Dan Snow

Dan Snow

Born: December 3, 1978
in Westminster, London, England

Movies for Dan Snow...

Stonehenge: The Discovery with Dan Snow
Title: Stonehenge: The Discovery with Dan Snow
Character: Himself
Released: March 31, 2024
Type: Movie
Join historian Dan Snow as he pieces together the story of Stonehenge, revealing how modern discoveries have started to solve its many mysteries.
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Dan Snow - Into the Valley of the Kings
Title: Dan Snow - Into the Valley of the Kings
Character: Presenter
Released: October 23, 2023
Type: Movie
Dan's adventure begins with the first tomb-hunters and a giant of early Egyptology.
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The Black Death: A Plague Upon the World
Title: The Black Death: A Plague Upon the World
Character: Self
Released: June 18, 2023
Type: Movie
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.
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Pompeii: The Discovery with Dan Snow
Title: Pompeii: The Discovery with Dan Snow
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: April 9, 2023
Type: Movie
Dan tells the incredible story of how Pompeii was discovered.
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Title: The Black Death
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: March 8, 2023
Type: TV
Dan Snow and archaeologist Raksha Dave investigate how the Black Death devastated Britain 700 years ago, killing around three million people across the country.
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Into Dinosaur Valley with Dan Snow
Title: Into Dinosaur Valley with Dan Snow
Released: November 23, 2022
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: The World's Greatest Archaeological Discoveries
Character: Self - Host
Released: January 1, 2022
Type: TV
Dan Snow breathes new life into incredible archaeological discoveries, including Egypt's Valley of the Kings and the Roman town of Pompeii.
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Title: The Weakest Link
Character: Self - Participant
Released: December 18, 2021
Type: TV
Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?
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Title: The Dambusters
Released: December 1, 2020
Type: TV
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.
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Title: The Battle of Britain: 3 Days That Saved the Nation
Released: July 7, 2020
Type: TV
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.
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Pompeii: The New Revelations
Title: Pompeii: The New Revelations
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: February 15, 2020
Type: Movie
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.
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Tut's Final Secrets
Title: Tut's Final Secrets
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: January 26, 2020
Type: Movie
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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Title: Tutankhamun with Dan Snow
Character: Host
Released: November 26, 2019
Type: TV
An investigative look into the life of the boy-king, his environment and his death.
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Secrets of Hitler's Island Fortress: The Islands of Guernsey
Title: Secrets of Hitler's Island Fortress: The Islands of Guernsey
Character: Presenter
Released: November 1, 2019
Type: Movie
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.
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Dan Snow on Lloyd George: My Great-Great-Grandfather
Title: Dan Snow on Lloyd George: My Great-Great-Grandfather
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: January 8, 2018
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: 1066: A Year to Conquer England
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: February 28, 2017
Type: TV
Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between the Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans that led to war.
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Title: Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: October 30, 2016
Type: TV
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.
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The Greatest Tomb on Earth: Secrets of Ancient China
Title: The Greatest Tomb on Earth: Secrets of Ancient China
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: October 16, 2016
Type: Movie
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.
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Hunting the Nazi Gold Train
Title: Hunting the Nazi Gold Train
Character: Presenter
Released: October 2, 2016
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Britain's Lost Masterpieces
Character: Self
Released: September 27, 2016
Type: TV
Series tracking down lost, hidden, and misattributed paintings from local museums and galleries across Britain.
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Title: New York: America's Busiest City
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: August 30, 2016
Type: TV
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.
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Battle of Jutland: The Navy's Bloodiest Day
Title: Battle of Jutland: The Navy's Bloodiest Day
Character: Himself (Presenter)
Released: May 29, 2016
Type: Movie
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.
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The Vikings Uncovered
Title: The Vikings Uncovered
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: April 4, 2016
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Mumbai Railway
Character: Presenter
Released: September 5, 2015
Type: TV
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.
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Title: World's Busiest Railway
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: August 24, 2015
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Armada: 12 Days to Save England
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: May 24, 2015
Type: TV
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.
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Al Murray's Great British War Movies
Title: Al Murray's Great British War Movies
Character: Himself
Released: August 25, 2014
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: The Birth of Empire: The East India Company
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: April 30, 2014
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Operation Grand Canyon With Dan Snow
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: January 5, 2014
Type: TV
Dan Snow is taking on a massive challenge, recreating the first ever exploration of the mighty Colorado River.
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Title: Airport Live
Character: Presenter
Released: June 17, 2013
Type: TV
Live series revealing the untold story of how Heathrow Airport is run.
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Title: D-Day: The Last Heroes
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: June 9, 2013
Type: TV
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.
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The Dambusters: 70 Years On
Title: The Dambusters: 70 Years On
Character: Presenter
Released: May 16, 2013
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: January 15, 2013
Type: TV
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.
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Rome's Lost Empire
Title: Rome's Lost Empire
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: December 9, 2012
Type: Movie
Dan Snow attempts to use the latest satellite technology to reveal the secrets of the Roman Empire, identifying lost cities, amphitheatres and forts.
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Title: Dig WW2 with Dan Snow
Character: Presenter
Released: May 14, 2012
Type: TV
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
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Title: Battle Castle
Released: February 23, 2012
Type: TV
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.
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Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
Title: Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery
Released: January 26, 2012
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character: Self - Participant
Released: October 24, 2011
Type: TV
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction
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Title: Filthy Cities
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: April 5, 2011
Type: TV
Dan Snow gets down and dirty in the murky histories of London, Paris and New York, exploring their filthy histories from the bottom up.
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Title: Dan Snow's Norman Walks
Character: self
Released: August 4, 2010
Type: TV
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
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Little Ships - The Miracle of Dunkirk
Title: Little Ships - The Miracle of Dunkirk
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: June 3, 2010
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Empire Of The Seas
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: January 15, 2010
Type: TV
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.
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Montezuma
Title: Montezuma
Released: September 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Montezuma is a 2009 BBC Television documentary film in which Dan Snow examines the reign of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II.
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Title: How the Celts Saved Britain
Character: Self - Presenter
Released: May 25, 2009
Type: TV
Dan Snow shines a light into the Dark Ages after the collapse of the Roman Empire in Britain
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Hadrian
Title: Hadrian
Character: presenter
Released: July 19, 2008
Type: Movie
Documentary film, made for TV, about the Roman emperor Hadrian.
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China's Terracotta Army
Title: China's Terracotta Army
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: September 15, 2007
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields
Character: Second Host
Released: June 4, 2007
Type: TV
20th Century Battlefields is a BBC documentary television series hosted by television and radio personality Peter Snow, and his son Dan Snow. Episodes cover the major battles of the twentieth century, and is best known for its extensive use of "sand table" CGI effects to help viewers visualize the battles.
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Title: Natural World
Character: Narrator
Released: October 30, 1983
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Question Time
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: September 25, 1979
Type: TV
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.
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How the Celts Saved Britain
Title: How the Celts Saved Britain
Character: Presenter
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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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Title: Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
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.
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Out of the Inferno: Surviving Dresden
Title: Out of the Inferno: Surviving Dresden
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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.