Christmas Radio Times Covers – Simon Dunn

December 12, 2017

Christmas Radio Times Covers

It’s out today (in my region), the new bumper edition of The Radio Times, just in time for Christmas. Yesterday we had a look at the one that was released in the year of my birth, but here it is again.

I think the first one I really remember though is this one, from 1982.

And for sure, this one has stuck in my mind ever since 1985.

Though this one from 1984 is rather … ominous and scary (maybe it’s an Orwell reference).

The one from 1989 was boring. So boring in fact, it burned itself into my memory.

But I think it’s the 1991 …

And the 1992 ones …

That really encapsulate the covers for me. And 2007 is just adorable.

e.phemera, Thought Vomit

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