Raksha Dave
Actor · Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
Raksha Dave is an archaeologist and TV presenter.
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TV7.4DocumentaryMysteryTime 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 · 18 votes
TV6.0DocumentaryDr 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 · 4 votes
TVDocumentaryDr Xand van Tulleken and Raksha Dave tell the dramatic story of the Boxing Day Tsunami, which killed more than 250,000 people.
Tsunami
2021
TV7.0DocumentaryXand 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 · 2 votes
TV7.7DocumentaryAn investigative look into the life of the boy-king, his environment and his death.
Tutankhamun with Dan Snow
2019 · 3 votes
TV6.0DocumentaryDr 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 · 1 votes
TV9.0DocumentaryExploring life in Pompeii during the final days of the doomed city.
Pompeii's Final Hours: New Evidence
2018 · 2 votes
TV5.0DocumentaryDr 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 · 2 votes
TVDocumentarySandi 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.
TV6.0DocumentaryDr 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 · 1 votes
TVDocumentaryTori Herridge and a team of scientists piece together life stories behind unearthed bones
TV7.0DocumentaryDan 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 · 1 votes