Planet Dinosaur

2011 - 2011

Lost World

14th September 2011

Episode 1

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.

Feathered Dragons

21st September 2011

Episode 2

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.

Last Killers

28th September 2011

Episode 3

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.

Fight for Life

5th October 2011

Episode 4

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.

New Giants

12th October 2011

Episode 5

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.

The Great Survivors

19th October 2011

Episode 6

The final episode explores dinosaurs' extraordinary ability to survive.

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Writer

Tom Brass

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

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John Hurt

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Tom Brass

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Ilan Eshkeri

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Ilan Eshkeri

Music

Beverly Maguire

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Nigel Paterson

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