bake Off, but BBC2 controller Patrick Holland tells RT that food has always been a TV staple and that his show was commissioned in the summer, before the Beeb…2 min

IN THIS ISSUEThis week…FOOD FIGHTThe Great British Bake Off starts in its new home on Channel 4 (below) later this year and the BBC is lining up some culinary competition. BBC1 is piloting a show called My Mum Cooks Better Than Yours, in which mothers direct their children to cook recipes against the clock. And this autumn BBC2 has The Big Family Cooking Showdown, presented by Nadiya Hussain and Zoë Ball (alongside chefs Giorgio Locatelli and Rosemary Shrager), which will see 16 families competing to show off their best family recipe. It may sound like a recipe to spoil Channel 4’s version of Bake Off, but BBC2 controller Patrick Holland tells RT that food has always been a TV staple and that his show was commissioned in the summer, before the Beeb lost…2 min

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