The running theme with the Radio Times double page spreads is that there is always a higher text to picture ratio, as people who read magazines tend to read them for the articles rather than pictures. However, pictures are important to visually aid the layout of the spread and make it more appealing to the eye of the average reader, afterall, everyone likes too look at something with illustrations rather than a dull wall of text.

There are a reasonable amount of pictures on each of the spreads, showing the reader what the article is all about, and visually giving them something to put with the text, and allowing them to know what is being spoken about. For example, in our radio drama there is a character called Zane, and I mocked up an interview with the actor. The image seen on the spread I made for this is a picture of Zane, placed on the page in a very dark and somewhat threatening manner, thus allowing the reader to instantly know that Zane is a dark and potentially evil character before they even read a word.