The Radio Times has been given a rather large accolade… as they have been have just been named the publication with the cover of the century! The PPA have been searching for the best cover from the past 100 years since February and came up with a shortlist, which included:
Woman’s Weekly - July 1916, Wartime Women
Harper’s Bazaar - November 1941, Fashion Blitz
Cosmopolitan - March 1972, Launch Issue
Time Out - November 1974, Churchill V-Sign
New Scientist - April 1987, Chernobyl
The Beano - February 1999, Dennis The Menace
Vogue - December 2001, A Royal Salute
Radio Times - April 2005, Vote Dalek!
Empire - June 2005, Breathing Vader
MacUser - February 2012, How Evil is Apple
However, at the Gala dinner on 21st November, Radio Times were announced the winners with their ‘Vote Dalek’ from 2005, which marked the return of the daleks after a 20 year absence and just so happened to coincide with the general election.
Tom Bureau, CEO at Immediate Media Co (who publish Radio Times), said: “It’s a huge honour for the Radio Times to have been voted Cover of the Century by the great British public. We were up against some very famous front covers from an incredible group of magazine brands, so we are over the moon.
"Radio Times and Dr Who are both iconic media brands that continue to go from strength to strength with regeneration at the heart of their success. This award exemplifies what the Radio Times brand does best – creating national conversations around the key moments in broadcasting history.”
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Posted by Hannah Wood.
