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Sep 13, 2026
Ray RobinsonHOST
Thanks, Geoff.
Ray RobinsonHOST
In the UK, the official weekly journal of the BBC for many decades was the Radio Times.
Ray RobinsonHOST
It was first published in 1923, and although it originally made grudging mention of foreign broadcasts from continental Europe, my recollections of it in the 50s, 60s and 70s were that it always provided weekly listings only of BBC radio and television channels.
Ray RobinsonHOST
Other pre-war competitor magazines provided listings for both the BBC and many overseas stations, as indeed did listings in British daily newspapers.
Ken ReidHOST
And so this week, my very old friend, now doctor, John Shaw, recommended this or suggested this, and I thought it was a great idea.
Ken ReidHOST
He got the Radio TV Times, for those of you not in the UK, the Radio Times actually has TV listings as well.
Ken ReidHOST
It's complicated.
Ken ReidHOST
From this week, 25 years ago, so September 14th, 25 years ago.
Ken ReidHOST
Uh, He fell off the face of the earth.
Ken ReidHOST
I'm pretty sure it's still living.
Ken ReidHOST
We were like, Hey, I'm going to get a radio times from that week that you first moved here and we should do that week.
Ken ReidHOST
So I was like, that's a brilliant idea.
RobHOST
We actually now have quite a lot to discuss.
RobHOST
We have Michelle Ryan's Radio Times interview.
RobHOST
We also have a little article that was released in The Sun.
RobHOST
And I want to sort of talk about the contents of that because not all may be as it seems.
RobHOST
So.
RobHOST
Obviously, this was Michelle Ryan's final week on EastEnders.
RobHOST
And so she gave an interview to the Radio Times.
RobHOST
And it was very interesting because I think she did a little clip on Instagram that said she was like doing a hair or something.
Caroline FrostHOST
[upbeat music] Hello.
Caroline FrostHOST
Welcome to this week's edition of the Radio Times Podcast, where we endeavor to bring you all of the best that is on the box so that you don't have to wade through the chaff that we are paid and deployed to do.
Caroline FrostHOST
I'm Caroline Frost.
Caroline FrostHOST
With me is my esteemed editor, Shem Loewe, of the magazine.
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Shem LawHOST
[laughs]
Caroline FrostHOST
... "Oh, you wonderful man." [laughs]
Shem LawHOST
He came to a covers party once at Radio Times.
Shem LawHOST
He was quite refreshed by the end of it.
Benji CliffordHOST
ever put together in the history you know it's such a it's a classic it's an epic i just found it utterly utterly boring i just could not get on with it i just don't had no interest in it you know i don't i don't really care but when
Nick BriggsHOST
you're that age as well it's very difficult isn't it because like i remember being forced to read the blooming canterbury tales when i was 17 you know all written in middle english you know and we had a tutor who read it out with the allegedly correct accent and we just all used to sit there laughing it was so boring so you see this joke is about uh the hairs in the nose of a pig and you go oh it's yeah i'm absolutely falling on the floor listening to that one mate yeah Talking of jokesters earlier, by the way, did you see Michael Troughton being interviewed on a video for the Radio Times? I did.
Nick BriggsHOST
And he described me as quite a jokester.
Benji CliffordHOST
I think you are quite a jokester.
AnnieHOST
You would like clear your diary for a big programme, knowing it was coming up.
AnnieHOST
You'd have the radio times, you'd be able to see what time things were coming out.
AnnieHOST
So that's the other thing.
AnnieHOST
We all used to find out how things... what was going to be on TV, we had to actually buy a paper to tell us.
TomHOST
But that's the Radio Times.
TomHOST
Yes,
AnnieHOST
and the TV Times.
AnnieHOST
You were sort of rivalry, which one did you choose? We were a Radio Times family.
Peter WaltersHOST
We've reached dictionary corner number 34 in the expert hands of lexicographer Susie Dent.
Peter WaltersHOST
Margaret reads her latest offering from the Radio Times.
MargaretCORRESPONDENT
The earliest record found to date of the word golf is in an Act of Parliament passed by James II in which he attempted to ban the sport in favour of archery.
MargaretCORRESPONDENT
The sport's name is likely to be a legacy of the Vikings and the Old Norse word kulf, meaning a stick or club.
Bob MillsGUEST
"I would like to, you know, my blood vessels to stand out, and I'd like to actually threaten them to come and meet me and bring their mothers and bring their dinners 'cause I..." [laughs]
Josh WiddicombeHOST
[laughs] Did you, do you remember it coming... 'Cause if, if I was a fan of Leyton Orient and suddenly I'd been reading the Radio Times and it said an hour-long documentary about Leyton Orient, I bet you couldn't believe your luck, could you? Do you remember it coming out or?
Bob MillsGUEST
Well, I remember, I think, I think it sort of leaked out first.
Bob MillsGUEST
I think that we knew there, there was gonna be a, a documentary.
Tyler AdamsHOST
Mm
Ben BakerGUEST
... um, comes from the, the, there was a, there's a book called Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy by Mark Lewisohn.
Tyler AdamsHOST
Of course there is.
Tyler AdamsHOST
I, I, I have it.
Samira AhmedHOST
Well, I should say we've had lots of people get in touch to say how much they've loved it, but we've picked out a few.
Samira AhmedHOST
Radio Times's very own David Brown contacted us on Blue Sky.
Samira AhmedHOST
He said, "I can but hope to have that recall and eloquence should I reach Joy Whitby's age.
Samira AhmedHOST
It's so important to recognize the achievements of such TV pioneers, so thanks to the two of you for doing just that.
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