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Raksha Dave

Raksha Dave

Acting

Biography

Raksha Dave is an archaeologist and TV presenter.

Known For

Time Team
7.3

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, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated over the show's run have ranged in date from the Palaeolithic right through to the Second World War.

Time Team

1994
Digging for Britain
5.0

Dr Alice Roberts follows a year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations the length of the country.

Digging for Britain

2010
Tutankhamun with Dan Snow
7.7

An investigative look into the life of the boy-king, his environment and his death.

Tutankhamun with Dan Snow

2019
The Great Smog: Winter of '52
6.0

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 Great Smog: Winter of '52

2022
Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets
N/A

Tori Herridge and a team of scientists piece together life stories behind unearthed bones

Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets

2020
Pompeii's Final Hours: New Evidence
9.0

Exploring life in Pompeii during the final days of the doomed city.

Pompeii's Final Hours: New Evidence

2018
The Black Death
7.0

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 Black Death

2023
The Great Stink of 1858
6.0

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.

The Great Stink of 1858

2023
The Great Plague
7.0

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.

The Great Plague

2020
Tsunami
N/A

Dr Xand van Tulleken and Raksha Dave tell the dramatic story of the Boxing Day Tsunami, which killed more than 250,000 people.

Tsunami

2021
Tutankhamun: Life, Death & Legacy
N/A

Dan Snow, Raksha Dave and John Sergeant retrace the final 100 days of ancient Egypt’s most legendary pharaoh Tutankhamun, to find out what daily life was like for the 19-year-old king.

Tutankhamun: Life, Death & Legacy

2019
The Vikings
5.0

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 Vikings

2023
Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders
N/A

Sandi Toksvig and Raksha Dave join some of the nation’s most extraordinary digs, as they explore remarkable sites on the brink of great discoveries and unearth hidden secrets from Britain's past.

Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders

2025
Pompeii: The New Revelations
9.0

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.

Pompeii: The New Revelations

2020
The Great Fog of 1952
10.0

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 Great Fog of 1952

2023
Countdown To War
N/A

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Countdown To War

2021
Tut's Final Secrets
N/A

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.

Tut's Final Secrets

2020
The Black Death: A Plague Upon the World
N/A

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 discovery of mass graves beneath a tranquil London square.

The Black Death: A Plague Upon the World

2023