Launched on 29 January 1985 by the BBC and Polystyle Publications, Beeb was an attempt to create a weekly comic that would compete with ITV’s Look-In and replace TV Comic.
Beeb featured articles and comic strips based on BBC television shows, but lasted only 20 issues.
The final issue was published on 11 June 1985.
Regular strips and features included:
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- Automan – based on a short-lived American superhero series, then airing in Britain.
- Bananaman
- Blue Peter – a print version of the long-running television show.
- David Icke’s Sports Desk
- The Family-Ness – based on a cartoon series about a monster family living in Scotland’s Loch Ness.
- Grange Hill – specially written stories based on the popular long-running series.
- Hamster’s Tales – an original strip.
- John Craven Reporting – a regular column from the Newsround host.
- One by One – adapted from a show about real-life international zoo vet David Taylor.
- Saturday SuperStore – a tie-in with the popular BBC Saturday morning kids show.
- Think of a Number – mathematics-based fun and games.
- The Tripods – based on the successful sci-fi television series.
- Wild Track – a nature-themed feature based on BBC1’s nature programme of the same name.
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