Dr Ben Robinson

Dr Ben Robinson, 'The Flying Archaeologist' is an archaeologist, broadcaster and author. As a youth, Ben persuaded the RAF to teach him to fly. He has enjoyed an aerial perspective on landscape history, as a pilot of microlight aircraft ever since. Ben gained his MA and PhD from the University of York. He began his career as a digging archaeologist in what was once called ‘rescue archaeology' and went on to join English Heritage as an ‘Inspector of Ancient Monuments’.

Ben’s TV credits include The Flying Archaeologist (BBC Four, 2013), The Zeppelin Terror (BBC Four, 2014), Secrets from the Sky ( ITV, 2014, co-presenting with Bettany Hughes), The Last Journey of the Magna Carta King (BBC Four, 2015) and many BBC regional Inside Out programmes on various heritage themes (2013- 2019). Ben co-presented three series of Channel 4's Britain's Most Historic Towns with Alice Roberts, acting as 'the eye in the sky' (2018-2020).

In 2019 Ben presented BBC series Pubs, Ponds and Power: The Story of the Village (BBC One, BBC Four, BBC Two) and in 2020 Villages by the Sea (BBC One and BBC Two). The second series of Villages by the Sea will be shown on BBC Two in November and December 2021.