{"id":49474,"date":"2024-04-12T12:30:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T10:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2024193"},"modified":"2024-04-12T15:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T13:10:06","slug":"chris-packham-is-next-weeks-radio-times-cover-star-and-guest-editor-for-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/chris-packham-is-next-weeks-radio-times-cover-star-and-guest-editor-for-earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Packham is next week\u2019s Radio Times cover star and guest editor for Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The naturalist and broadcaster guest edits our special edition, marking Earth Day on 22nd April. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Tom Loxley\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 12 April 2024 at 10:30 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>It\u2019s not often we hand over <strong>Radio Times<\/strong> to a third party. But this month\u2019s Earth Day gave us an opportunity to call on an old friend of the magazine, Chris Packham, to ask him to grace our cover and also sit in the editor\u2019s chair for one week.<\/p>\n<p>The result is next week\u2019s special edition of <strong>RT<\/strong> in which many of the features are devoted to some of the issues that Chris holds dear.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the rest of the magazine remains as it should: at your service, with all the usual guidance for TV, radio and streaming.<\/p>\n<p>The Earth Day special issue of <strong>Radio Times<\/strong> magazine is out on Tuesday 16th April 2024 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/\">subscribe to <strong>Radio Times <\/strong>here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/\"><div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--full\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% * (1772 \/ 1323));\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" 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