Peter Ginn

Peter Ginn
Born1978 (age 45–46)
OccupationTelevision presenter
Notable workBBC Farm series

Peter Ginn is a British archaeologist, best known as a presenter of the BBC educational television documentary series (2005–2014) known as the BBC historic farm series. Ginn and Ruth Goodman were the only presenters to appear in every Farm series, although he did not appear in the related Victorian Pharmacy. His later television work includes Secrets of the Castle (2014) and Full Steam Ahead (2016).[1]

Ginn grew up in Bodicote, Oxfordshire, and went to St John's RC Primary and Blessed George Napier Schools in Banbury. He studied Egyptian archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.[2] Ginn, or Fonz as he was generally called on the series [3] was added to the cast of the 2005 Tales from the Green Valley when his university friend Alex Langlands was injured.[4]

References

  1. ^ "BBC Two - Full Steam Ahead". BBC.
  2. ^ "Wartime Farm - Peter Ginn - BBC Two". BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  3. ^ BBC Historical Farm Series, retrieved 17 February 2024
  4. ^ "Peter's time travels on TV". www.banburyguardian.co.uk. 4 October 2005. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.


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