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Planet Dinosaur
2011 8.2 (38 votes) 1 Seasons
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Genres
Documentary Animation
Networks
BBC One
Created By
Phil Dobree
Nigel Paterson

Planet Dinosaur

Overview

The stories of the biggest, deadliest and weirdest creatures ever to walk the Earth, using the latest fossil evidence and immersive computer graphics.

Key Crew

Writer: Tom Brass, Nigel Paterson

Top Cast

John Hurt
John Hurt

Narrator

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2011)

No overview available.

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Lost World
2011-09-14

In prehistoric North Africa, the carcharodontosaurus, a lizard-like carnivore with shark-like teeth more than six inches long, and the spinosaurus - at four metres, one of the biggest killers to walk the planet - once battled for supremacy.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Feathered Dragons
2011-09-21

A look at bizarre and extraordinary feathered dinosaurs, many of which have only just been discovered. These feathered beasts are revolutionising our understanding of life on Earth as they blur the boundaries between what we know of dinosaurs and birds.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Last Killers
2011-09-28

A look at the last of the killer dinosaurs - carnivores that took killing to a new level. By the end of the Cretaceous period - 75 million years ago - these gigantic and specialised hunter-killers had spread throughout the globe. In the southern continents, it was the powerful and muscular abelisaurids that reigned supreme, but it was the famous tyrannosaurids (or tyrant dinosaurs) that dominated in the north.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Fight for Life
2011-10-05

This episode of the documentary series focuses on the Jurassic period, a time when the first giant killers stalked the Earth and lurked in the seas.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: New Giants
2011-10-12

This episode focuses on the new giants, the heavyweights of the dinosaur world. It is only in recent years that experts have unearthed the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: The Great Survivors
2011-10-19

The final episode explores dinosaurs' extraordinary ability to survive.

Runtime: 30 min

Videos

Planet dinosaur BBC- Extended Trailer

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