Magazines

BBC Magazines is the UK’s third largest consumer magazine publisher, selling almost 95 million magazines every year.

We publish over 30 regular publications, including nine market-leading titles across a range of sectors. One in four 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.

Our customers and audiences are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on producing magazines of the highest quality across a wide range of interests to appeal to all ages.  In other words, we make magazines for life.

As the largest and most trusted Pre-school publisher in the UK, our titles provide a unique environment where parents and children read together.

Our adult titles are centred around our readers’ passions – from inspiring ideas for beautiful homes and gardens to entertainment and education.

For more information on our magazines, websites and audiences, please contact anyone listed on this page.

Key facts
Key facts
Circulation3,429,323
Readership8,132,000
ABC1 Profile70%
Male/Female50/50
All sources on this siteABC Jan-Jun 08, NRS Jan-Dec / Jul-Dec 07, TGI 2008, Reader Survey 2007

Key contacts

  • Advertising director, Homes & Gardening Group
  • Arianne Salter
  • 020 8433 1071
  • Advertising director, Top Gear, Food, Youth and Children's
  • Clare Chamberlain
  • 020 8433 2118
  • Advertising director, Central Revenue Streams
  • Cath Ware
  • 020 8433 3410
  • Advertising director, Manchester office
  • David Downs
  • 0161 244 4614
  • PA to Clare Chamberlain & Cath Ware
  • Sarah Reed
  • 020 8433 1760