Peter Ginn

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 and Full Steam Ahead (2016).

Peter said in the first episode of the Christmas special series of Victorian Farm that he grew up in Germany. 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. Ginn, or Fonz as he was generally called on the series, was added to the cast of the 2005 Tales from the Green Valley when his university friend Alex Langlands was injured. Peter and Alex met at PrimTech, which is a week where University of London students practice experimental archaeology.

Publications

The Spoon: A Stirring History by Peter Ginn. Amberley Publishing, 2024. Slow Tech: The Perfect Antidote to Today's Digital World by Peter Ginn. Haynes Publishing, 2019. Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain by Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman. William Collins, 2016. Tudor Monastery Farm: Life in Rural England 500 Years Ago by Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman and Tom Pinfold. BBC Books, 2013. Wartime Farm by Peter Ginn, Ruth Goodman and Alex Langlands. Mitchell Beazley, 2012. Victorian Farm: Rediscovering Forgotten Skills by Alex Langlands, Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman. Pavilion, 2008.