Extinct: A Horizon Guide to Dinosaurs (2011)

09/21/2011 (GB) • 1h

Documentary

Overview

Dallas Campbell delves in to the Horizon archive to discover how our ideas about dinosaurs have changed over the past 40 years. From realising that lumbering swamp dwellers were really agile warm blooded killers, astonishing new finds, controversial theories and breakthrough technology have enabled scientists to rethink how they lived and solve the mystery of their disappearance. And they can even reveal whether dinosaurs might still be with us today.

Top Billed Cast

Dallas Campbell

Himself - Presenter

Robert McNeill Alexander

Himself - Leeds University (archive footage)

Luiz Alvarez

Himself - University of California (archive footage)

David Archibald

Himself - San Diego State University (archive footage) (as Prof David Archibald)

Claire Belcher

Herself - Royal Holloway, University of London (archive footage)

Brent Breithaupt

Himself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)

Chris Brochu

Himself - University of Iowa (archive footage)

Julia Clarke

Herself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)

Philip Currie

Himself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)


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Status

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Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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Keywords

dinosaur

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