BEEB Magazine
At the start of 1985, the BBC and Polystyle Publications attempted to launch a comic that would grab the Look-In market and act as a replacement for TV Comic.
The result was Beeb - The BBC Junior Television Magazine
Beeb featured articles and comic strips based on BBC shows, both homegrown and imported from overseas. It lasted only 20 issues, starting on 29th January 1985 and with the final issue dated 11th June 1985.
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Credits:
Price - 25p
Editor - (Unknown)
Release Date - Tuesday
Published By:
Plystyle Publications Ltd
There was no announcement in the last issue, or any resolution to the ongoing comic serials
A few years later there would be another attempt at a BBC Junior Magazine, with the much more successful Fast Forward.
Strips in Beeb included Bananaman (a comic character from DC Thomson's Nutty, who at the time had been turned into a TV cartoon), The Family-Ness (based on a cartoon about a monster family living in Scotland's Loch Ness), Grange Hill (based on a popular and long-running show about a school of that name), One by One (adapting a show about a vet), The Tripods (a sci-fi strip based on the tv show itself based on John Christopher's SF novel trilogy),
Hampster's Tales (an original humour strip seemingly poking fun at the TV adaptation of the Adrian Mole novels), and Automan (based on a short-lived US superhero series then airing in Britain).
Number 1
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Free Wall Chart See Below
Front Cover - Various
Back Cover - Advert
Articles and Interviews:
Blue Peter
Lenny Henry - In A Class Of His Own
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
Automan
The Family-Ness
Bananaman
Grange Hill
Number 2
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Free Stickers See Below
Front Cover - Grange Hill
Back Cover - Kenny Dalglish Profile
Articles and Interviews:
Blue Peter
Super Store
Wham
Grange Hill
John Craven
Wild Track
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
Automan
The Family-Ness
Bananaman
Grange Hill
Number 3
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Free Stickers See Below
Front Cover - Blue Peter
Back Cover - Howard Jones Profile
Articles and Interviews:
Blue Peter - Be My Valentine
John Craven - Stepping Stone To A
Space Station
Doctor Who - Everything You Want To
Know
Saturday Superstore
Wild Track
TV and Radio Guide
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
The Family-Ness
Automan
Bananaman
Grange Hill
Hamster's Tales
Number 4
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Fashion
Centre Spread - Street Tribes
Back Cover - Peter Shilton Profile
Articles and Interviews:
Fashion - Right Up Your Street
Style Council - What's In, What's Out
Eastenders
Blue Peter
John Craven Reporting
David Icke's Sports Desk
Wild Track
TV and Radio Guide
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
Bananaman
The Family-Ness
Automan
Grange Hill
Hamster's Tales
Number 5
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Fashion Special
Centre Spread - Oxford Road Show
Back Cover - Kim Wilde Profile
Articles and Interviews:
Fashion - A Leg Up For Trainers
Pop Slot - Roaring Boys
Oxford Road Show - Behind The
Scenes
Jason Conery Interview
Blue Peter
John Craven Reporting
David Icke's Sports Desk - Barber
and Slater
Wild Track
TV and Radio Guide
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
The Family-Ness
Automan
Bananaman
Grange Hill
Hamster's Tales
Number 6
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Todd Carty
Centre Spread - Shakin' Stevens
Back Cover - Bananaman
Articles and Interviews:
Star Interview - Just Tucker's Luck
Still Shakin - Meet Shakin' Stevens
David Icke's Sports Desk
The Art Of Flashing - Grandmaster
Flash
Saturday Superstore
Blue Peter
John Craven Reporting
Wild Track
TV and Radio Guide
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
Bananaman
Automan
Grange Hill
Hamster's Tales
The Family-Ness
Number 7
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Keith Chegwin
Centre Spread - Howard Jones
Back Cover - Daley Thompson -
Profile
Articles and Interviews:
Pop Special - Howard Jones
Keith Chegwin
Behind the Scenes Of
Who Sir Me Sir
Lift Off
Saturday Superstore
John Craven Reporting
TV and Radio Guide
Blue Peter
David Icke's Sports Desk
Wild Track
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
Bananaman
The Family-Ness
Automan
Grange Hill
Hamster's Tales
Number 8
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Goldie
Centre Spread - Tears For Fears
Back Cover - Paul Young - Profile
Articles and Interviews:
Pop Special - Tears For Fears
Happy Birthday Goldie
Are You Stage School Struck?
John Craven Reporting
Saturday Superstore
TV and Radio Guide
Blue Peter Celebrates
Wild Track
David Icke's Sports Desk
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
Bananaman
Automan
The Family-Ness
Grange Hill
Hamster's Tales
Number 9
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Number 10
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - David Icke
Back Cover - Advert
Articles and Interviews:
Pop Special - Behind The Scenes
Pop Slot - Hazel Dean
David Ickes's Sports Desk
Saturday Superstore
John Craven Reporting
Blue Peter
Wild Track
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
The Family-Ness
Automan
Bananaman
Grange Hill
Hamster's Tales
Front Cover - Saturday Superstore
Back Cover - Arcadia
Articles and Interviews:
Pop - Behind The Scenes - Image Makers
Budget Fashion
Wildtrack
Saturday Superstore
John Craven Reporting
Blue Peter
Why Don't You - Over Easter
David Icke's Sports Desk
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
The Family-Ness
Automan
Bananaman
Grange Hill
Hamster's Tales
Number 11
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Floella Benjamin
Centre Spread - Matt Bianco
Back Cover - Nick Kershaw - Profile
Articles and Interviews:
Pop - Behind The Scenes - Hairdressers
Floella Benjamin
Saturday Pictureshow
Saturday Superstore
Blue Peter
Wilde Track
David Icke's Sports Desk
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
Bananaman
Automan
The Family-Ness
Grange Hill
Hamster's Tales
Number 12
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Maggie and Mark
Centre Spread - Bryan Adams
Back Cover - Duran Duran
Articles and Interviews:
Pop - Behind The Scenes - Hairdressers
Maggie and Mark - Saturday Pictureshow
Gary Davis
Blue Peter
Collect a Pin Up - Zammo
John Shakey - Profile (Tripods)
John Craven Reporting
David Icke's Sports Desk
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
Bananaman
The Family-Ness
Grange Hill
Hamster's Tales
Number 13
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Peter Duncan
Centre Spread - Strawberry
Switchblade
Back Cover - Advert
Articles and Interviews:
Pop - Strawberry Switchblade
Why Duncan Cares
Collect a Pin Up - Malissa Wilks
Saturday Picture Show
Blue Peter
David Icke's Sports Desk
Wilde Track
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
Bananaman
Automan
The Family-Ness
Grange Hill
Hamster's Tales
Number 14
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Gary Davis
Centre Spread - Paul King
Back Cover - Frankie Goes To
Hollywood
Articles and Interviews:
Pop - Paul King
Gary Davis
The Baker Street Boys
Collect a Pin Up - Tim Polley
Saturday Picture Show
John Craven Reporting
Wilde Track
Blue Peter
David Icke's Sports Desk
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
The Family-Ness
Automan
Bananaman
Grange Hill
Hamster's Tales
Number 15
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Grange Hill
Centre Spread - Big Sound Authority
Back Cover - Lucinda Green (Profile)
Articles and Interviews:
Pop - Big Sound Authority
Mark Curry
Kids From Fame
Collect a Pin Up - Simone Hyams
Saturday Picture Show
Blue Peter
Wilde Track
David Icke's Sports Desk
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
Bananaman
Automan
The Family-Ness
Grange Hill
Hamster's Tales
Number 16
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Roland and Gary Glitter
Centre Spread - Roland and Gary
Glitter
Back Cover - Bananaman
Articles and Interviews:
Roland (Grange Hill) and Gary Glitter
Mark Curry
Wilde Track
Blue Peter
David Icke's Sports Desk
Saturday Picture Show
Radio One DJ's
Mop and Smiff
John Craven
Everton vs Man United Poster
Comic Strips:
One By One
The Tripods
The Family-Ness
Automan
Grange Hill
Bananaman
Number 17
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Fay and Zammo
Centre Spread - Tina Turner
Back Cover - Belouis Some
Articles and Interviews:
Fashion Special with Fay and Zammo
Collect-a-Pin-Up - Annette-Nadia
Chambers (Grange Hill)
Saturday Picture Show
Gary's Gossip (Gary Davis)
Wilde Track
Brain Teasers
David Icke's Sports Desk
Comic Strips:
Bananaman
One By One
The Tripods
Automan
The Family-Ness
Grange Hill
Number 18
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Front Cover - John Taylor
(Duran Duran)
Centre Spread - Boy George
Back Cover - Advert
Articles and Interviews:
Go West (Plus Poster)
Lift Off
Stripped For Action
Grange Hill Special with Mr Bronson
and Miss Booth
Harvey Smith (Poster)
Saturday Picture Show
Blue Peter
David Icke's Sports Desk
Comic Strips:
Bananaman
Grange Hill
The Tripods
Automan
The Family-Ness
One By One
Number 19
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Number 20
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 25p Pages - 32
Final Issue
Front Cover - Kim Wilde
Centre Spread - Kim Wilde
Back Cover - Larry Hagman
(JR Ewing)
Articles and Interviews:
Kim Wilde
Top Of The Pops Game
Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy (Pin Up)
Elton John (Pin Up)
Saturday Picture Show
Lift Off
Brain Teasers
Collect an Autograph
Star Interview - Vince (Grange Hill)
John Craven
David Icke's Sports Desk
Comic Strips:
Bananaman
Grange Hill
The Tripods
The Family-Ness
One By One
Front Cover - Alannah Curry
(Thompson Twins)
Centre Spread - Alannah Curry
Back Cover - Patrick Duffy (Dallas)
Articles and Interviews:
Wild Track
Alannah Curry (Thompson Twins)
China Crisis (Pin Up)
David Gower - England Captain
(Sports Pin Up)
Saturday Picture Show
Lift Off
Brain Teasers
Gary's Gossip (Gary Davis)
Collect An Autograph
Me and My Dad with Paul Young
David Icke's Sports Desk
Comic Strips:
Bananaman
Grange Hill
The Tripods
Hamster's Tales
The Family-Ness
One By One
Comic Strips
Throughout the BEEB's run they printed a number of Comic Strips. Below are the various strips that featured in the magazine and which issues they featured in.
Comic Strips Name
Bananaman
Grange Hill
The Tripods
The Family-Ness
One By One
Hamster's Tales
Issues Featured
1 - 20
1 - 20
1 - 20
1 - 20
1 - 20
3 - 15, 20
Free Gifts
Like most new Comics or Magazine's the publication normally offer their readers Free Gifts to help entice them into buying it.
Below are the Free Gifts given away by the BEEB Magazine.
Issue 1 - Wall Chart
The first issue of the BEEB magazine gave away a Free Calendar Wall Chart (See Below).
This featured various Pop artists for you to feast your eyes on as the poster is placed on your wall.
Issue 2 - Wall Chart Stickers
The second issue of the BEEB magazine gave away a set of 81 Free Stickers (Stamps)
(See Below).
The Stickers were to be used on the Free BEEB Pop Wall Chart which came with Issue 1.
There was another set of stickers given away with Issue 3.
Issue 3 - Wall Chart Stickers
The third issue of the BEEB magazine gave away a second set of 81 Free Stickers (Stamps)
(See Below).
The Stickers were to be used on the Free BEEB Pop Wall Chart which came with Issue 1.
There was another set of stickers given away with Issue 2.
