The Dinosaur Hunters

Overview

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".

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 30, 2002

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

National Geographic,Granada Productions,Granada Television,PBS,Channel 4 Television

Cast

Michael Pennington,Michelle Bunyan,Kristian Griffiths,Robert Morgan,Paul Brightwell,Rachel Shelley,Henry Ian Cusick,Alan Cox,Rebecca McClay,Laurie Goodeand 1 more

Director

Andrew Piddington

Writer

Steven Clarke,Deborah Cadbury,Andrew Piddington,J.C. Wilsher

Producer

Steven Clarke,Bill Jones,Robert MacIver

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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