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BBC Magazines is the UK’s third largest magazine publisher; we sell more than 40 regular titles and almost 100 million copies per year worth in excess of £120m in retail sales value. One-in-four UK adults reads a BBC title every month, extending their enjoyment of BBC radio and television programmes through the pages of such famous titles as Top Gear, Good Food, Gardeners’ World and Radio Times.
BBC Magazines is also the UK’s largest publisher of children’s titles. Recently we launched several new children’s titles including Match of the Day Weekly and Waybuloo. We help to extend viewers’ and listeners’ enjoyment of BBC output by providing expert information, features and interviews – deepening the connection with our audiences. BBC Magazines also publish specialist titles such BBC Focus and BBC Wildlife from Bristol.

The business also produces several of the UK’s most popular magazine websites including radiotimes.com, topgear.com and bbcgoodfood.com.

A joint venture with Haymarket Exhibitions stages consumer shows such as BBC Good Food and Gardeners’ World Live. Over 270,000 visitors took the opportunity to attend these exhibitions last year to meet well-known presenters and gain a closer insight into their favourite programmes.

Internationally, we export and license titles to other publishers in over 50 territories around the globe. Worldwide Media, our joint venture with The Times of India, has a consumer magazine business based in Mumbai, which is growing rapidly and is a gateway for other international publishers to enter this market.

BBC Magazines aims to help consumers get even more from BBC programmes through the pages of its quality products.