Peter Sommer is a British archaeologist, television director and producer, and tour operator. The documentaries he has worked on include

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 co ...

, a 12 part series about life on a farm in the year 1620 shown on BBC2 in 2005,

Weapons That Made Britain Weapons That Made Britain is a British 2004 television documentary series. It was made by independent production company Lion Television (now part of All3media) for Channel 4. It was presented by film fight coordinator and medieval weapons trai ...

shown on Channel 4, Britain's Finest Castles and Britain's Finest Ancient Monuments (Channel Five), Millennium: A thousand years of history (BBC/CNN), Commanding Heights: the Battle for the World Economy (PBS/BBC) and

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great ''In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great'' is a BBC documentary television series, first shown in 1998. Written and presented by historian and broadcaster Michael Wood, it retraced the travels of Alexander the Great, from Macedonia to the border ...

(BBC/PBS). Sommer received a first-class degree in Ancient History and Archaeology following by an MPhil. from Birmingham University, before embarking on a PhD. at University College London. In 1994, Sommer walked 2,000 miles across Turkey, from Troy to the site of the battle of Issus, retracing the route of Alexander the Great. For this journey he received The Explorers Club of America Young Expeditioners’ award. A freelance writer, who has written on topics including travel, archaeology, and documentary making, Sommer also heads a British tour operator, Peter Sommer Travels, which specialises in expert-led cultural and archaeological tours. Sommer lives in Monmouthshire in Wales.

Awards and recognition

Sommer was awarded the Learning on Screen Award in 2006 by the British Universities Film & Video Council, for the BBC TV series

. The travel company he founded, Peter Sommer Travels, won the Tour Operator of the Year Gold Award in 2016, 2018 and 2023 and the Silver Award in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2024, given by AITO, The (

Association of Independent Tour Operators AITO – The Specialist Travel Association (formerly known as The Association of Independent Tour Operators), is a British-based travel industry trade association established in 1976 that represents around 120 specialist and independent tour ope ...

References

External links

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Peter Sommer at the British Film InstitutePeter Sommer Travels
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