TV Zone
Encyclopedia
TV Zone was a British
magazine
published every four weeks by Visual Imagination
that covered cult television. Initially, it mostly covered science fiction
, but branched out to cover other drama
and comedy
series.
. Its original and longest serving editor was Jan Vincent-Rudzki and original tagline was "The Magazine of Cult Television" (later "The World's Longest-Running Cult Television Magazine").
Originally, the magazine concentrated solely on science fiction
and fantasy
television, but over time it broadened its interests to occasionally include comedy
(mostly through articles by Andrew Pixley) and mainstream drama programmes such as The West Wing and Spooks
. It also covered science fiction radio
(mostly in its review section).
The final edition was double numbered as issue 231/232, published in December 2008. The magazine ended when publishers Visual Imagination folded in early 2009.
TV Zones editors were, in order, Jan Vincent-Rudzki, Lee Binding
, Tom Spilsbury
and Anthony Brown.
).
It also contained selected UK TV listings; this section was used as the basis of its sister publication Cult Times.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
published every four weeks by Visual Imagination
Visual Imagination
Visual Imagination Ltd. was a British company that produced genre magazines. It was founded in 1985 by Stephen Payne and originally only published the science fiction magazine Fantasy Image....
that covered cult television. Initially, it mostly covered science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, but branched out to cover other drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
and comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
series.
History
TV Zone was launched in September 1989 by publishers Visual Imagination as a spin-off of their existing title StarburstStarburst (magazine)
Starburst is a British science fiction online magazine published by Starburst Magazine Limited. The magazine is published every month on the 14th, with news and reviews being published daily.-History:...
. Its original and longest serving editor was Jan Vincent-Rudzki and original tagline was "The Magazine of Cult Television" (later "The World's Longest-Running Cult Television Magazine").
Originally, the magazine concentrated solely on science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
television, but over time it broadened its interests to occasionally include comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
(mostly through articles by Andrew Pixley) and mainstream drama programmes such as The West Wing and Spooks
Spooks
Spooks is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 – 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a...
. It also covered science fiction radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
(mostly in its review section).
The final edition was double numbered as issue 231/232, published in December 2008. The magazine ended when publishers Visual Imagination folded in early 2009.
TV Zones editors were, in order, Jan Vincent-Rudzki, Lee Binding
Lee Binding
Lee Binding is a graphic designer, most notably working on Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.He worked at Visual Imagination between 1997 and 2000, primarily on the science-fiction/cult television magazine TV Zone, which he briefly edited...
, Tom Spilsbury
Tom Spilsbury
Tom Spilsbury is a British writer, magazine editor and journalist. He is the editor of Doctor Who Magazine, having taken over from previous editor Clayton Hickman in August 2007, with Issue 387...
and Anthony Brown.
Content
TV Zone contained news, interviews, features and reviews of television (and audio) series and their related merchandise (such as novelisationsNovelization
A novelization is a novel that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work.Novelizations of films usually add background material not found in the original work to flesh out the story, because novels are generally longer than screenplays...
).
It also contained selected UK TV listings; this section was used as the basis of its sister publication Cult Times.