Movies: Dan Snow

A century after Shackleton's Endurance sank beneath the ice, explorers uncover the legendary shipwreck and an amazing tale of survival....

Historian and adventurer Dan Snow heads to the Andes Mountains on 5 for a fresh look at one of history’s most enduring mysteries. Dan Snow & the Lost City transports viewers to Machu Picchu, where the secrets of the Inca civilisation are waiting to b...

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....

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 l...

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 re...

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 e...

Dan Snow climbs into the mountains on the trail of the lost city of the Inca, Machu Picchu, a magical metropolis perched high among the clouds. It was rediscovered, overgrown by jungle, more than 100 years ago. Now Dan explores its story and comes fa...

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 n...

Dan tells the incredible story of how Pompeii was discovered....

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....

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....

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....

Documentary film, made for TV, about the Roman emperor Hadrian....

Montezuma is a 2009 BBC Television documentary film in which Dan Snow examines the reign of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II....

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 al...

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 ...

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....

Dan Snow attempts to use the latest satellite technology to reveal the secrets of the Roman Empire, identifying lost cities, amphitheatres and forts....

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....

Join historian Dan Snow as he pieces together the story of Stonehenge, revealing how modern discoveries have started to solve its many mysteries....