TV Choice

TV Choice

Editor-in-Chief	Jon Peake
Categories	TV magazines
Frequency	weekly
Circulation	1,303,011 (ABC Jan – Jun 2014)[1] Print and digital editions.
Publisher	Bauer
Year founded	1999
First issue	August 1999
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website	TVChoiceMagazine.co.uk
ISSN	2044-7337

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.^[2] It features weekly TV broadcast programming listings, running from Saturday to Friday, and goes on sale every Tuesday at a cost of 50p.^[3] A double issue is released to cover the Christmas & New Year period at a higher price.

Overview

Launched in August 1999, the magazine includes features on the most watched UK TV shows, the very popular British soaps, as well as films, puzzles, crosswords, a letters page and prize competitions.

From 29 February 2012, the cover price was increased by 3p from 42p to 45p. On 9 March 2013 the cover price was reduced to 38p and the next week, 16 March 2013, to 20p, to compete with TV Pick, a new rival magazine produced by Northern & Shell.^[4] For the issue dated 13 July 2013 the price returned to 38p, one week after TV Pick raised its price to 39p. In December 2013, the price rose again to 45p and in 2015 rose to 50p.

Circulation

In February 2008, TV Choice became the biggest selling (actively purchased) magazine of all categories in the UK, a position it has held ever since.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.

2009 Winners

• Best Reality Show – The Apprentice
• Best Actor – Philip Glenister
• Best Game Show – Deal or No Deal
• Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
• Best Comedy Show – The Inbetweeners
• Best Soap Actress – Katherine Kelly
• Best Daytime Show – Loose Women
• Best Soap Actor – Simon Gregson
• Best Entertainment Show – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
• Best Soap Newcomer – Lauren Crace
• Outstanding Contribution – Ant & Dec
• Best Soap Storyline – Danielle and Ronnie's Story in EastEnders
• Best Family Drama – Waterloo Road
• Best Soap – EastEnders
• Best Lifestyle Show – Top Gear
• Best Drama Series – Ashes to Ashes
• Best New Drama – Merlin
• Best Actress – Denise Welch

2010 Winners

• Best Reality Show – I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
• Best Family Drama – Doctor Who
• Best Food Show – Gordon Ramsay's F Word
• Best New Drama – Glee
• Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
• Best Daytime Show – Loose Women
• Best Drama Series – Ashes to Ashes
• Best Lifestyle Show – Come Dine with Me
• Best Comedy Show – Gavin & Stacey
• Best Entertainment Show – Alan Carr: Chatty Man
• Best Actress – Denise Welch
• Best Game Show – Total Wipeout
• Best Actor – Jack O'Connell
• Best Soap Newcomer – Adam Thomas
• Outstanding Contribution Award – Coronation Street
• Best Soap Actress – Lacey Turner
• Best Soap Actor – Danny Miller
• Best Soap – EastEnders
• Best Soap Storyline – Aaron's gay self-loathing in Emmerdale

2011 Winners

• Best Reality Show – The Apprentice
• Best Family Drama – Doctor Who
• Best Food Show – Jamie's 30 Minute Meals
• Best New Drama – Sherlock
• Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
• Best Daytime Show – The Jeremy Kyle Show
• Best Drama Series – Being Human
• Best Lifestyle Show – Come Dine with Me
• Best Comedy Show – The Inbetweeners
• Best Entertainment Show – Celebrity Juice
• Best Actress – Karen Gillan^[7]
• Best Game Show – The Cube
• Best Actor – David Tennant
• Best Factual Entertainment Show – Top Gear
• Best Soap Newcomer – Paula Lane
• Best Soap Actress – Jessie Wallace
• Best Soap Actor – Shane Richie
• Best Soap – EastEnders
• Soap Moment of the Year – Coronation Street's 50th Anniversary Tram Crash scene

2012 Winners

• Best Reality Show – I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
• Best Family Drama – Doctor Who
• Best Food Show – The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation
• Best New Drama – Call the Midwife
• Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
• Best Daytime Show – The Jeremy Kyle Show
• Best Drama Series – Sherlock
• Best Lifestyle Show – Supersize vs. Superskinny
• Best Comedy Show – Mrs Brown's Boys
• Best Entertainment Show – Celebrity Juice
• Best Actress – Miranda Hart
• Best Actor – Benedict Cumberbatch
• Best Factual Entertainment Show – Top Gear
• Best Soap Newcomer – Tony Discipline
• Outstanding Contribution Award – Emmerdale
• Best Soap Actress – Michelle Keegan
• Best Soap Actor – Shane Richie
• Best Soap – EastEnders
• Soap Moment of the Year – Emmerdale Live Episode

2013 Winners

• Best Reality Show – I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
• Best International Show – The Big Bang Theory
• Best Food Show – Jamie's 15-Minute Meals
• Best New Drama – Broadchurch
• Best Factual Entertainment & Lifestyle Show – Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
• Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
• Best Daytime Show – The Jeremy Kyle Show
• Best Drama Series – Doctor Who
• Best Comedy Series – Mrs Brown's Boys
• Best Entertainment Show – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
• Best Actress – Miranda Hart
• Best Actor – David Tennant
• Outstanding Contribution to TV – Doctor Who
• Best Soap Newcomer – David Witts
• Best Soap Actress – Michelle Keegan
• Best Soap Actor – Shane Richie
• Best Soap – Coronation Street

2014 Winners

Kirsty-Leigh Porter was named Best Soap Newcomer by TV Choice in 2014.

• Best Soap – EastEnders
• Best New Drama – Happy Valley
• Best Drama Series – Sherlock
• Outstanding Contribution Awards – EastEnders, Ant & Dec
• Best Actor – Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
• Best Actress – Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley
• Best Comedy – Benidorm
• Best Reality Show – I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
• Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
• Best Entertainment Show – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
• Best Factual Entertainment & Lifestyle Show – Educating Yorkshire
• Best Daytime Show – The Jeremy Kyle Show
• Best Food Show – Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking
• Best International Show – Game of Thrones
• Best Soap Actor – Danny Dyer (Mick Carter, EastEnders)
• Best Soap Newcomer – Kirsty-Leigh Porter (Leela Lomax, Hollyoaks)
• Best Soap Actress – Lindsey Coulson (Carol Jackson, EastEnders)
• Best Soap Storyline – Hayley Cropper's Cancer, Coronation Street

2015 Winners

• Best Soap – Eastenders
• Best New Drama – Poldark
• Best Family Drama – Call the Midwife
• Best Drama Series – Broadchurch
• Best Actor – David Tennant, Broadchurch
• Best Actress – Sheridan Smith, Cilla
• Best Comedy – Benidorm
• Best Reality Show – I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
• Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
• Best Entertainment Show – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
• Best Factual Entertainment Show – Gogglebox
• Best Daytime Show – The Jeremy Kyle Show
• Best Food Show – Saturday Kitchen
• Best International Show – The Big Bang Theory
• Best Soap Actor – Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, Emmerdale)
• Best Soap Newcomer – Davood Ghadami (Kush Kazemi, EastEnders)
• Best Soap Actress – Alison King (Carla Connor, Coronation Street)

References

1. "ABC Certificates and Reports: TV Choice". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
2. – TV Choice information Media UK
3. TV Choice Bauer Media
4. Roy Greenslade. "TV listings magazines in price war". the Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
5. Luft, Oliver. "Magazine ABCs: TV Choice tops 100 actively purchased". Press Gazette, 11 February 2010.
6. "TV Choice – Key Facts". H Bauer Publishing.
7. Published Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 5:29pm EDT (13 September 2011). "TV Choice Awards 2011 – The winners – TV News". Digital Spy. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

External links

• TV Choice TV Choice Magazine (Official website)
• TV Choice Bauer UK (facts and ratecard)