Dan Snow (Acting)
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Works
Endurance
A century after Shackleton's Endurance sank beneath the ice, explorers uncover the legendary shipwreck and an amazing tale of survival.
Release Date:2024-10-14
Character:Self
Vote Count:14
Stonehenge: The Discovery with Dan Snow
Join historian Dan Snow as he pieces together the story of Stonehenge, revealing how modern discoveries have started to solve its many mysteries.
Release Date:2024-03-31
Character:Himself
Atlantis: The Discovery with Dan Snow
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?
Release Date:2024-03-24
Character:Presenter
Dan Snow - Into the Valley of the Kings
Dan's adventure begins with the first tomb-hunters and a giant of early Egyptology.
Release Date:2023-10-23
Character:Presenter
The Black Death: A Plague Upon the World
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.
Release Date:2023-06-18
Character:Self
Pompeii: The Discovery with Dan Snow
Dan tells the incredible story of how Pompeii was discovered.
Release Date:2023-04-09
Character:Self - Presenter
The Black Death
Dan Snow and archaeologist Raksha Dave investigate how the Black Death devastated Britain 700 years ago, killing around three million people across the country.
Release Date:2023-03-08
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:1
Into Dinosaur Valley with Dan Snow
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.
Release Date:2022-11-23
Vote Count:1
The World's Greatest Archaeological Discoveries
Dan Snow breathes new life into incredible archaeological discoveries, including an in-depth exploration of each discovery, delving into the history, myths, and legends surrounding these ancient sites. Through interviews with experts and on-site exploration, Snow brings these fascinating stories to life, offering a fresh perspective on some of the world’s most renowned archaeological wonders.
Release Date:2022-01-01
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Character:Self - Host
Episode Count:3
The Weakest Link
Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?
Release Date:2021-12-18
Character:Self - Participant
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:5
The Dambusters
Historian Dan Snow relives the story of a crack team of 133 young airmen whose mission is to destroy the great dams of Germany in World War Two using a revolutionary new bouncing bomb.
Release Date:2020-12-01
Episode Count:3
The Battle of Britain: 3 Days That Saved the Nation
Dan Snow and Kate Humble present a three-part guide to the critical aerial battle that changed the course of the Second World War, featuring personal stories of pilots, ground crews and members of the public. The first episode tracks the first skirmishes of the three-day battle,as the Luftwaffe began an all-out assault to rid Britain of air power prior to a land invasion. The first skirmishes were being tracked by a 19-year-old WAAF member in a secret London bunker, and her secret diaries provide fresh insight into the strategies behind the aerial combat.
Release Date:2020-07-07
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:1
Tutankhamun with Dan Snow
Release Date:2020-04-27
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Pompeii: The New Revelations
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.
Release Date:2020-02-15
Character:Self - Presenter
Vote Count:1
Tut's Final Secrets
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.
Release Date:2020-01-26
Character:Himself - Presenter
Tutankhamun with Dan Snow
An investigative look into the life of the boy-king, his environment and his death.
Release Date:2019-11-26
Character:Host
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:1
Secrets of Hitler's Island Fortress: The Islands of Guernsey
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.
Release Date:2019-11-01
Character:Presenter
Beach Live: Jurassic Coast Revealed
Dan Snow and wildlife experts Lucy Cooke and Niall Strawson uncover historical, geological and wildlife treasures live from the Jurassic Coast in Dorset.
Release Date:2018-07-17
Character:Self
Episode Count:3
Dan Snow on Lloyd George: My Great-Great-Grandfather
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.
Release Date:2018-01-08
Character:Himself - Presenter
1066: A Year to Conquer England
Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between the Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to war.
Release Date:2017-02-28
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:[ 3 ]
Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow
Dan Snow leads a team of adventurers on an epic journey across the Canadian wilderness, following in the footsteps of the 19th-century Klondike gold rush. Their mission? To find their own gold.
Release Date:2016-10-30
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:3
The Greatest Tomb on Earth: Secrets of Ancient China
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.
Release Date:2016-10-16
Character:Himself - Presenter
Vote Count:1
Hunting the Nazi Gold Train
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.
Release Date:2016-10-02
Character:Presenter
Vote Count:1
Britain's Lost Masterpieces
Series tracking down lost, hidden, and misattributed paintings from local museums and galleries across Britain.
Release Date:2016-09-27
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
New York: America's Busiest City
A three-night stripped event, revealing the astonishing daily systems that allow America's biggest and busiest city to function. Anita Rani, Ade Adepitan, Ant Anstead, and Dan Snow are in New York.
Release Date:2016-08-30
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:1
Battle of Jutland: The Navy's Bloodiest Day
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.
Release Date:2016-05-29
Character:Himself (Presenter)
Vote Count:3
The Vikings Uncovered
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.
Release Date:2016-04-04
Character:Himself - Presenter
Vote Count:3
Mumbai Railway
From the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn explore the science behind the world's busiest railway. With John Sergeant reporting from across India.
Release Date:2015-09-05
Character:Presenter
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:1
World's Busiest Railway
From the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Robert Llewellyn explore the science behind the world's busiest railway. With John Sergeant reporting from across India.
Release Date:2015-08-24
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:4
Armada: 12 Days to Save England
Three-part documentary about the sinking of the Spanish Armada, featuring dramatic reconstructions and information gleaned from recently recovered documents. Dan Snow takes to the sea to tell the story of how England came within a whisker of disaster in summer 1588.
Release Date:2015-05-24
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:3
A Timewatch Guide
Series looking at how the BBC has revealed and interpreted monumental moments in our history. Using the BBC archive, the programmes examine changes in research covered in documentary television.
Release Date:2015-02-03
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:1
Al Murray's Great British War Movies
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.
Release Date:2014-08-25
Character:Himself
Vote Count:1
The Birth of Empire: The East India Company
Dan Snow travels through India in the footsteps of the company that revolutionised the British lifestyle and laid the foundations of today's global trading systems.
Release Date:2014-04-30
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:1
Operation Grand Canyon With Dan Snow
Dan Snow is taking on a massive challenge, recreating the first ever exploration of the mighty Colorado River.
Release Date:2014-01-05
Character:Himself - Presenter
Episode Count:2
Airport Live
Live series revealing the untold story of how Heathrow Airport is run.
Release Date:2013-06-17
Character:Presenter
Episode Count:4
D-Day: The Last Heroes
Dan Snow examines how the Allied Forces planned and executed the D-Day landings, as surviving veterans tell the story of one of the most dramatic military operations in history.
Release Date:2013-06-09
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:1
The Dambusters: 70 Years On
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.
Release Date:2013-05-16
Character:Presenter
Vote Count:1
Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways
Dan Snow examines the development of the railways from their beginnings as track-ways for coal carts in the early 18th century to the pivotal technology for modern Britain.
Release Date:2013-01-15
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:1
Rome's Lost Empire
Dan Snow attempts to use the latest satellite technology to reveal the secrets of the Roman Empire, identifying lost cities, amphitheatres and forts.
Release Date:2012-12-09
Character:Himself - Presenter
Vote Count:1
Explosion 1812
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.
Release Date:2012-06-17
Character:Presenter
Dig WW2 with Dan Snow
Dan Snow joins military archaelogists as they investigate the former battlegrounds of the Second World War, uncovering little-known stories through excavations and dives across Europe
Release Date:2012-05-14
Character:Presenter
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:1
Battle Castle
Battle Castle is an action documentary TV series co-produced by Parallax Film Productions Inc. with London-based Ballista Media Inc. It explores the medieval arms race reflected in castle construction in the Middle Ages and, using location filming, re-enactments and CGI reconstruction, tells the stories of six castles tested by siege. Hosted by Dan Snow, the series has aired on History Television, SBS Australia and most recently, Discovery UK.
Release Date:2012-02-23
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:1
Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
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.
Release Date:2012-01-26
Vote Count:1
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
Release Date:2011-10-24
Character:Self - Participant
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:4
Filthy Cities
Dan Snow gets down and dirty in the murky histories of London, Paris and New York, exploring their filthy histories from the bottom up.
Release Date:2011-04-05
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:3
Dan Snow's Norman Walks
Historian Dan Snow puts his walking boots on and sets off to see what the great British landscape can teach us about our Norman predecessors
Release Date:2010-08-04
Character:self
Episode Count:3
Little Ships - The Miracle of Dunkirk
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.
Release Date:2010-06-03
Character:Self - Presenter
Montezuma
Montezuma is a 2009 BBC Television documentary film in which Dan Snow examines the reign of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II.
Release Date:2009-09-19
Vote Count:2
How the Celts Saved Britain
Dan Snow shines a light into the Dark Ages after the collapse of the Roman Empire in Britain
Release Date:2009-05-25
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:2
Hadrian
Documentary film, made for TV, about the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Release Date:2008-07-19
Character:presenter
China's Terracotta Army
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.
Release Date:2007-09-15
Department:Art
Job:Production Design
Character:Himself - Presenter
Vote Count:1
How the Celts Saved Britain
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.
Character:Presenter
Out of the Inferno: Surviving Dresden
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.
Empire Of The Seas
Historian Dan Snow charts the defining role the Royal Navy played in Britain's struggle for modernity - a grand tale of the twists and turns which thrust the people of the British Isles into an indelible relationship with the sea and ships.
Release Date:2010-01-15
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:2
Twentieth Century Battlefields
Father-and-son team Peter and Dan Snow embark on an epic journey to describe battles that transformed the 20th century. Known for its extensive use of "sand table" CGI effects to help viewers visualize the battles.
Release Date:2007-06-04
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:8
Vote Count:2
Shipwreck: Ark Royal
One of the Royal Navy's most modern aircraft carriers when the Second World War began, HMS Ark Royal was eventually sunk by a German torpedo. Now her wreck has been found in the Mediterranean, and veterans are among the first to see it. With Dan Snow.
Release Date:2006-02-12
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Strictly Come Dancing
A dance competition where celebrities compete to be crowned the winner. Who is kicked out of the competition each week is decided by the judges scores and viewer votes. Are today's celebrities fleet of foot or do they have two left feet?
Release Date:2004-05-15
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:36
Natural World
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
Release Date:1983-10-30
Character:Narrator
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:25
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.
Character:Self - Panellist
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:16
Question Time
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
Release Date:1979-09-25
Character:Self - Panellist
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:12