Ruth Goodman

This article is about the historian. For the writer, see Ruth Goodman (writer).

Ruth Goodman
Born (1963-10-05) 5 October 1963 (age 61)
Occupation(s)BBC presenter, historian
Notable workBBC documentaries, advisor to the Victoria & Albert Museum
Websitewww.ruthgoodman.me.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Ruth Goodman (born 5 October 1963[1][2]) is a British freelance historian of the early modern period, specialising in offering advice to museums and heritage attractions.[3]

She is a specialist in British social history and after presenting the 2005 television series Tales from the Green Valley,[3][4] went on to participate in several BBC historic farm series. She occasionally presents features for The One Show, and she co-presented Secrets of the Castle in 2014, and 24 Hours in the Past (2015).

  1. ^ Radford, Ceri (5 November 2010). "Tough but tranquil: life on the BBC's Edwardian farm". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017.
  2. ^ Companies House Archived 27 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference goodold was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Lane, Megan (19 August 2005). "Lessons from our ancestors about the countryside". BBC News Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 November 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2010.