The Dinosaur Hunters

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Audience Score
50
The Dinosaur Hunters
StarringHenry Ian CusickPaul BrightwellMichelle Bunyan
DirectorAndrew Piddington
NR 2 hr 2 minDrama, Documentary
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Plot
One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific establishment to accept Britain had been inhabited by dinosaurs. As this dramatised documentary shows, Mantell had an uphill battle in a time when the biblical account of creation was considered literal truth and authorities such as the Reverend William Buckland were determined that science remain "the handmaid of religion".

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Bill Jones, Robert MacIver
Production Companies:Granada Television, Granada Productions, Channel 4 Television, PBS