Media

2024

BBC Radio 4 Open Country ‘Field Notes from Mars’ // Rose joined a geologist, an artist and an art historian to explore what images from the Mars Rover and stone on the cliffs of Orkney can tell us about our planetary origins and those of Mars. Produced by Ruth Sanderson. Listen on BBC Sounds

BBC Radio 3 The Essay ‘Earthworks Series 1’ // Repeat. Written and presented by Rose Ferraby. 5 episodes exploring archaeological landscapes and the ways in which we can understand them. Listen on BBC Sounds

2023

BBC Radio 3 The Essay ‘EarthWorks’ Series 2 // Written and presented by Rose Ferraby, the five part series explores different kinds of archaeological site in the British Isles: Town, Quarry, Field, Grave, Monument. Listen on BBC Sounds

BBBC Radio 4 Open Country ‘Seahenge’ // From the beach in North Norfolk, Rose presented this delve into the story of the discovery of Seahenge by archaeologists in 1999. Produced by Emma Campbell. Listen on BBC Sounds

BBC Radio 4 Open Country ‘Stories of Sea and Stone’ // Rose presented this programme exploring new research into the changing marine environment of Whitby, from its geology to current ecological change. Produced by Emma Campbell. Listen on BBC Sounds

BBC Radio 4 Open Country ‘Unearthing the past at Vindolanda’ // Rose travelled to Vindolanda in Northumberland to discover more about the Roman site and the threats of climate change to waterlogged sites. Produced by Ruth Sanderson. Liston on BBC Sounds

BBC Radio 4 Open Country ‘Music of the Gloucestershire landscape’// A fitting pre-christmas episode exploring the music that grew from the landscape around Gloucester and at its great cathedral in the early twentieth century. Produced by Emma Campbell. Listen on BBC Sounds

2022

BBC Radio 3 The Essay ‘EarthWorks’ Series 1 // Written and presented by Rose Ferraby, the five part series explores different archaeological landscapes in the British Isles: Wold, Fen, Mountain, Island, Moor. Listen on BBC Sounds

BBC Radio 6 Music Lauren Laverne’s Breakfast Show // Rose chatted to Lauren about her work on Seahenge for ‘The World of Stonehenge’ exhibition at the British Museum

2021

BBC Radio 4 Open Country ‘People and Stone’ // Rose presented this exploration of people and stone in Purbeck, Dorset. Listen on BBC Sounds

BBC Radio 4 Open Country ‘Durham: Time and the Tides’ // Rose contributed to this programme exploring the beaches of Durham, rich in the history of coal mining. Listen on BBC Sounds

2020

BBC Radio 4 Open Country ‘Landscapes in Lockdown’ // Rose spoke about her work at Aldborough Roman Town during lockdown. Listen on BBC Sounds

2019

Channel 5 ‘Britain’s Roman Roads’ // Rose contributed a segment about Aldborough Roman Town

2018

BBC Radio 3 The Essay – Cornerstones ‘Gypsum and Alabaster’ // Rose wrote and presented an essay exploring the cultural geology of gypsum. The essay later became part of an edited book ‘Cornerstones’ (Little Toller). Listen on BBC Sounds