Alex Langlands is a

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archaeologist and historian, also known for his work as a presenter of educational documentary series on British television and a lecturer of

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Education

Langlands has degrees in medieval archaeology and world archaeology from

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. He has also worked in commercial archaeology before going on to complete his MPhil/PhD in early medieval history and archaeology at the

University of Winchester , mottoeng = Wisdom and Knowledge , established = 1840 - Winchester Diocesan Training School1847 - Winchester Training College1928 - King Alfred's College2005 - University of Winchester , type = Public research university ...

in 2013.

Academic posts

In 2011 he edited an abridged version of ''Henry Stephens's Book of the Farm'', a work used as historical reference for the series ''Victorian Farm''. From October 2013 to August 2015 he was lecturer at the University of Winchester. In 2015, he took up the post of lecturer in the Department of History and Classics at

. Langlands is currently a patron of the

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TV work

Langlands began his TV career as a presenter on four of the five

BBC historic farm series BBC Two's historical farm series are five documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two from 2005 to 2013. They illustrate the lives of people: farmers, labourers, fishermen, housewives, etc. in a variety of historical contexts. Historians and ...

including ''

Tales from the Green Valley ''Tales from the Green Valley'' is a British historical documentary TV series in 12 parts, first shown on BBC Two from 19 August to 4 November 2005. The series, the first in the historic farm series, made for the BBC by independent production c ...

,'' ''

Victorian Farm ''Victorian Farm'' is a British historical documentary TV series in six parts, first shown on BBC Two in January 2009, and followed by three Christmas-themed parts in December of the same year. The series, the second in the BBC historic farm s ...

'', ''

Edwardian Farm ''Edwardian Farm'' is a British historical documentary TV series in twelve parts, first shown on BBC Two from November 2010 to January 2011. As the third series on the BBC historic farm series, following the original, Tales from the Green Valle ...

'' and ''

Wartime Farm ''Wartime Farm'' is a British historical documentary TV series in eight parts in which the running of a farm during the Second World War is reenacted, first broadcast on BBC Two on 6 September 2012. The series, the fourth in the historic farm se ...

.'' He joined ''

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'' on Channel 4 in 2011. In 2012, he was a competitor on BBC TV's ''

The Great Sport Relief Bake Off ''The Great British Bake Off'' (often abbreviated to ''Bake Off'' or ''GBBO'') is a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, atte ...

''. In 2016, he co-presented the BBC Two series ''Victorian Bakers'' with Annie Gray, a historian, cook, lecturer and writer. In November 2016, he co-presented the Channel 4 series ''

Britain at Low Tide ''Britain at Low Tide'' (also known as ''Shoreline Detectives'') is an archaeology and social history television programme that debuted on Channel 4 in 2016, with further series in 2018 and 2019. It was originally co-hosted by former ''Time Team' ...

'' with paleobiologist

Tori Herridge Victoria Louise "Tori" Herridge, born 1980, is a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in London and one of the founders of TrowelBlazers, which celebrates women archaeologists, palaeontologists and geologists. Career Herridge graduate ...

.Channel 4: Britain at Low Tide
/ref> In 2019 Langlands co-presented the BBC series '' Victorian Bakers'' and served as a judge on

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's '' Village of the Year''. In 2019 and 2020 he co-presented two series of the Channel 5 series '' Digging Up Britain's Past''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Langlands, Alex Living people British television presenters 1977 births British archaeologists British historians 21st-century archaeologists Alumni of University College London Alumni of the University of Winchester