
Tutankhamun With Dan Snow
November, 2019
3 x 60
This 3 part stripped special follows historian Dan Snow, archaeologist Raksha Dave and journalist John Sergeant as they tell the dramatic story of the life, death and discovery of Tutankhamun.
With extraordinary access to sites across Egypt, they piece together the evidence to cast new light on the boy-king and his treasures.
Dan gets once-in-a-lifetime access to the curation labs at the not-yet-opened GEM centre in Cairo, where he comes face to face with Tutankhamun’s most iconic personal possessions, including his make up kit – or “guyliner” – and his chariots, beds and weaponry. Raksha is the first to film a new 3D scan of a tomb in the Valley of the Kings and John investigates the ‘fake news’ at the heart of the story of Tut’s curse.
"This is top-notch, light-touch popular history"
- Gabriel Tate, The Sunday TelegraphChannel
Channel 5Presented by
Dan Snow
Raksha Dave
John Sergeant
Executive Producer
Amanda Lyon
Series Produced and Directed by
Jamie Simpson
Production Executive
Kate Boundy
Director of Photography
Rob Goldie
Archive Producer
Angela O'Leary
Edit Producers
Ann Hawker
Clare Kingston
Producer
Michaela Moir
Production Manager
Sally Finigan
Post Production Manager
Sophie Wright
Researcher
Calum Davenport
Production Secretary
Emily Charalambides
Editors
Michael Duly
Ian Merrylees
Dermot O'Brien