TV Choice
Launched on 14 September 1999, the magazine includes features on UK TV shows, including the British soap operas, and films, as well as puzzles, crosswords, a letters page and prize competitions. The following prices have been effective. A special Christmas & New Year double-issue was originally priced at £1, double the normal price. As of December 2021, the seasonal issue is priced at £1.50, twice the price of the regular 72p weekly issues. It was revealed in March 2021 that the 2021 seasonal issues would have two separate magazines - the Christmas one released on 7 December and the New Year one on 28 December. In late-February 2022, it was announced that "TV Choice" would release its first ever podcast entitled "My TV Years", with television presenter and radio DJ Mel Giedroyc hosting. The podcast will run for eight weeks, on a Wednesday, with the first airing 23 February 2022, and the final episode on 13 April 2022. 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. 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. "TV Choice" also has its own annual awards ceremony, the "TV Choice Awards" originally called the "TV Quick Award", awarded on the basis of a public vote by readers of "TV Choice". The following categories and winners are shown from the 2009 awards to the present day.
Overview
A double issue is released to cover the Christmas & New Year period at a higher price.