https://blog.steve.fi/how_i_started_programming.html

It was easily the most popular home computer in the UK at that time, though I imagine a large number of people started with the BBC - via the school integration.

I still have my manuals, and recently paid for a print of the keyboard to hang on my wall. (I almost bought a dead 48K model, and framed it, but getting a poster/print was slightly cheaper.)