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January 2006 Issue
Editor Dr Dave Musgrove
Categories History
Frequency Monthly
First Issue May 2000
Final Issue
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Company Origin Publishing
Country United Kingdom
Website Official home page
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BBC History is a magazine devoted to history enthusiasts of all levels of knowledge and interest. Being a British publication, the magazine is particularly strong on British history, but its remit is worldwide. It has a strong get-out-and-see ethos but remains concentrated on high editorial standards and academically rigorous yet highly accessible features. An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: History For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: History For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ...

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About BBC History

  • Frequency: 12 issues / year
  • Circulation: 51,003 [ABC July–Dec 2005]
  • Price: £3.60
  • Editor: Dr Dave Musgrove
  • Publisher: Andy Benham

A Brief History

  • BBC History magazine was launched in May 2000 by BBC Magazines.
  • In April 2003, Living History Magazine, a competitor title published by Origin Publishing, joined BBC History on the newsstand.
  • Following the acquisition of Origin Publishing by BBC Worldwide in February 2004, the two magazines merged. As from the June 2004 issue of BBC History magazine the headline ‘Incorporating Living History Magazine’ was included, and Living History Magazine editor Dave Musgrove took over the editorship from BBC History’s Greg Neale.

BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. ...

Content

  • Features: Each issue includes at least 20 pages of features, covering diverse topics from all areas of history. Generally written by expert academic historians, they are designed to be relevant and topical, and often support and complement historical programming on BBC television and radio.
  • News: The magazine includes at least four pages of news each month covering stories that haven’t generally been printed elsewhere.
  • Book reviews: A chunky section of book reviews written by leading experts in their fields.
  • Footsteps: Several pages of guides to historic properties that can be visited around the UK.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television). ...

Advisory Board

The magazine has an advisory board of highly respected historians, including:

Photo of Simon Schama by Robert Birnbaum Professor Simon Schama, MA (born February 1945) is University Professor in history and art history at Columbia University. ... Lisa Jardine is a British historian of the early modern period. ... Professor Michael Aston (born 1946) has become a familiar face on the Channel 4 television series Time Team. ... Richard Evans is a talented musician who can play an array of instruments. ... Laurence Rees (born 1957) is Creative Director of History Programs for the BBC, a documentary filmmaker, and the author of five books on war and historical atrocities. ... Professor Sir Ian Kershaw (born April 29, 1943 Oldham, England) is a British historian, noted for his biographies of Adolf Hitler. ...

External links

  • BBC History magazine website
  • Origin Publishing website


 
 

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