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Charlotte McLaughlin

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Historian dan snow says father peter urged him not to become a broadcaster | Mind Blowing Facts

The presenter said he also did not want his own children following him into the industry (Ian West/PA) - (PA Archive)

Historian Dan Snow has said that his father, BBC presenter Peter Snow, asked him not to follow in his footsteps and become a broadcaster.

Snow – known for Battlefield Britain, Dan Snow’s Norman Walks and Filthy Cities – presented his first history show with his father, a BBC special on the battles of El Alamein.

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