Paul filming with Kirsty Wark, Somme 2008.
Paul Reed is a leading military historian, who specialises in the two World Wars. He has been visiting battlefields all over Europe for more than thirty years, and lived on the Somme for over a decade. He has worked as a researcher and Battlefield Guide, and is the author of several books on WW1. Paul also regularly contributes to BBC TV programmes, such as Timewatch, Meet The Ancestors and Who Do You Think You Are.
He is currently working on several books about WW2 and a revised edition of his Walking The Somme.
In 2008 Paul worked on Last Day of WW1, a BBC Timewatch where he worked with broadcaster Michael Palin. He was also Historical Consultant for My Family At War, which was shown to great critical acclaim on BBC1 in November 2008. His latest TV projects have been on the US Version of Who Do You Think You Are and for the final series of Timewatch a programme entitled Aces Falling, looking at VC winners Mick Mannock and James McCudden. This was screened on BBC2 in March 2009. His latest TV projects relate to WW2 Battlefield Archaeology and DIG 1940 was shown on BBC1 in December 2010. He is currently working on a second WW2 archaeology series for BBC in 2011.