Extinct: A Horizon Guide to Dinosaurs

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.

Directed by Penny Palmer

Top cast

Dallas Campbell

Himself - Presenter

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Robert McNeill Alexander

Himself - Leeds University (archive footage)

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Luiz Alvarez

Himself - University of California (archive footage)

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David Archibald

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

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Claire Belcher

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

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Brent Breithaupt

Himself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)

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Chris Brochu

Himself - University of Iowa (archive footage)

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Julia Clarke

Herself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)

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Philip Currie

Himself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)

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Kristi Curry Rogers

Herself - Palaeontologist (archive footage)

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Cesare Emiliani

Himself - Professor of Geology, University of Miami (archive footage)

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Gregory Erickson

Himself - Florida State University (archive footage)

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Alan Feduccia

Himself - University of California (archive footage)

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Alan Hildebrand

Himself - Geological Survey of Canada (archive footage)

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Florence McGovern

Herself - Fossil Dealer (archive footage)

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Angela Milner

Herself - Natural History Museum (archive footage)

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Simon Conway Morris

Himself - Evolutionary Palaeobiologist (archive footage)

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John Ostrom

Himself - Yale University (archive footage)

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Tim Rowe

Himself - University of Texas (archive footage)

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Dale A. Russell

Himself - Paleobiologist, National Museums of Canada (archive footage)

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