Is anyone else having trouble buying the Radio Times in France at present ?
We used to have a choice of Tabacs, plus a supermarket or two where we could buy a copy each week, but for the last couple of months it has just not been available.
Is it still available in other areas of France or has all the distribution been stopped here ?
We check it on line: https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/tv-listings/
Go to you favourite tabac and place an order for it.
You can also download a digital version at www.buysubscriptions.com
Didnāt even know you could - clearly not a sought after item in my area !
This is obviously a consequence of nurture over nature. I can remember going to a friendās house as a child and being surprised that the Radio Times and the TV Times held pride of place in the sitting room. There was nothing like that in our house. Publications like that just havenāt featured in my life so Iāve never felt the need to buy them. Iām still surprised when people mention them now even more so when those people live in France and the Internet gives us access to good TV listings anyway.
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Itās not so much the TV listings themselves that are the problem as we can get those onscreen through the satellite box. What we miss are the articles related to the programes that give a further in depth knowledge, and also the quizzes, puzzles, and crossword.
Our village Bureauliste (who normally sells 5 or 6 copies a week) says that there is a āGreveā which is preventing the delivery of some publications. So Iām wondering if it is just the west of the country that is affected or if it is a national situation.
Tis true that the unions representing magazine distributors regularly seem to organise strike action, at least once every year / 2 years. Maybe that is indeed the reason.
I thought people only bought the radio and tv times at Christmas, that was the only time I saw them as a kid. 
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I remember my Gran had a very āposhā cover into which the Radio Times was carefully placed each weekā¦ 
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Hi - It has been a while but just to let you know that Radio Times should be back, every week, from this week in French shops with the mammoth Olympic edition.
I hope that is useful.
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Welcome @RadioTimes - we are honoured that such an august publication (estd. 1923) should see fit to join our little gathering. 
May I politely ask, are you a real person or just a Radiobotā¢ that trawls the internet looking for mentions of your magazine?
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Probably the latter I suspect.
Hi , we are real! Thank you for the welcome. We joined as we are piloting coming back to news-stands in France after 5 years and want to try and ensure everyone is aware. It has been very difficult to get back into the market in France so really hopeful that this time we are successful. And we hope we can give information to your users.
Kind regards
David Hodges
Radio Times Reader Services .
Immediate Media Company London Limited, registered in England and Wales with company number 06189487. āāāāOur registered office is at Vineyard House, 44 Brook Green, London, W6 7BT
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Hello David, how delightful that you are a real person.
May I ask, are you distributing nationally or just in a few key centres where there are more Brits?
Hello David,
Will there be some sort of online stockist finding facility so that we can identify our nearest relevant news-stand ?
We used to have RT delivered by post, but we let the subscription lapse due to the marked increase in those times that it was delivered late, or not at all.
I donāt have a UK TV licence. Do the rest of you?
No, but I donāt think itās possible if you live outside of the UK (why would you want one anyway?).
No, but I do have Freesat and I would willingly pay a subscription to i-player if I could rather than faff around with VPNs.
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I buy one for my niece.