1920s 1923-29	1930s 1930-35 1936-39	1940s 1940-49
1950s 1950-52 1953-55 1956-57 1958-59	1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969	1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989	1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999	2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Christmas 1923-50 1951-78 1979-2007

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The Radio Times is the BBC's radio and television listings magazine, first published on 28 September 1923, around ten months after the BBC began broadcasting. From March 1991 it began carrying listings for commercial channels.

The Radio Times produced some wonderful artwork, especially on its cover, over the years. During the 1930s there were many special numbers with illustrated colour covers. The outbreak of war saw the end of them; colour covers were resumed on occasion from 1964, then every week from 1967. Unfortunately the 1988 Armada issue was the end of an era; the Radio Times took a new direction and artwork was no longer an integral part of the magazine. Subsequent covers became much more gaudy with banal coverlines.

Throughout this section, you can hover the pointer over the cover for more information (please note that I do not personally own all of the Radio Times issues featured). Christmas covers are featured separately. Each page contains links to Telly Years which contains a Radio Times listing from one particular day in each featured year, along with commentary on the development of RT itself, and even more covers!

LINK: Old copies of Radio Times can be purchased here