Radio Times
The ultimate guide to TV and radio in the digital age.
So much choice…. So little time. What to watch? What to listen to? What to download?
Enter Radio Times.
Readers love it because it's packed with all their favourite stations and channels - nearly 90 - yet is always easy to use.
They love it because it's intelligent and authoritative, yet also entertaining and full of genuinely exclusive photos, features and interviews with the biggest names in the business.
And they trust our judgement: we do all the hard selection work; they can just sit back and enjoy the very best that TV and radio has to offer. After all, life's complicated enough. We like to make it that little bit easier.
| Key facts | |
|---|---|
| Cover price | £1.05 |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| ABC | 1,009,028 |
| Readership | 2.7 million |
| The third largest selling magazine in the UK | |
| Large AB readership of 43% | |
| PPA award-winning Editor - Gill Hudson | |
| Over the Christmas period, Radio Times is the largest selling magazine in the UK reaching 1 in 4 adults. | |
| Rate card | |
|---|---|
| DISPLAY | RATE |
| Whole page | £20,350.00 |
| 1/2 page | £11,130.00 |
| 1/3 page | £8,400.00 |
| ROM | £18,500.00 |
| DPS | £37,000.00 |
| Inside front cover | £24,250.00 |
| Outside back cover | £28,500.00 |
| Inside back cover | £23,000.00 |
| ADVERTORIAL | |
| Full page | £23,100 |
| DPS | £40,000 |
| TV listings strips | £4,000 |
| INSERTS | |
| Standard loose 2-8 pages | £30 (cost per thousand) |
| Standard loose 8-24 pages | £32 (cost per thousand) |
| Standard loose 24-32 pages | £33 (cost per thousand) |
| Standard loose 32-48 pages | £35 (cost per thousand) |
| Bound-in single card (Newstand) 4-8 pages Minimum booking of £1m | £31 (cost per thousand) |
| Bound-in single card 8-24 pages | £33 (cost per thousand) |
| Tip-on single card (Newstand & Subs) | £19 (cost per thousand) |
| Post-it (Newstand & Subs) | £30 (cost per thousand) |
| Bags branding | £130 (cost per thousand) |
| LIFESTYLE CLASSIFIED | |
| 1/40th Colour | £485 |
| 1/40th Mono | £395 |
| 1/4 page colour | £4,430 |
| 1/4 page mono | £3,560 |
| Half page colour | £8,580 |
| Half page mono | £6,955 |
| Full page colour | £16,565 |
| Full page mono | £13,455 |
| TRAVEL SUPPLEMENTS CLASSIFIED | |
| 1/40th Colour | £530 |
| 1/40th Mono | £435 |
| 1/4 page colour | £4,880 |
| 1/4 page mono | £3,980 |
| Half Page Colour | £9,775 |
| Half page mono | £7,765 |
| Full page colour | £18,300 |
| Full page mono | £15,000 |
| Copy deadlines | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ON SALE | DISPLAY DEADLINES | INSERT DELIVERY | CLASSIFIED DELIVERY |
| Every Tuesday | 18 days prior to on sale date | 6 days prior to on sale date | 18 days prior to on sale date |
| Issues in November, December and January (including the Christmas issue) may be on sale earlier – please ensure you contact the team for accurate details | |||
| Christmas | |||
| Issues in November, December and January (including the Christmas issue) may require earlier copy and inserts delivery – please ensure you contact the team for accurate details | |||
| Key facts | |
|---|---|
| Cover price | £1.05 |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| ABC | 1,009,028 |
| Readership | 2.7 million |
| The third largest selling magazine in the UK | |
| Large AB readership of 43% | |
| PPA award-winning Editor - Gill Hudson | |
| Over the Christmas period, Radio Times is the largest selling magazine in the UK reaching 1 in 4 adults. | |
| Rate card | |
|---|---|
| DISPLAY | RATE |
| Whole page | £20,350.00 |
| 1/2 page | £11,130.00 |
| 1/3 page | £8,400.00 |
| ROM | £18,500.00 |
| DPS | £37,000.00 |
| Inside front cover | £24,250.00 |
| Outside back cover | £28,500.00 |
| Inside back cover | £23,000.00 |
| ADVERTORIAL | |
| Full page | £23,100 |
| DPS | £40,000 |
| TV listings strips | £4,000 |
| INSERTS | |
| Standard loose 2-8 pages | £30 (cost per thousand) |
| Standard loose 8-24 pages | £32 (cost per thousand) |
| Standard loose 24-32 pages | £33 (cost per thousand) |
| Standard loose 32-48 pages | £35 (cost per thousand) |
| Bound-in single card (Newstand) 4-8 pages Minimum booking of £1m | £31 (cost per thousand) |
| Bound-in single card 8-24 pages | £33 (cost per thousand) |
| Tip-on single card (Newstand & Subs) | £19 (cost per thousand) |
| Post-it (Newstand & Subs) | £30 (cost per thousand) |
| Bags branding | £130 (cost per thousand) |
| LIFESTYLE CLASSIFIED | |
| 1/40th Colour | £485 |
| 1/40th Mono | £395 |
| 1/4 page colour | £4,430 |
| 1/4 page mono | £3,560 |
| Half page colour | £8,580 |
| Half page mono | £6,955 |
| Full page colour | £16,565 |
| Full page mono | £13,455 |
| TRAVEL SUPPLEMENTS CLASSIFIED | |
| 1/40th Colour | £530 |
| 1/40th Mono | £435 |
| 1/4 page colour | £4,880 |
| 1/4 page mono | £3,980 |
| Half Page Colour | £9,775 |
| Half page mono | £7,765 |
| Full page colour | £18,300 |
| Full page mono | £15,000 |
| Copy deadlines | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ON SALE | DISPLAY DEADLINES | INSERT DELIVERY | CLASSIFIED DELIVERY |
| Every Tuesday | 18 days prior to on sale date | 6 days prior to on sale date | 18 days prior to on sale date |
| Issues in November, December and January (including the Christmas issue) may be on sale earlier – please ensure you contact the team for accurate details | |||
| Christmas | |||
| Issues in November, December and January (including the Christmas issue) may require earlier copy and inserts delivery – please ensure you contact the team for accurate details | |||
Downloads
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- Magazine cover
- (jpg) 90Kb
- Magazine logo
- (gif) 9Kb
- Ad specifications
- (pdf) 39Kb
- Insert specifications
- (pdf) 26Kb
Key contacts
- Ad director
- Andrew Mercer
- 020 8433 3818
- Ad manager
- Paul Kombou
- 020 8433 3165
- Brand solutions
- Rhiannon Drewett
- 020 8433 3503
- Inserts manager
- Simon Buckenham
- 020 8433 1565
- Classified group head
- Louise Baker
- 020 8433 3645
- Northern senior sales rep
- David Downs
- 0161 244 4614
