Dan Snow
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Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England
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Birthday: December 03, 1978
Age: 46 years old
Gender: Male
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Into Dinosaur Valley with Dan Snow
Overview: The presenter travels across America retracing the very first discoveries made by fossil hunters nearly 200 years ago, from Wyoming to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. He reveals how the very first discoveries of the most amazing dinosaurs of all time were made, including the T-Rex and Diplodocus, and learns why America's stunning wild West is such a hotspot for dinosaur remains.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-23
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Pompeii: The Discovery with Dan Snow
Overview: Dan tells the incredible story of how Pompeii was discovered.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-09
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Hadrian
Overview: Documentary film, made for TV, about the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-19
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How the Celts Saved Britain
Overview: How the Celts Saved Britain is a two-part BBC4 series the influence of Celtic culture on Britain after the decline and fall of the Roman Empire there. It is presented by Dan Snow.
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Original Language: en
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Montezuma
Overview: Montezuma is a 2009 BBC Television documentary film in which Dan Snow examines the reign of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-19
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The Dambusters: 70 Years On
Overview: Dan Snow presents a tribute to WWII's Dambusters raid, as veterans and their families gather to remember the bravery of the 133 men who undertook it.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-16
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The Black Death: A Plague Upon the World
Overview: Dan Snow and Raksha Dave investigate how the plague devastated Britain 700 years ago, killing around three million people across the country. In the first edition, Dan heads to Melcombe Regis in Dorset as he traces the spread of the plague and finds out how the disease reached Britain's shores in 1348. At The Old Operating Theatre in London, Raksha witnesses the horrific symptoms of this deadly disease and the terrifying outcome for those who fell victim to it, and also investigates the recent discovery of mass graves beneath a tranquil London square.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-18
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Dan Snow - Into the Valley of the Kings
Overview: Dan's adventure begins with the first tomb-hunters and a giant of early Egyptology.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-10-23
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Stonehenge: The Discovery with Dan Snow
Overview: Join historian Dan Snow as he pieces together the story of Stonehenge, revealing how modern discoveries have started to solve its many mysteries.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-31
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China's Terracotta Army
Overview: The exhibition "Qin Shihuang: Chinese Terracotta Warriors" featuring hundreds of palace-level cultural relics featuring terracotta warriors will be exhibited at the British Museum on September 13. Today, the packing work of the terracotta warriors and horses officially started, and at the same time, the decoration work of the central hall of the British Museum (where Marx once consulted information) is also in full swing. Hong Kong Phoenix Satellite TV, China Shaanxi TV Station and British Sky TV News Channel will cooperate for the first time to live broadcast the opening ceremony of the exhibition, visits and other important activities, and show the whole process of exhibit packing, departure, exhibition arrangement, exhibition and exhibition to the global audience Live delivery.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-15
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Battle of Jutland: The Navy's Bloodiest Day
Overview: Documentary about the Battle of Jutland, a naval battle during World War I between the British and German fleets, which took place on 31 May and 1 June 1916 in the North Sea, off the west coast of Denmark. It re-creates the events of the battle and examines why the number of British warships that sank was so much higher than the number of German ships that were lost. Shown to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the battle.
Genres: War Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-29
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Explosion 1812
Overview: On April 27, 1813, American forces defeated the British at York (present-day Toronto) and captured the capital of Upper Canada - but not before suffering their own losses. History Television's Explosion 1812 looks at the Battle of York and unearths new evidence around this lesser-known event from the War of 1812.
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-17
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The Greatest Tomb on Earth: Secrets of Ancient China
Overview: Dan Snow, Dr Alice Roberts and Dr Albert Lin investigate a series of earth-shattering discoveries at a mighty tomb guarded by the Terracotta Warriors in China.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-16
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Rome's Lost Empire
Overview: Dan Snow attempts to use the latest satellite technology to reveal the secrets of the Roman Empire, identifying lost cities, amphitheatres and forts.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-09
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Pompeii: The New Revelations
Overview: Archaeologist Raksha Dave and historian Dan Snow return to Pompeii to gain special access to a variety of new excavations, including two never-before-seen discoveries.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-15
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The Vikings Uncovered
Overview: Dan Snow uncovers the lost Vikings in America with Dr Sarah Parcak. As Sarah searches for Vikings across the Atlantic, Dan explores their journey 500 years before Columbus.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-04
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Al Murray's Great British War Movies
Overview: Comedian and history buff Al Murray is joined by historian Dan Snow, writer Natalie Haynes and broadcaster and film expert Matthew Sweet for a fresh look at a subject very close to his heart - the great British war movie. This roundtable discussion looks at both the films themselves, from A Bridge too Far to Zulu, and uses them as a lens on British history, cultural attitudes and our changing views on conflict over the decades.
Genres: Comedy Documentary War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-25
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Dan Snow on Lloyd George: My Great-Great-Grandfather
Overview: Historian Dan Snow explores the life of his forebear David Lloyd George, the British prime minister at the end of the First World War, when he was hailed as a national hero.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-08
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Tut's Final Secrets
Overview: Towering pyramids. Chambers of treasure. Dramatic rituals. This fascinating movie travels back over 3,000 years to retrace the final 100 days of ancient Egypt's most legendary pharaoh Tutankhamun. Find out what daily life was like for the 19-year-old king as he ruled over one of the ancient world's most advanced civilizations.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-26
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Little Ships - The Miracle of Dunkirk
Overview: To mark the 70th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation, Dan Snow tells the story of the 'little ships' which made the perilous cross-channel voyage, as 50 of them return to France.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-03
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Hunting the Nazi Gold Train
Overview: In 2015, a media frenzy broke when 2 amateur researchers found a buried train in Poland. They believed it contained precious treasure left by the Nazis at the close of WW2. Historian Dan Snow investigates.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-02
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Out of the Inferno: Surviving Dresden
Overview: On the 73rd anniversary of the firebombing of Dresden, Dan Snow accompanies British veteran Victor Gregg, a POW in Dresden during the raid, as he returns to the city for a historic meeting with Irene Uhlendorf, who was just 4 years old on the night of the bombing. Together they are able to talk about the horrors of that night and the effect that it has had on the rest of their lives.
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Secrets of Hitler's Island Fortress: The Islands of Guernsey
Overview: Guernsey and its neighboring islands have a unique distinction which sets them apart from the rest of the British Isles. Together with the rest of the Channel Islands, they were the only part of the British Isles to fall to Nazi Germany in the Second World War. In this documentary, Dan Snow learns about the unique wartime experience of these islands and the people who lived on them. From a daring commando raid on Sark to an extraordinary reconnoiter of untouched World War Two archaeology submerged in an Alderney quarry, join Snow as he explores the wartime history - above the ground and under the water.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-01
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Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
Overview: In 2009 metal-detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert discovered the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon treasure in the UK. Dan Snow travels across the old Kingdom of Mercia to unravel the secrets of the Staffordshire Hoard.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-26
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Endurance
Overview: A century after Shackleton's Endurance sank beneath the ice, explorers uncover the legendary shipwreck and an amazing tale of survival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-14
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Atlantis: The Discovery with Dan Snow
Overview: It's captivated us for over 2000 years, but did it really exist? Dan Snow travels to Greece to discover if there is any truth in this tale of the legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean that supposedly disappeared beneath the waves. He investigates real ancient cities that were destroyed by earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis - could these have inspired the story of Atlantis?
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-24
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Terracotta Army: The Discovery with Dan Snow
Overview: Dan Snow embarks on a journey to China, delving into the remarkable story of the Terracotta Army, a vast archaeological treasure lost for over 2,000 years. In 1974, a group of local farmers serendipitously unearthed this ancient wonder, revealing thousands of life-size soldiers prepared for battle even in the afterlife. Beyond the warriors, the discovery also encompasses painted figures, stone armor, and the bones of the Emperor’s mistresses, who met their end alongside their ruler. Dan Snow’s exploration uncovers new insights into the First Emperor of China, a ruler who unified the nation through fear and domination. At the heart of the burial complex lies a giant earth pyramid, serving as the final resting place for the Emperor’s body, guarded for eternity by his formidable Terracotta Army.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-06-28
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WWI's Secret Shame: Shell Shock
Overview: From shell shock in WWI to PTSD today many of those who made it home from war were left mentally scarred and traumatised. Historian Dan Snow explores the on-going mental health crisis in veterans.
Genres: Documentary War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-12
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