Skip to main content
A History Extra magazine with a Viking ship cover lies on a wooden table beside a cup of tea, an envelope, a pen, and a smartphone displaying a podcast app screen.
Filming video content for HistoryExtra
Dr David Musgrove, Content Director, HistoryExtra, speaks into a microphone in a dimly lit room, with blurred lights and people in the background.
History Team, Immediate Media Co.
White logo with a large H and E combined on the left, and the words HISTORY EXTRA in bold uppercase letters to the right, all on a light gray background.

HistoryExtra: A passion for the past

Bringing history to life

HistoryExtra is home of Britain’s bestselling history magazine, award-winning podcast, video channels, and the best and most trusted history website.

Recording a video for HistoryExtra

A leading voice for history

For more than 20 years, HistoryExtra Magazine, formerly BBC History Magazine, has delivered the latest historical research and ideas research from the world’s leading historians in an accessible and thought-provoking way.

  • 341k

    Monthly print readers

    PAMCo H1 2023 AIR

  • 231k

    Digital users

    Ipsos iris Dec 2023

  • 929k

    Combined social media reach

    Jan 2024

  • 4.3m

    Monthly podcast impressions

    July 2023

The award winning HistoryExtra podcast has entertained and informed listeners for more than 15 years and now boasts more than 2,600 episodes, with a large global reach and engaged listenership.

The HistoryExtra team produce high-quality video content across two YouTube channels (200k subscribers), and directly on our website and app.

Latest news

Over-55s lead 2026 travel surge
28 January 2026

Over-55s lead 2026 travel surge

UK over-55s are driving a 2026 travel spending boost, prioritising passion-led holidays and shared experiences over leaving inheritance. With history and food trips most popular and budgets rising, the research highlights a major growth opportunity for the travel sector.

Read more
Magazine publishers launch Atria
28 January 2026

Magazine publishers launch Atria

Leading magazine publishers have launched Atria, a new premium marketplace enabling advertisers to reach quality audiences at scale in trusted, brand-safe environments. For the first time, a single campaign can run across the UK’s leading editorial brands from Immediate, Bauer, Future, Hearst UK, HELLO!, and Time Out.

Read more
Secret to joy revealed – stop doom scrolling and be more intentional with your leisure time
21 January 2026

Secret to joy revealed – stop doom scrolling and be more intentional with your leisure time

Despite being our most common leisure activity, social media scrolling brings the least joy, according to a new nationally representative study by the University of Sussex, commissioned by Immediate, revealing a disconnect between how we spend our free time and what supports wellbeing.

Read more
View more news stories

Open roles on this team

View more jobs

Sorry, currently there are no open jobs in this team.

You are always welcome to send us your CV and we will contact you, as soon as a role becomes available

Email the Talent Acquisition team

Contact