Extinct: A Horizon Guide to Dinosaurs (2011)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 0M

Director : Penny Palmer

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Dallas Campbell
Dallas Campbell
Himself - Presenter
Robert McNeill Alexander
Robert McNeill Alexander
Himself - Leeds University (archive footage)
Luiz Alvarez
Luiz Alvarez
Himself - University of California (archive footage)
David Archibald
David Archibald
Himself - San Diego State University (archive footage) (as Prof David Archibald)
Claire Belcher
Claire Belcher
Herself - Royal Holloway, University of London (archive footage)
Brent Breithaupt
Brent Breithaupt
Himself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)
Chris Brochu
Chris Brochu
Himself - University of Iowa (archive footage)
Julia Clarke
Julia Clarke
Herself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)
Philip Currie
Philip Currie
Himself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)
Kristi Curry Rogers
Kristi Curry Rogers
Herself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)
Cesare Emiliani
Cesare Emiliani
Himself - Professor of Geology, University of Miami (archive footage)
Gregory Erickson
Gregory Erickson
Himself - Florida State University (archive footage)
Alan Feduccia
Alan Feduccia
Himself - University of California (archive footage)
Alan Hildebrand
Alan Hildebrand
Himself - Geological Survey of Canada (archive footage)
Florence McGovern
Florence McGovern
Herself - Fossil Dealer (archive footage)
Angela Milner
Angela Milner
Herself - Natural History Museum (archive footage)
Simon Conway Morris
Simon Conway Morris
Himself - Evolutionary Palaeobiologist (archive footage)
John Ostrom
John Ostrom
Himself - Yale University (archive footage)
Tim Rowe
Tim Rowe
Himself - University of Texas (archive footage)
Dale A. Russell
Dale A. Russell
Himself - Paleobiologist, National Museums of Canada (archive footage)

Crews

Penny Palmer
Penny Palmer
Director
Penny Palmer
Penny Palmer
Producer
Sacha Baveystock
Sacha Baveystock
Executive Producer

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