About Dan
Dan Snow is a historian, broadcaster and television presenter born and raised in London. He studied history at Oxford University, where he rowed in the Boat Race three times and graduated with a double first. He began his television career presenting military history programmes with his father Peter Snow, their series Battlefield Britain winning a BAFTA. He has presented numerous BBC programmes exploring British and world history, including documentaries on China's First Emperor, Emperor Hadrian, St Kilda, and the Royal Navy.
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- Military history television presenting
- Battlefield Britain (BAFTA-winning series)
- The One Show historical segments
- Documentary on China's First Emperor
- Documentary on Emperor Hadrian
- Britain's Lost World
- Empire of the Seas documentary series
- Author of Death or Victory
- Saxon Hoard documentary
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