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Egypt With Dan Snow
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Egypt With Dan Snow actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Egypt With Dan Snow reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
Dan Snow goes on an epic historical journey through Egypt - from glorious Luxor to a luxury steamer on the Nile, and the ancient pyramids to the packed streets of Cairo.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Bill LockeExecutive Producer
- Lucy WillisExecutive Producer
Direction
- Ben CrichtonDirector
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