Peter Snow
Peter Snow CBE | |
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Born | Peter John Snow 20 April 1938 |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
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Years active | 1962-present |
Known for | Swingometer |
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Spouses |
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Children | 6; including Dan |
Peter John Snow
Early life
Snow was born in
He spent part of his early childhood in Benghazi, Libya, where his father was stationed. His father became deputy Fortress commander at Gibraltar in 1956.[4]
Education
Snow was educated at
Life and career
Snow was a foreign correspondent, Defence and Diplomatic Correspondent, and occasional newscaster for Britain's
Snow has been involved as an election analyst and co-presenter in the live
Snow survived a
Along with his son,
Peter and Dan Snow also presented "Whose Britain is it anyway?", a survey of the ownership of Britain's countryside, in 2006, "What makes Britain rich?" in early 2007 and "What Britain earns" in 2008. Peter and Dan have also made two history series for BBC Radio Four on the
. He also presented "Random Edition" over a number of years, a Radio Four programme that examined in detail the stories in a newspaper chosen at random from one day in history.On 6 October 2005, the BBC announced that Snow would cease working on election broadcasts. Snow said "I shall be over 70 at the next general election and that, frankly, is a bit old to be dancing around in front of huge graphic displays."[
In July 2009, to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the NASA Moon landings, ITN produced five special 10-minute programmes for ITV titled Mission to the Moon – News from 1969. Snow participated in these programmes, acting as a correspondent alongside former ITN colleague John Suchet, the presenter of the specials. Snow also presented a special on BBC Radio 4 focusing on Britain's First Day of War in 1939. In June 2013, Snow presented D-Day As it Happens for Channel 4.
In July 2016, Snow presented Trainspotting Live – a three part television series about trains and trainspotting on BBC Four.[10] In June 2018 Peter presented a five-part series for Channel Four Great Train Restorations which created a so-called Time Train from four refurbished railway carriages. In July 2019 Peter presented Planespotting Live for BBC4 with co-presenter Andi Peters.
Books
In addition to presenting programmes, Snow has written a number of books besides the ones written with his son, Dan. In 1970, he wrote "Leila’s Hijack War" with a journalist colleague, David Phillips, telling the story of the international crisis that was caused by Palestinian guerrillas, including Leila Khaled, who hijacked three airliners and blew them up on a desert airstrip. [citation needed] In 1972, he wrote "Hussein", the Biography of King Hussein of Jordan.[citation needed] In 2010. Snow published "To War with Wellington", the story of the Iron Duke's campaigns from Portugal to Waterloo.[citation needed] In 2013, he published "When Britain burned the White House", the story of the 1814 British invasion of Washington.[citation needed]
In 2015, he published "The Battle of Waterloo Experience" with his son Dan on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815.[citation needed] In 2016, they went on to write "Treasures of British History, The Nation's History told through its 50 Most Important Documents".[citation needed]
In 2017, Peter and his wife, Ann MacMillan of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), wrote "War Stories, Gripping Tales of Courage, Cunning and Compassion", which was published by John Murray.[citation needed] In 2020, Peter and Ann wrote "Treasures of World History, the Story of Civilisation in 50 documents" published by Welbeck. In 2022 Peter and Ann wrote - also published by Welbeck - "Kings and Queens, the real lives of the English Monarchs".
Personal life
Snow has been married twice, and has six children from three relationships.[11] His eldest son, French citizen Matthieu, was born before his first marriage, although Snow was not aware of his existence until he was an adult. He married Alison Carter in 1964 and the couple had a son (Shane) and a daughter (Shuna).[11] They divorced nine years later.[12]
In 1976 Snow married Ann MacMillan (of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation since 1981), with whom he has a son, Dan (who is married to Lady Edwina Grosvenor, daughter of the 6th Duke of Westminster), and two daughters, Rebecca and Kate.[13] His wife and sister-in-law are great-granddaughters of former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George.[14]
Snow was appointed
He is the cousin of fellow journalist and broadcaster Jon Snow.[18]
Works
- Peter Snow and David Philips, Leila's Hijack War. Pan Books, 1970, ISBN 0-330-02810-3
- Peter Snow, Hussein, a Biography. Barrie and Jenkins, 1972, ISBN 0-214-65426-5
- Peter Snow, Dan Snow, Battlefield Britain: From Boudicca to the Battle of Britain, ISBN 978-0-563-48789-0
- Peter Snow; Dan Snow (2007). 20th Century Battlefields. Ebury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4481-4059-6.
- Peter Snow To War with Wellington: From the Peninsula to Waterloo, John Murray, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84854-103-0
- Peter Snow When Britain Burned the White House: The 1814 Invasion of Washington. John Murray, London; St. Martin's Press, U.S., 2013, ISBN 978-1-4668-4894-8
- Peter Snow and Dan Snow, The Battle of Waterloo Experience, Andre Deutsch, 2015, ISBN 978-0-233-00447-1
- Peter Snow and Dan Snow, Treasures of British History, The Nation's History told through its 50 Most Important Documents. Andre Deutsch, 2016 ISBN 978-0-233-00218-7
- Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan, 'War Stories, Gripping Tales of Courage, Cunning and Compassion'. John Murray 2017 (ISBN/978-1-47361-829-9)
- Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan, 'Treasures of World History, the Story of Civiisation in 50 documents' Welbeck 2020 (ISBN/978-0-23300-604-8).
Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan, 'Kings and Queens, the real lives of the English Monarchs' Welbeck 2022 (ISBN/978-1-80279-003-0)
References
- ^ a b "Peter Snow Biography". BBC Press Office. January 2006. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
- ^ "Peter Snow steps down from BBC election coverage". BBC Press Office. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ John FitzGerald Snow – www.thepeerage.com
- ^ "Biographies, Peter Snow". BBC Press Office. January 2006. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006.
- ^ "No. 41084". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 May 1957. p. 3236.
- ^ "No. 41578". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 December 1958. p. 7762.
- ^ "Peter Snow CBE". Peter Snow. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
- ^ "Snow survives plane crash". BBC News. 3 October 1999. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
- ^ "Eight passionate amateurs bid to become BBC Two's Maestro" (Press release). BBC. 23 May 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
- ^ "Meet the stars of new TV show 'Trainspotting Live'". The Telegraph. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Dan Snow: History boy". The Independent. 26 July 2008. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-85743-217-6.
- ^ "Home – How To Spend It". Financial Times.
- ^ "Lloyd George connection" (PDF).
- ^ "No. 57855". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2005. p. 8.
- ^ "Peter Snow shows John his train set". BBC News. 3 December 2010.
- ^ "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories". The Guardian. London. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ "Jon and Peter Snow on rivalry and — why Jon was chucked out of university". thetimes.co.uk. 18 October 2020.
External links
- Peter Snow – official site
- Peter Snow talks about his career to David Lawson
- BBC News Online – Peter Snow survives plane crash
- BBC News Online – Peter Snow hangs up swingometer
- BBC News Online (Peter Snow remembers...) – [1]
- RandomHouse article – The World's Greatest 20th Century Battles
- An Audience with Peter Snow was the highlight of the 2007 Ludlow Festival on 7 July.
- BBC Archive – Swingometer