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

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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In 2011 he edited an abridged version of ''Henry Stephens's Book of the Farm'', a work used as historical reference for the series ''Victorian Farm''.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 including '' Tales from the Green Valley,'' '' Victorian Farm'', ''

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'' and '' Wartime Farm.'' He joined ''

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

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''. In January 2016, he co-presented the BBC Two series ''Victorian Bakers'' with Annie Gray, a historian, cook, lecturer and writer. In July 2016, he co-presented the BBC Two series ''Full Steam Ahead'' with Ruth Goodman and

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. In November 2016, he co-presented the Channel 4 series ''

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'' with paleobiologist Tori Herridge.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 British archaeologists Academics of Swansea University Alumni of University College London Alumni of the University of Winchester