Raksha Dave
Birthday: Born in in
Deathday: Alive
Raksha Dave is an archaeologist and TV presenter
TV Credits
The Great Smog: Winter of '52
Character: Self - Presenter
Dr Xand Van Tulleken and Raksha Dave investigate the Great Smog of 1952 - the deadliest environmental disaster ever recorded and one of the world's worst peacetime catastrophes. Lasting just over four days, the Great Smog plunged London into a terrifyingly murky gloom - the acrid pollution seeping into homes, leaving Londoners gasping for breath, shutting down transport and emergency services, and overwhelming hospitals and undertakers alike....
The Black Death
Character: Self
Dan Snow and archaeologist Raksha Dave investigate how the Black Death devastated Britain 700 years ago, killing around three million people across the country....
The Vikings
Character: Self
Dr Xand van Tulleken and archaeologist Raksha Dave tell the brutal story of one of the most bloody and savage conquests in English history....
The Great Plague
Character: Presenter
Xand van Tulleken, Raksha Dave and John Sergeant trace the spread of the Great Plague of 1665 week by week and discover parallels with the coronavirus....
Tsunami
Character: Self - Presenter
Dr Xand van Tulleken and Raksha Dave tell the dramatic story of the Boxing Day Tsunami, which killed more than 250,000 people....
Pompeii's Final Hours: New Evidence
Character: Self - Presenter
Exploring life in Pompeii during the final days of the doomed city....
Time Team
Character: Self - Field Archeologist
Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in layman's terms. This team of specialists changed throughout the series' run, although has consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Fra...
Tutankhamun with Dan Snow
Character: Host
An investigative look into the life of the boy-king, his environment and his death....
Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets
Character: Herself - Archaeologist
Tori Herridge and a team of scientists piece together life stories behind unearthed bones...
Digging for Britain
Character: Herself - Reporter
Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country....
The Great Stink of 1858
Character: Self - Presenter
Dr Xand van Tulleken tells how an extraordinary heatwave struck London in the summer in 1858 and a terrible stench began to rise from the River Thames....
Countdown To War
Character: Host
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Movie Credits
The Great Fog of 1952
Character: Self - Presenter
In the 1950s, a devastating fog descended on London and enveloped the capital for several days, leaving Londoners lost in their own streets in one of the UK's biggest peacetime catastrophes....
The Black Death: A Plague Upon the World
Character: Self
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 ...
Pompeii: The New Revelations
Character: Self - Presenter
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....
Tut's Final Secrets
Character: Herself - Presenter
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....