AIBU to be shocked?

[FlyMayBaubles]

... that the Xmas Radio Times is now £4.90???

£4.90??????? That's 98 shillings in the old money.

I'm staggered!

I'm shocked people still buy TV magazines.

To be fair, I only buy it once a year

That’s exactly what I said (in my head) in the newsagents. I’ve never bought one before but thought I would based on fond childhood memories of agreeing the TV schedule over Xmas.

I agree - I was when I saw the price. Still bought it though, it's an essential part of our Christmas. Dd has been v busy with the highlighter.

I always buy it at Christmas but just stuck it in my trolley and didn't spot the price.
I will read it cover to cover now and do the crossword.

It reminds me of my Grandma (who would cut up pictures in old issues for quizzes at Christmas of guess the advert and guess the celebrity. Happy Days...

I have a app that I pay to download magazines
TV guide was included but dh insisted we buy tv times at £3.50 cause it's Christmas.

I couldn't believe it! It was the most expensive thing on my receipt when I looked. I only buy it once a year and it's tradition now so I'll still buy it whatever it costs

And this year it doesn't have the foldy cover to mark your page.

You clearly have access to the internet making said magazine utterly obsolete.

I refused to pay that much and got a cheaper version for £1.30

I said exactly this to the man who owns the newsagents I use. Actually I said it proper Victor Meldrew style and I’m still outraged now.
Luckily he’s a lovely man so he doesn’t take me seriously. If I’d been buying it in W H Smith is have put it down and stalked out in disgust. 😂

Remember when you used to have to buy both the TV Times and the Radio Times to get all the channels?

This thread proves once and for all what DS is constantly telling me... only old people watch TV these days.

I had my first outrage at the price last year so I have bought the cheap £1.20 version instead.

I know ! So expensive.
I still bought it though .. it feels very traditional.
Do you remember when there was radio times for BBC and TV times for ITV and 4 .
I’m sure that’s what I remember in childhood.

Same post Hal! Must be true then.

Dh ought it, was horrified at the price, and even more horrified the kids didn't get the point of it when they can catch up, on demand etc.

Well going by this thread it's probably dear because everyone only buys it at Christmas now.

I didn't even know this was a thing! I'm seriously behind the times. I never imagine that there's anything on worth watching over Christmas, and just assume I can use catch up if I need to. What am I missing out on?!

I only get it once a year.. pretty much purely for the big picture quiz, one of my favourite things about Christmas
This year due to the £4.90 price tag, my mother has asked me to WhatsApp her pictures of it so she can still do it too, CF.

Yep, I muttered 'daylight robbery' under my breath, bought it anyway and went home

This thread proves once and for all what DS is constantly telling me... only old people watch TV these days.

I'm old (55), and even I wouldn't be able to find more than half a dozen programmes in the two-week Christmas Radio Times that I'd want to watch. My daughters (19 & 16) are barely aware there's a television set in the house, and even then they only know it as a device for accessing NetFlix.

I’ve just been flicking through the electronic guide on the telly to fond things I might want k record tomorrow (I like recording films for the DCs to watch all year round) and it’s impossible. I’m going to have to buy a Radio times tomorrow!

I bought RT religiously for Christmas until 2 years ago, but was 1. shocked by price and 2. realised halfway through January that none of us had actually looked at it or used it, as it was shoved in the corner and covered with dust.

Copied this, you're welcome

Christmas Film List 2018

Sat 22nd Dec
BBC2 10am The Muppets
BBC2 11:35 Cars 2
BBC1 1:40 Penguins of Madagascar
BBC1 3:00 Kung Fu Panda
BBC2 4:45 Finding Neverland
ITV 6:30 Star Wars Episode VI
C4 6:10 Crocodile Dundee
ITV2 7:05 Uncle Buck
C4 11:10 East is East

Sun 23rd Dec
C4 6:55am Rugrats the Movie
BBC1 10:15 Mr Peabody & Sherman
BBC1 1:30 A Christmas Carol
BBC1 3:00 Room on the Broom
BBC1 3:25 Up
ITV2 4:55 Elf
BBC2 5:20 Alice in Wonderland
ITV 9pm Casino Royale
ITV2 9pm The Holiday

Xmas Eve
BBC2 7:15am Tinkerbell & The Secret Wings
BBC1 10:10 Shaun the Sheep Movie
ITV 12:55 How The Grinch Stoke Christmas
BBC1 1:20 Monsters University
BBC1 2:55 Zootropolis
BBC1 5:00 Mary Poppins
C4 6pm Miracle on 34th Street
ITV2 7:05 The Lego Movie

Xmas Day
BBC1 9am The Gruffalo
BBC1 9:25 The Gruffalos Child
ITV 10:20 Jack Frost
BBC1 11am Wallace and Gromit Curse of The Were Rabbit
BBC1 1:30 The Good Dinosaur
C4 1:45 The Arthur Christmas
C4 4pm The Muppets Christmas Carol
BBC1 4:50 Zog
ITV 4:10 Monsters inc
C4 5:40 Home Alone 2
ITV2 7:45 Jurassic World
ITV 11:30 Bridget Jones Diary

Boxing Day
ITV 11:05 The Witches
C4 11:20 Small Soldiers
C4 1:25 Kung Fu Panda
BBC2 2:30 Saving Mr Banks
BBC1 3:50 Trolls
BBC1 5:40 BFG
C4 5:45 Mrs Doubtfire
ITV 8pm Quantum of Solace
5star 10pm Sausage Party
ITV 10:20 Love Actually

27th Dec
BBC1 9:25 The Pirates adventures of scientists
BBC1 10:50 Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
C4 1:30 Ever After: A Cinderella Story
BBC1 1:30 Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom
BBC1 4:20 Kung Fu Panda 3
ITV2 6:40 The Golden Compass
ITV 8pm Skyfall
ITVBE 9pm Mamma Mia
BBC1 10:25 Meet The Fockers
C4 12am Les Miserables

28th Dec
BBC1 10:25 Madagascar 3
ITV3 12:50 Bugsy Malone
BBC1 1:15 Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
C4 2:35 Sunshine on Leith
BBC1 4:10 Wreck it Ralph
C4 8pm Eddie The Eagle
More4 11:10 Gladiator

29th Dec
C5 9:50 Bean
C5 11:35 Groundhog Day
ITV 12:05 The Mummy
BBC2 1pm Dunkirk
BBC1 1:15 Chicken Run
C5 1:35 Ghostbusters 2
C4 2:10 Hugo
BBC1 2:35 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
ITV4 6:35 Apollo 13
BBC1 7:50 Ant Man
C4 9pm Anchorman
C4 11:20 Inbetweeners 2

30th Dec
BBC1 9:20 Bolt
ITV 11:25 The Mummy Returns
BBC1 2:25 Cinderella
C5 2:45 ET
C4 3:30 Edward Scissorhands
BBC1 4:05 How to train your dragon
C5 5pm Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
C4 5:40 Paddington
ITV 10:50 The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey
BBC1 11:45 War of the Worlds
C4 12:05 The Woman In Black

31st Dec
BBC1 10:20 The Croods
ITV 11:45 The Mummy - Tomb of the dragon emperor
BBC1 2:40 Big Hero 6
BBC1 4:15 Maleficent
C5 5:45 Pan
ITV 8pm Spectre
ITV2 9pm Bridesmaids
ITV 12:10 Basic Instinct
BBC1 1:30am Kinky Boots

1st Jan
C4 8:10 Diary of a Wimpy Kid
BBC1 9am Planes Fire & Rescue
5star 12:55 The Never Ending Story
BBC1 1pm The Railway Children
C4 1:25 Splash
BBC2 1:30 Monkey Kingdom
BBC1 3:45 The Jungle Book
C4 5:50 Sister Act
Film4 9pm Bridge of Spies
BBC1 10:55 Avengers Age of Ultron