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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.
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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.

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