TV Choice is a British weekly TV listings magazine published by H. Bauer Publishing, the UK subsidiary of family-run German company Bauer Media Group. It features weekly TV broadcast programming listings, running from Saturday to Friday, and goes on sale every Tuesday. A double issue is released to cover the Christmas & New Year period at a higher price.
Launched in August 1999, the magazine includes features on the most watched UK TV shows, the very popular British soaps, as well as films, puzzles, crosswords, a letters page and prize competitions.
From 29 February 2012, the cover price was increased by 3p from 42p to 45p. On 9 March 2013 the cover price was reduced to 38p and the next week, 16 March 2013, to 20p, to compete with TV Pick, a new rival magazine produced by Northern & Shell. For the issue dated 13 July 2013 the price returned to 38p, one week after TV Pick raised its price to 39p. In December 2013, the price rose again to 45p, in 2015 it rose to 50p and 2016 again to 52p. In January 2017, the price rose to 55p, the highest price to date.
The bumper Christmas & New Year issue is priced at £1 – in conjunction with rivals TV Guide and TV Times, and is occasionally split in two separate periods; the Christmas issue is ranged from mid- to late-December, whilst the New Year issue is ranged from the end of December to early-January. On other times the issue is ranged from late-December to early-January.
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, awarded on the basis of a public vote by readers of TV Choice.
Best Reality Show – The Apprentice
Best Actor – Philip Glenister
Best Game Show – Deal or No Deal
Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
Best Comedy Show – The Inbetweeners
Best Soap Actress – Katherine Kelly
Best Daytime Show – Loose Women
Best Soap Actor – Simon Gregson
Best Entertainment Show – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Best Soap Newcomer – Lauren Crace
Outstanding Contribution – Ant & Dec
Best Soap Storyline – Danielle and Ronnie's Story in EastEnders
Best Family Drama – Waterloo Road
Best Soap – EastEnders
Best Lifestyle Show – Top Gear
Best Drama Series – Ashes to Ashes
Best New Drama – Merlin
Best Actress – Denise Welch
Best Reality Show – I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Best Family Drama – Doctor Who
Best Food Show – Gordon Ramsay's F Word
Best New Drama – Glee
Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
Best Daytime Show – Loose Women
Best Drama Series – Ashes to Ashes
Best Lifestyle Show – Come Dine with Me
Best Comedy Show – Gavin & Stacey
Best Entertainment Show – Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Best Actress – Denise Welch
Best Game Show – Total Wipeout
Best Actor – Jack O'Connell
Best Soap Newcomer – Adam Thomas
Outstanding Contribution Award – Coronation Street
Best Soap Actress – Lacey Turner
Best Soap Actor – Danny Miller
Best Soap – EastEnders
Best Soap Storyline – Aaron's gay self-loathing in Emmerdale
Best Reality Show – The Apprentice
Best Family Drama – Doctor Who
Best Food Show – Jamie's 30 Minute Meals
Best New Drama – Sherlock
Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
Best Daytime Show – The Jeremy Kyle Show
Best Drama Series – Being Human
Best Lifestyle Show – Come Dine with Me
Best Comedy Show – The Inbetweeners
Best Entertainment Show – Celebrity Juice
Best Actress – Karen Gillan
Best Game Show – The Cube
Best Actor – David Tennant
Best Factual Entertainment Show – Top Gear
Best Soap Newcomer – Paula Lane
Best Soap Actress – Jessie Wallace
Best Soap Actor – Shane Richie
Best Soap – EastEnders
Soap Moment of the Year – Coronation Street's 50th Anniversary Tram Crash scene
Best Reality Show – I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Best Family Drama – Doctor Who
Best Food Show – The Hairy Bikers' Bakeation
Best New Drama – Call the Midwife
Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
Best Daytime Show – The Jeremy Kyle Show
Best Drama Series – Sherlock
Best Lifestyle Show – Supersize vs. Superskinny
Best Comedy Show – Mrs Brown's Boys
Best Entertainment Show – Celebrity Juice
Best Actress – Miranda Hart
Best Actor – Benedict Cumberbatch
Best Factual Entertainment Show – Top Gear
Best Soap Newcomer – Tony Discipline
Outstanding Contribution Award – Emmerdale
Best Soap Actress – Michelle Keegan
Best Soap Actor – Shane Richie
Best Soap – EastEnders
Soap Moment of the Year – Emmerdale Live Episode
Best Reality Show – I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Best International Show – The Big Bang Theory
Best Food Show – Jamie's 15-Minute Meals
Best New Drama – Broadchurch
Best Factual Entertainment & Lifestyle Show – Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
Best Daytime Show – The Jeremy Kyle Show
Best Drama Series – Doctor Who
Best Comedy Series – Mrs Brown's Boys
Best Entertainment Show – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Best Actress – Miranda Hart
Best Actor – David Tennant
Outstanding Contribution to TV – Doctor Who
Best Soap Newcomer – David Witts
Best Soap Actress – Michelle Keegan
Best Soap Actor – Shane Richie
Best Soap – Coronation Street
Best Soap – EastEnders
Best New Drama – Happy Valley
Best Drama Series – Sherlock
Outstanding Contribution Awards – EastEnders, Ant & Dec
Best Actor – Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Best Actress – Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley
Best Comedy – Benidorm
Best Reality Show – I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
Best Entertainment Show – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Best Factual Entertainment & Lifestyle Show – Educating Yorkshire
Best Daytime Show – The Jeremy Kyle Show
Best Food Show – Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking
Best International Show – Game of Thrones
Best Soap Actor – Danny Dyer (Mick Carter, EastEnders)
Best Soap Newcomer – Kirsty-Leigh Porter (Leela Lomax, Hollyoaks)
Best Soap Actress – Lindsey Coulson (Carol Jackson, EastEnders)
Best Soap Storyline – Hayley Cropper's Cancer, Coronation Street
Best Soap – EastEnders
Best New Drama – Poldark
Best Family Drama – Call the Midwife
Best Drama Series – Broadchurch
Best Actor – David Tennant, Broadchurch
Best Actress – Sheridan Smith, Cilla
Best Comedy – Benidorm
Best Reality Show – I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Best Talent Show – Britain's Got Talent
Best Entertainment Show – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Best Factual Entertainment Show – Gogglebox
Best Daytime Show – The Jeremy Kyle Show
Best Food Show – Saturday Kitchen
Best International Show – The Big Bang Theory
Best Soap Actor – Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, Emmerdale)
Best Soap Newcomer – Davood Ghadami (Kush Kazemi, EastEnders)
Best Soap Actress – Alison King (Carla Connor, Coronation Street)
Best Soap – Emmerdale
Best New Drama – Doctor Foster
Best Family Drama – Call the Midwife
Best Drama Series – Downton Abbey
Best Actor – Tom Hiddleston, The Night Manager
Best Actress – Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley
Best Comedy – Birds of a Feather
Best Reality Show – I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Best Talent Show – The Great British Bake Off
Best Entertainment Show – Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Best Lifestyle Show – Gogglebox
Best Daytime Show – This Morning
Best Factual Show – Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
Best Food Show – Sunday Brunch
Best International Show – Game of Thrones
Best Soap Actor – Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, Emmerdale)
Best Soap Newcomer – Shayne Ward (Aidan Connor, Coronation Street)
Best Soap Actress – Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater, EastEnders)
Outstanding Contribution to Television – Barbara Windsor
