Radio Times

Radio Times magazine is the UK's number one quality entertainment guide, helping readers to find the best TV, radio, streaming content, podcasts, and films, each week. With unparalleled access to the biggest names in entertainment, combined with journalism from the best writers in broadcasting, incisive criticism, exclusive features, and original photo shoots, the magazine makes headlines every week. The comprehensive, easy-to-use listings cover over 100 channels. And the daily recommendations written by Radio Times’ TV experts help uncover the best things to watch and listen to on the small screen, including streaming services such as; BBC iPlayer, ITVX, All4, Apple +, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+ , Britbox, Acorn and many more. If you enjoy radio, you will also find full national radio listings including Scotland, Wales, N Ireland and local English radio plus podcasts. Plus, a puzzles section, the unique letters pages, latest books reviews, travel guides and money advice. It not only makes Radio Times an indispensable weekly read but the absolute must guide to home entertainment.

From the Editor

THIS WEEK • THE 10 BEST SHOWS TO WATCH, LISTEN TO & STREAM

A BRUSH WITH GREATNESS

PAUL GIAMATTI • From Trek fan to Trek star, the acclaimed actor of indie projects is living the dream as an alien pirate

to be a viral TV lawyer

WHY ARE GIRLS STILL AT RISK? • Victorian crimes against women have unsettling parallels with the present, says Lucy Worsley

1 ‘SHE’S A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH…’ • From Billy Elliot and Tracy Beaker to Baftas and Agatha Christie, bundle of energy Mia McKenna-Bruce is taking the lead

New dramas

17 TRUE TO HER CALLING • Judy Parfitt always wanted to play a nun. Now, as Call the Midwife is put on hold after 15 years, she’s finding it a hard habit to break

22 INDUSTRY • Monday 10.40pm BBC One (11.10pm Northern Ireland)

‘SEX? IT’S ON THE TABLE FOR EVER’ • Dawn French and Mark Heap team up for a sitcom that deals with Parkinson’s disease, insurance fraud and intimacy in later life…

‘You have to move forward’ • The death of Dave Myers called time on the Hairy Bikers. Now Si King is looking to the future – but this time he’s travelling by train

BOWIE: A TRUE ONE-OFF • Ten years after we lost one of our greatest cultural figures, his remarkable legacy endures

THE PRICE OF PERFECTION • Sporadic snooker genius Ronnie O’Sullivan is an all-time great, but the sport has taken its toll, says Simon Barnes

SATURDAY 10—FRIDAY 16 JANUARY 2026 • Sport editor Michael Potts on the best of the week’s action on TV and radio

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SMALL BUT MIGHTY • As country legend Dolly Parton turns 80, a host of stars line up to pay tribute to her unique talent

A MATTER OF TASTE • Alan Carr and Lee Peart want to broaden our knowledge of wine

Streams of Conscıousness • I’m all for quiet and unsensational delights

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