Ruth Goodman (historian)

Ruth Goodman
Born 1963 (age 52–53)
Occupation BBC Presenter, Historian
Notable work BBC documentaries, advisor to the Victoria & Albert Museum
Children 2
Website www.ruthgoodman.me.uk

Ruth Goodman (born 1963[1]) is a British freelance historian of the early modern period, specialising in offering advice to museums and heritage attractions.[2] She is a specialist in British social history and is a presenter of the BBC educational documentary series Victorian Farm, Victorian Pharmacy, Edwardian Farm, Tudor Monastery Farm, Wartime Farm[3] and Full Steam Ahead. She also presented the 2005 series Tales from the Green Valley,[2][4] and occasionally presents features for The One Show.

Work

She has been a consultant to the Victoria & Albert Museum and Shakespeare in Love.[2] She is also a member of the Tudor Group, a re-enactment organisation for the Tudor period.[5][6] As a result of her social history research, she has stopped using detergents in her washing machine, never eats factory farmed food and sometimes cooks on an open wood fire.[2]

Goodman participated in the 2011 series of Celebrity Masterchef.

In 2009, Goodman starred along side Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn in Victorian Farm for BBC Documentary. The Following year the three participated in the second part of that series called Victorian Pharmacy, where the team researches many of the common medical practises of the time.

In 2010, she teamed up once again with Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn and participated in the Docu series Edwardian Farm.

On 18 July 2012, Goodman was awarded the Honorary Degree of "Doctor of the University" from Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln, for her contribution to history education.

In Autumn 2013 she starred in Tudor Monastery Farm, a factual BBC2 television series about farming during the Tudor period.[7]

In 2014, she appeared in each episode of the Kew on a Plate four-part series, along with Raymond Blanc and Kate Humble.

In November and December 2014 Ruth Goodman appeared with Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold in the BBC Two television series Secrets of the Castle in the UK. This television series examined the techniques used by builders of castles in medieval Europe based on the experimental archaeology project at Guédelon Castle in France.

In 2015, she acted alongside presenter Fi Glover on the BBC documentary 24 Hours in the Past.

In July 2016 Ruth Goodman appeared in a new BBC series called Full Steam Ahead - How Railways Made Britain alongside Peter Ginn and Alex Langlands.

Personal Life

Ruth is married to Tudor reenactor and musician Mark Goodman (who is featured in one episode of Tudor Monastery Farm). They have two daughters; Eve and Catherine. Eve has appeared regularly with her mother on television, and Catherine has made an appearance during Victorian Farm.

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Radford, Ceri (5 November 2010). "Tough but tranquil: life on the BBC's Edwardian farm". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ford, Matt (4 October 2008). "The good old days of back-breaking labour". Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Victorian Christmas". BBC. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  4. ↑ Lane, Megan (19 August 2005). "Lessons from our ancestors about the countryside". BBC News Magazine. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  5. ↑ "Live your life in Tudor times". Derby Telegraph. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  6. ↑ Siano, Joseph (14 June 1998). "Q & A: Tudor Tour". New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  7. ↑ BBC Two - Tudor Monastery Farm - Ruth Goodman

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