Archaeologist and medieval historian Alex­ander Langlands begins Cræft with a modern technological problem. His strimmer—British parlance for a string trimmer—won’t start. “I always dreaded trying to ...

Alex Langlands is a British archaeologist and historian, also known for his work as a presenter of the educational documentary series on British television. Langlands has degrees in medieval ...

The outline of the largest Roman villa ever known in Wales has come to light three feet underground, and the experts behind the find are calling it a possible equivalent to Pompeii. "My eyes nearly ...

Under three feet of soil in a historical park in Wales, archaeologists say, lies what could be the county’s largest known Roman villa. While conducting geophysical surveys of the site in the ...

Presenters Helen Skelton and Alex Langlands explore some of the most fascinating periods of British history through current archaeological excavations around the country. Presenters Helen Skelton and ...

Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn bring back to life the golden age of steam, exploring how Victorian railways helped to shape modern Britain. Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex ...

Victorian Bakers is back for Christmas. In this one-off special, our four professional bakers discover the role their trade played in creating Christmas as we know it today. Historians Alex Langlands ...

The buried remains of the largest Roman villa ever found in Wales have been detected beneath parkland on the south coast, in an “amazing” discovery that archaeologists have described as “Port Talbot’s ...

BBC's turn-back-the-clock `Farm' series continue with this eight-part look at the efforts of historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn, who run Manor Farm as if it was ...

`Full Steam Ahead' is a six-part documentary series following historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn as they explore the golden age of steam and examine how Victorian railways shaped ...