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TVTimes 22/09/1955
TVTimes 05/07/1964
TVWorld 23/10/1965
TVTimes 24/09/1966
TVTimes 12/11/1966
TVTimes 19/11/1966
TVTimes 10/12/1966
TVTimes 24/12/66
TVTimes 31/12/1966
Westward 16/03/1968
Viewer 20/04/1968
TVWorld 04/05/1968
TVTimes 27/04/1968
TVTimes 27/07/1968
TVTimes 27/07/1968
TVWorld 27/07/1968
TVTimes 27/07/1968
TVTimes 03/08/1968
TVTimes 10/08/1968
TVTimes 17/08/1968
TVTimes 24/08/1968
TVTimes 19/02/1972
TVTimes 04/03/1972
TVTimes 06/06/1987
TVWorld: 23 October 1965 The Schedules Archive

 
TVTimes had originally published an edition for the midlands when the region first opened.  But the TVTimes was always scrupulously fair in the 3 regions with two contractors.  So at some point, TVTimes disappears and TVWorld takes its place.

TVWorld is a magazine that feels no need to be fair.  The weekend programmes from ABC are tucked away in the front, amongst the letters pages and adverts for cigarettes.  They're not an afterthought, but more a 'we're providing a service for those strange midlanders who watch television on a weekend, if there are any' type of deal.

In the middle of the magazine is another front page, with another show being plugged.  You are invited to turn the magazine inside out on Monday, so you have direct access to the weekday programming without wading through the unnecessary fillers - crosswords, special offers, quizzes, weekend television listings, that type of thing.

This magazine appears to be so ATV-biased that one wonders firstly what ABC thought of it, and secondly, why didn't they go the whole hog and call it 'ATV World'?

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