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unusual facts about Dan Snow


Staffordshire Hoard

On 26 January 2012 the hoard was featured in the hour-long BBC2 documentary Saxon Hoard: A Golden Discovery presented by TV historian Dan Snow.


Balliol College Boat Club

Famous Balliol oarsmen have included Lord Justice Chitty, Edmond Warre (Head Master of Eton), Frederick Septimus Kelly (composer, killed in France 1916: considered one of the greatest oarsmen of all time having won at least one event at Henley Royal Regatta each year from 1902-1906 and Olympic gold in 1908), Cardinal Heard, Dan Snow (3 time 'Blue' and 2001 OUBC president), HM King Olav V of Norway and HM King Harald V of Norway.

Conway Publishing

Conway produced the books to accompany James May's Toy Stories and the Dan Snow presented 'Empire of the Seas', both aired on the BBC.

Sarah Parcak

On December 31, 2013, she was the focus of Dan Snow's documentary "Rome's Lost Empire" on BBC Four, prospectively identifying several potentially significant sites including the arena at Portus; the lighthouse and a canal alongside the river Tiber directly to Rome.


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