Issue Week 49 - 2016 (2024)

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IN THIS ISSUEFrom the editorThe annual British Society of Magazine Editors awards night was certainly memorable. As Private Eye’s Ian Hislop accepted the lifetime achievement award, the fire alarm went off. Everyone was forced to troop outside into the chill of Piccadilly where editors of some of Britain’s most glamorous magazines were handed shimmering silver survival blankets as if they’d run the London Marathon. It was 40 minutes before we were allowed back. But it was worth the wait. After being nominated for more awards than any other magazine, Radio Times won two prizes. Most important, we picked up Campaign of the Year for our successful fight on behalf of readers whose views on the future of the BBC were ignored by the Culture Department. Together, readers and RT forced the then Secretary of…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEFrom the editorThe annual British Society of Magazine Editors awards night was certainly memorable. As Private Eye’s Ian Hislop accepted the lifetime achievement award, the fire alarm went off. Everyone was forced to troop outside into the chill of Piccadilly where editors of some of Britain’s most glamorous magazines were handed shimmering silver survival blankets as if they’d run the London Marathon.It was 40 minutes before we were allowed back. But it was worth the wait. After being nominated for more awards than any other magazine, Radio Times won two prizes. Most important, we picked up Campaign of the Year for our successful fight on behalf of readers whose views on the future of the BBC were ignored by the Culture Department. Together, readers and RT forced the then Secretary of State…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEThis week…WHAT I’M WATCHING…KIRSTIE ALLSOPP‘I’m addicted to The Crown and absolutely love Planet Earth II,’ says the TV presenter, who on page 20 shows how to make Christmas crackers. ‘I never miss Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild or Newsnight, and I’m looking forward to watching The Grand Tour with my boys.’JOHN PILGER‘BBC4 on a Friday, very cold beer in hand, is the way I end the week,” says the documentarymaker who on page 34 writes about the USA’s military buildup in the Pacific. “Friday is themed music night and I’ve sung along to hours of archive nostalgia, from Chuck Berry to Janis Joplin. And I watch any programme on dogs. Or elephants. Anything but the news.’DOCTOR WHO COMPETITIONOne reader can win this original piece of artwork, drawn on a…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEThis week…WHAT I’M WATCHING… KIRSTIE ALLSOPP ‘I’m addicted to The Crown and absolutely love Planet Earth II,’ says the TV presenter, who on page 20 shows how to make Christmas crackers. ‘I never miss Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild or Newsnight, and I’m looking forward to watching The Grand Tour with my boys.’ JOHN PILGER ‘BBC4 on a Friday, very cold beer in hand, is the way I end the week,” says the documentarymaker who on page 34 writes about the USA’s military buildup in the Pacific. “Friday is themed music night and I’ve sung along to hours of archive nostalgia, from Chuck Berry to Janis Joplin. And I watch any programme on dogs. Or elephants. Anything but the news.’ DOCTOR WHO COMPETITION One reader can win this original…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEWHAT GETS US TALKING…A DOG’S LIFEGreat actors can play a range of roles, but no one can match Tori, a ten-year-old cavalier King Charles spaniel. Tori recently played the Queen’s beloved Dash in the ITV drama Victoria (above) and met a grisly end in the BBC drama NW. She once sniffed out the murder weapon in an episode of Midsomer Murders, you can spot her among the crowds in Keira Knightley’s film The duch*ess, she has acted alongside Matthew Perry in The Dog Thrower, played Miss Havisham’s Jip in Dickensian and will soon play Flossie, one of the Brontë sisters’ dogs, in upcoming BBC biopic To Walk Invisible. Tori for a Bafta, I say!CIVILISATION — THE WAIT GOES ONIn March 2014, BBC director-general Tony Hall announced a remake of Kenneth Clark’s 1969 series…2 min

IN THIS ISSUEWHAT GETS US TALKING…A DOG’S LIFE Great actors can play a range of roles, but no one can match Tori, a ten-year-old cavalier King Charles spaniel. Tori recently played the Queen’s beloved Dash in the ITV drama Victoria (above) and met a grisly end in the BBC drama NW. She once sniffed out the murder weapon in an episode of Midsomer Murders, you can spot her among the crowds in Keira Knightley’s film The duch*ess, she has acted alongside Matthew Perry in The Dog Thrower, played Miss Havisham’s Jip in Dickensian and will soon play Flossie, one of the Brontë sisters’ dogs, in upcoming BBC biopic To Walk Invisible. Tori for a Bafta, I say! CIVILISATION — THE WAIT GOES ON In March 2014, BBC director-general Tony Hall announced a remake of Kenneth…2 min

Issue Week 49 - 2016 (2024)

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