18th December - 31st December 1996
Credits
18th December - 31st December 1996
Volume 18 - Number 26 - Issue 471
Cover Photo - Tom Howard and Ray Burmiston
Price - £1.20 Pages - 72
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This Issue had another Price Rise of 30p
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Interviewers
Alex Needham - Singles Of The Fortnight
Photographers
Idols - Take That (Page 4-5)
All Action / Big - Oasis (Page 6-7)
All Action / Tom Howard / Simon Fowler - Various (Page 8, 10)
Alpha - Prodigy (Page 10)
Tom Howard / Big Pictures - Various (Page 12-13)
Retna - Various (Page 14)
LFI / Adrian Green / Tom Howard - Spice Girls (Page 16-17)
Alpha / All Action - Various (Page 18)
Idols / Big Pictures - Peter Andre (Page 20-21)
Idols - Paul Nicholls (Page 22)
Tom Howard / Ray Burmiston - Images Of The Year
(Page 31-42)
Tom Howard / David Titlow / Dave Gogan - Poll Winners Party (Page 27-30, 43-46)
Alpha / Rex - Various (Page 51)
Rex / LFI - Various (Page 53)
Adrian Green / Tom Howard / David Tonge - Various
(Page 56-57)
All Action / Rex - Various (Page 60-61)
All Action / Rex / Simon Vinall - Various (Page 64-65)
Tom Howard - Brother 2 Brother (Page 67)
Interviews and Features
Issue Information
Review Of The Year With:
Take That
Oasis
Jarvis Cocker
Michael Jackson
3T
Chris Evens
The Prodigy
Boyzone
Boy Bands
Alanis Morissette
Fugees
Spice Girls
Louise
Los Del Rio
Bjork
The Smurf's
Peter Andre
Paul Nicholls
911
Mark Morrison
Ant and Dec
Gina G
Dannii Minogue
Shane Lynch
Nelson
Pulp
REM
Kula Shaker
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Other Features:
Poll Winners Party Pull Out
911 At Our Price Store
Who Eat All The Pies
Mad in '96
Romances and Splits
Live And Kicking
New Acts and Comebacks
Front Cover:
Peter Andre
Centre Spread:
Dodgy (As Take That)
Back Cover:
Advert
Images Of The Year
Lee (911) as Stuart Pearce in Euro '96
Peter Andrea as Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible
Ant and Dec as Noel and Liam from Oasis
Shane (Boyzone), Louise Stephen Keith and Mikey (Boyzone) as Transpotting
Ronan (Boyzone) as Keith from The Prodigy
Tony and Julie from Hollyoaks as Ross and Rachel from Friends
Jayne Middlemiss and Jamie Theakston as Scully and Mulder from X-Files
Review Of The Year '96
Singles Of The Year
TV Ads Of '96
Reebok
Walkers Crisps
EastEnders
WH Smith
Sugar Puffs, Boyzone and Smash Hits
Pepsi Ad With East 17
Blackcurrant Tango
Peperami
Pot Nuddle
Pizza Hut
Must Haves Of '96
Scooters
The Colour Blue
Anoraks
Tickets For The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party and Tour
Take That Greatest Hits Album
Piercing and Beards
Painting Your Face At Euro '96
Big Trainers
Peter Andre's Home Number
T-Bar Neckless
EastEnders
TFI Friday
Friends
The Demon Headmaster
Shooting Stars
ER
the Fast Show
Brookside
Byker Grove
The Biz
TV Of '96
Football Crazy
Euro '96 £15 Million For Alan Shearer
Foreign Imports
Wonder Goals
Footballing Couples
Baddiel and Skinner
Celebrity Football
Louise
Nick (Backstreet Boys)
Dec
Gabrielle
Nicky Wire (Manic Street Preachers)
Prodigy - Firestarter
Take That - How Deep Is Your Love
Spice Girls - Wannabe
Peter Andre - Mysterious Girl
Boyzone - Words
Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds - Three Lions
Los Del Rio - Macarena
Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack
Films Of '96
Pop Vids Of '96
Independence Day
Twister
Trainspotting
The Nutty Professor
Toy Story
Dangerous Minds
101 Dalmations
Mission Impossible
Sense And Sensibility
Seven
The Fugees - Ready Or Not
The Bluetones - Marble Head Johnson
Louise - One Kiss From Heaven
Peter Andre - I Feel You
Alanis Morissette - Ironic
Dodgy - Good Enough
Take That - How Deep Is Your Love
Ant & Dec - Better Watch Out
East 17 - Someone To Love
The Shames Of '96
It's Twins
Paul Gallagher
Geri (Spice Girls) Going Topless
Gemini's Arrest
Upside Down TV's Documentary Disaster
Peter Andre's Early Hairdo
Ian Beale's Moustache
The Olympics
Liam Gallagher
Shampoo
Gary Barlow On Pebble Mill
Brother 2 Brother
The Flops Of '96
Biscuit Tin
Top Of The Pop
Babylon Zoo
Jim Carrey
Demi Moore
Ant and Ronan's Fringes
Bis
Dogstar
Manchester United
The Girlie Show
The Big Breakfast
Look back at some of the Questions and Answers from Various Artists
Merchandise
This issue came with a Free Smash Hits Stars Secret Tape.
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20 Stars sent in their New Years Messages for you all to hear.
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To see more of that click the link below.
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Adverts
Celine Dion - All By Myself Single
Damage - Forever Single
Madonna - Don't Cry For Me Argentina Single
Faithless - Salva Mea Single
Spice girls - 2 Become 1 Single
Dunblane - Throw Those Guns Away Charity Single
Peter Andre Tour
Hits Zone '97 Compilation Album
Mark Owen - Green Man Album