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What's On TV Magazine

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for What's On TV Magazine

Rating Summary based on 25 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		13
  • 4 Stars
    		11
  • 3 Stars
    		0
  • 2 Stars
    		1
  • 1 Star
    		0

Detailed rating

  • Quality of features
  • Quality of journalism
  • Quantity of advertising
  • Value for money
  		• 4.1
  		• 3.8
  		• 3.3
  		• 4.6
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  • 46 of 46 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    tink-er-bell

    2 Stars What's on the Box ? Review with images 16/05/2010
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages It does have a good drama and movie guide

    Disadvantages Disadvantages To much focus on Soaps and Advertising

    This review is for What’s on TV magazine. History What’s On TV is a weekly television magazine giving people a glimpse into what is happening on the major channels that week and gives people a brief insight into the show as well. The magazine was founded in 1991 and published by IPC Media. Before this time most people had to purchase Radio Times for BBC listings and TV times for the other channels and then the monopoly rules changed. Each week they sell over 1.3 million copies and they continue to go strong. The Front Few Pages Each week a new front page with various sort of shows featured is ... more
  • 80 of 80 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    emilyo

    5 Stars Let me look and I will reveal all! 26/08/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Cheap, great on soaps, easy to follow listings.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not so great on sport, movies or Sky.

    "What’s On T.V." has been my preferred TV listings mag for years. I still remember when you didn’t have a selection to choose from and Radio Times had the monopoly on TV. Nowadays we have a huge selection of television magazines to choose from, each aiming at a different market. I don’t think we really watch too much television in our house; we tend to watch more soaps then anything else. This is why "What’s On T.V." suits us down to the ground! It has a great soaps section that gives you sneaky-peaks at upcoming story lines and enough of a taste of what is to come without actually spoiling ... more
  • 77 of 77 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    paulpry118

    4 Stars Whats on TV - A cheap tv mag 30/04/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Cheap at only 45p

    Disadvantages Disadvantages contains spoilers

    Whats on tv is a weekly listing guide for television programmes. It is produced by the IPC media group, who make over 80 magazines, a number of TV listing guides (including What's on TV, the TV Times, and Soaplife), Women's magazines, (including Woman, Woman's Own and Woman's Weekly) Men's magazines (including Nuts and Loaded) Various Sports magazines (including SuperBike, Angler's Mail and Golf Monthly) through to the more specialist (European Boatbuilder and VolksWorld - The ultimate guide to the VW Beetle scene from around the world.) IPC itself is owned by Time inc, the publishing division ... more
  • 71 of 71 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    whitbybunny

    5 Stars Yipee another storyline revealed 08/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Bang of to date on breaking storys

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Minimum od 21 pages of advertising

    That’s another storyline revealed! Great Soap – Great Puzzles – Great Value This is how ‘What’s on TV’ magazine sells itself. I’m a regular reader of ‘Inside Soap’ and each fortnight that magazine makes it’s way around my family, spilling out the storylines that will hit our screens in the next two weeks. I expect the men reading this (and some women) will think to themselves ‘Why then did the silly cow go and by another book that says the same things’ – Boredom is the answer! Whilst browsing the shelves at the ... more
  • 49 of 49 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 wiggglypufff

    Member since 15/11/2000

    Reviews written: 293

    4 Stars Soap, Drama, and Competition 12/04/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Cheap, interesting articles

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Small print, loads of adverts

    As the name would suggest, What’s On TV is a magazine guide to TV scheduling for the week. At just 42p, and with around 80 pages, it is one of the best value for money weekly guides around. Boasting on the front cover of being Britain’s best-selling magazine, I cannot verify this, but can well imagine it to be true. The front cover usually features characters involved in a current or forthcoming major storyline of a popular soap. You’ll also see a few other familiar TV faces, and from this, you’ll get an idea of some of the magazine’s features for the week. Inside ... more
  • 40 of 40 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    purebitch

    5 Stars What A Mag 26/03/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great TV listings

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    When I lived with my parents, my mother always bought TV Quick. When I moved in to my boyfriends, he always bought What's on TV. Three years on, we are still buying the latter. This TV magazine has 90 pages of *TV listings *Film write ups *Horoscopes *Competitions It is a very reasonably priced magazine, that is full of great information. *************************PRICE**********​* ************* This magazine, no matter where you purchase it from, will cost you 45p. It can be bought from most newsagent, corner shops and even some supermarkets. ************************CONTENT*********​* ... more
  • 25 of 25 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 KarenUK

    Member since 08/07/2000

    Reviews written: 1125

    4 Stars Cheap And Cheerful TV Guide 19/04/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Cheap, clear listings for the terrestrial channels, lots of soap gossip, glossy, competitions

    Disadvantages Disadvantages lots of adverts, confusing listings for digital channels, short articles, not much depth

    Okay, I admit it, last week was a tight one, financially. Having only £60 per week to spend on supermarket shopping for two adults, four kids and six pets is usually pretty tight, but with a birthday, Easter and a Dr.Who convention to finance last week, we really had to cut down. So instead of our preferred TV guide – the Radio Times or TV Times – depending on who’s on the cover, more often than not – we decided to save some money and go cheap. We purchased What’s On TV for only 42p. So do we regret it? Well, not really, it did save us some pennies and it IS a TV ... more
  • 27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 sewbizzie

    Member since 09/07/2007

    Reviews written: 1126

    4 Stars A Great Soap Guide! 26/11/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Good info, laid out nicely, cheap

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Too many soap storylines and adverts

    A few months ago I was an avid soap watcher so religiously every Tuesday I would go out and buy my copy of What’s On TV for the following week just so I could read up on the soap but in recent months I have stopped watching the soaps as they have gone very stupid and depressing. I still do buy my TV book just to keep a little following of what is going on and why is being murdered this week but I have actually stared using the guide to find out what is on the TV which I never did before. It may seem like a waste of money to some as I do have a good TV planner and guide on my Sky TV but never ... more
  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    galls

    5 Stars The guide to whats on tv 22/07/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages easy to read

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none I am aware of

    What's On Tv is a weekly tv guide thats only 42p, but its worth every penny as the so called free ones seem to lack information and contents. The Editor is called Mike Hollingsworth and the address is :What's on tv 10th Floor , Kings Reach Tower, Stamford Street, London SE1 9LS. You can email: wotv-postbag@ipcmedia.com and the website is: www.unmissabletv.com The Contents include: Film Week = Pages 18-21 This lists all the films on durring the week.It gives a brief description, Country of Origin, Year it was released and a rating. Great = 4 ticks, Good = 3 ticks, watchable = 2 ticks, moderate ... more
  • 27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jools30

    5 Stars what's on tv tonight, dear 04/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages great value for money

    Disadvantages Disadvantages lots of adverts

    Want to know what is going to be on television next week? Then try What’s On TV – a weekly magazine that provides all you need to know about the programmes for the week ahead. Available to buy every Tuesday for the week from the following Saturday, What’s On TV costs only 45pence, making it one of the cheaper TV magazines. I have just purchased the issue for programmes from 6-12 October 2001 and the issue I have is relevant to the Anglia TV region (regional variations are available). The front cover usually depicts a major soap opera storyline for the coming week and this ... more
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