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´óÏó´«Ã½ Magazines Bristol has today announced that it has purchased a majority share and taken over the management of Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE, the UK's largest family history event.

Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE was launched in 2007 by consumer event specialists Brand Events, and Wall To Wall, a Shed Media company and the production company behind the successful Who Do You Think You Are? television programme, which is now in its eighth UK series. The annual event is held at Olympia, London, and last year attracted over 14,000 visitors.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Magazines Bristol, the award-winning specialist interest arm of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Magazines and publisher of Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine,will now be responsible for the production and management of Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE in conjunction with Wall To Wall. Brand Events will act as consultants for the 2011 event.

Andy Healy, Show Director of Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE and Publisher of Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, said: "This is a great opportunity for us to further help genealogists, from beginners to experts, delve deeper into their own stories. The event has been so successful over the past four years, it’s incredibly exciting to be taking it on at such a buoyant time for this industry."

Claire Hungate, Commercial Director of the Shed Media Group, commented: "Brand Events have done an amazing job of launching the show and establishing it as the biggest genealogy event in the UK and we very much look forward to building on that success and further developing the show’s reach with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Magazines Bristol."

NOTES TO EDITORS
Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE 2011, sponsored by , is taking place at London's Olympia from 25 – 27 February 2011. It is a one-stop-genealogy-shop where visitors can discover the landscape of their past; ranging from creating a family tree to discovering the origin of their surname. Over 200 exhibitors including an unprecedented number of archives, record holders and specialists will guide visitors through the lives of their ancestors.

Celebrity guests, including television presenter and horticulturalist Monty Don, will be on hand to recount tales from their own past. For information please go to or call 01179 388070.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Magazines Bristol is the trading name of Bristol Magazines Limited [BML], a wholly owned subsidiary of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide, which was created in May 2006 following the sale of non-´óÏó´«Ã½ titles at Origin Publishing in a management buyout. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Magazines Bristol publishes a portfolio of 10 specialist ´óÏó´«Ã½ magazines and their corresponding websites and digital output.

Wall to Wall, the production company behind the ´óÏó´«Ã½ series Who Do You Think You Are? will now be partnered with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Magazines Bristol to create Who Do You Think You Are?Live

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