Henry Buckton

Henry Buckton is a best selling social historian, although he has also written plays, film, and stories for children. He studied at the Somerset College of Arts, and his literary career began in 1985 with the broadcast of his first story on BBC Radio Bristol. Since then he has written several more children's stories for radio broadcast including 'The Magic Milk Bottle,' and 'The Egg Man.'

Between 2000 and 2003, Henry compiled, edited and published four books of celebrity childhood memories under contract to the BBC Children In Need Appeal, in order to raise money and awareness for disadvantaged children. These books included hundreds of original stories written specially for the project by well-known people, such as Emma Bunton, Jeremy Irons, Judi Dench, Nigel Havers, and Annie Lennox.

Henry's social histories include 'Yesterday's Country Village,' which examines every aspect of rural life as it used to be. This book reached the No 1 spot in the WH Smith bestsellers list in their British and Irish History section. And 'The Lost Villages,' which visits a number of communities around Britain that were abandoned during the 20th century for various reasons.

Henry has also written and presented documentary films based on two of his books, 'Friendly Invasion' and 'Yesterday's Country Village.' He has also appeared in several television programmes including Inside Out West for BBC1 and ITV Thames Valley Tonight.

Henry was born in Somerset and in his full-time job works for MOD Security. He also has a long association with the reserve forces having served in The Royal Observer Corps, the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, and the Somerset Cadet Battalion Light Infantry (ACF).

Henry is married and has two children. His son Jason is currently serving in the British Army, and his daughter Emily is at art school.