Originally Posted by Mr Sirs:
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Bought Radio Times & TV Times years ago when you had to for the BBC channels and ITV. When both mags were allowed to carry complete listings our family ditched TV Times for the Radio Times which we bought for many years.
Gradually though the price crept up and when What's On TV launched we moved over to that. Since now married myself I buy this every week too - we "only" have Freeview, so for that it's an excellent little magazine - good, clear layout, great value...
In the last year I managed to get 6 issues of RT for £1 - incl. the Christmas issue - thoroughly enjoyed it and it's a good quality read, but at £1.80 a copy (slightly less if subscribing) I couldn't justify the extra cost per week.”
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Bought Radio Times & TV Times years ago when you had to for the BBC channels and ITV. When both mags were allowed to carry complete listings our family ditched TV Times for the Radio Times which we bought for many years.
Gradually though the price crept up and when What's On TV launched we moved over to that. Since now married myself I buy this every week too - we "only" have Freeview, so for that it's an excellent little magazine - good, clear layout, great value...
In the last year I managed to get 6 issues of RT for £1 - incl. the Christmas issue - thoroughly enjoyed it and it's a good quality read, but at £1.80 a copy (slightly less if subscribing) I couldn't justify the extra cost per week.”
Ben Preston doesn't care about his readers either. If you complain about the price and tell him you will not be buying it again, he just says "Oh well never mind." It needs to go down to £1.50 and then only increase by 5p per year like it used to.



