Saul David

Acting

Saul David

Place of birth

Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

10 titles

Born 1966, Professor Julian Saul David is a British academic military historian and broadcaster. He is best known for his work on the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Anglo-Zulu War, as well as for presenting and appearing in documentaries on British television covering imperial and military themes.

Known for

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Nicky Campbell hosts a series of moral, ethical and religious debates.

The Big Questions

2007

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These are some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. The series explores how and why they were built, consider the financial and social costs of their failure and examine the environmental and ecological impacts. The series also explores how experts came up with plans to make something beautiful or useful from the ruins.

Abandoned Engineering

2017

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7.3

Documentary series investigating why some of the world's most advanced architectural achievements were abandoned.

Mysteries of the Abandoned

2017

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Series looking at how the BBC has revealed and interpreted monumental moments in our history. Using the BBC archive, the programmes examine changes in research covered in documentary television.

A Timewatch Guide

2015

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A documentary feature by award-winning filmmaker Boaz Dvir, “To Kill a Nazi” tells the story of a French family man who sets out in to kill his father’s Gestapo executioner and ended up playing a pivotal role in history’s most audacious hostage rescue.

To Kill a Nazi

2026

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Drama documentary with Prunella Scales. Scales researches the life of Queen Victoria and interviews historians to help her with her portrayal of Queen Victoria in her one-woman stage show "An Evening with Queen Victoria". She also portrays Queen Victoria in the historical reconstructions in this programme and reads from Queen Victoria's private diaries written late in life and unpublished until now.

Looking for Victoria

2003

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