TELEVISION AND MEDIA WORK
As military historian I regularly act in an advising capacity for production companies and
broadcasters. In the past months I have worked on a number of projects in Britain and
Germany including:
Battle of Britain: The last of the Few
Arrow Media Productions, Channel 4 (UK)
BBC The Great War Interviews
BBC Voices 16 – Somme
Channel 4, Last Heroes of the Somme
360 Productions
Westblick – Themenwoche 1. Weltkrieg
WDR5 (Germany)
PUBLIC LECTURES AND TALKS
University of Antwerp: Invited Keynote Speaker
“Fritz and Tommy: Across the Barbed Wire”, with Professor Peter Doyle (University College of London), 18 and 20 June 2015
National Army Museum, Army and Navy Club, London
‘Fritz and Tommy: Across the Barbed Wire”, with Professor Peter Doyle (University College of London), 21 January 2016
The British Army in Normandy and beyond,
Chalke Valley History Festival, Wiltshire, UK
with James Holland and Dr. Peter Caddick-Addams
29 June 2016
Fritz and Tommy: Across the Barbed Wire
Chalke Valley History Festival, Wiltshire, UK
30 June 2016
Battle of the Somme: The German View
Chalke Valley History Festival, Wiltshire, UK
1 July 2016
German Afrika Korps Knight’s Cross Winner Günter Halm
in conversation with Rob Schäfer and James Holland
Chalke Valley History Festival, Wiltshire, UK
2 July 2016
Historical consultant for the First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme of the UCL Institute of Education and Equity, London
Historical consultant
for the British National Commemoration Events marking the Centenary of
The Battle of the Somme at Westminster Abbey in presence of Her Majesty the Queen
accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh
1 July 2016
Historical consultant
for “Plugstreet” Christmas Truce Centenary Project of the Belgian Tourist Office of Brussels & Wallonia and the United European Football Association (UEFA)
Assistant Curator
Empire, Faith & War Exhibition, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London
Battlefield Guide
Leger Holidays Battlefield Tours
Rotherham, UK
Battlefield Guide
Tales from the Battlefields Tours
Rainham, UK
INTERVIEWS ON DAN SNOW’S HISTORY HIT PODCAST NETWORK (CLICK FOR ITUNES STORE)
HISTORY HIT PODCASTS – STREAMS
‘FRITZ AND TOMMY – ACROSS THE BARBED WIRE’, DAN SNOW AND ROBIN SCHÄFER (23 March 2016)
‘BATTLE OF THE SOMME – A GERMAN PERSPECTIVE’, DAN SNOW AND ROBIN SCHÄFER (30 June 2016)
‘TANK 100’, DAN SNOW AND ROBIN SCHÄFER (15 September 2016)