Discover
Sixty-six million years ago, a gigantic asteroid slammed into Earth, wiping out the dinosaurs. There’s strong evidence of the asteroid impact, but no fossils of a dinosaur killed in the event have ever been found. Now, at a dig site in North Dakota, scientists have uncovered a wealth of fossilized creatures that could reveal a more detailed picture of the devastating day the asteroid hit. Following a trail of remarkably well-preserved fossils, including a pterosaur embryo in its shell and a dinosaur leg with its skin intact, Sir David Attenborough guides us on a search for clues that could provide an unprecedented snapshot of what happened on the unluckiest day for life on Earth.
Original Release
05/11/2022 on PBS
US Release
05/11/2022
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| David Attenborough | Self |
| Sean Gulick | Self - Geophysicist, University of Texas at Austin |
| Sonia Tikoo | Self - Planetary Scientist, Stanford University |
| Steve Brusatte | Self - Palaeontologist, University of Edinburgh |
| Robert DePalma | Self - Palaeontologist |
| Emily Bamforth | Self - Curator of The Philip J Currie Dinosaur Museum in Atlanta |
| Riley Black | Self - Science Writer and Palaeontologist |
| David Unwin | Self - Palaeobiologist, University of Leicester |
| Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan | Self - Palaeontologist, University of Cape Town |
| Cathy Plesko | Self - Principal Investigator for planetary Defense, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinosaur Apocalypse: The New Evidence | Wednesday, 11 May 2022 |
| 2 | Dinosaur Apocalypse: The Last Day | Wednesday, 11 May 2022 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| David Attenborough | Self |
| Sean Gulick | Self - Geophysicist, University of Texas at Austin |
| Sonia Tikoo | Self - Planetary Scientist, Stanford University |
| Steve Brusatte | Self - Palaeontologist, University of Edinburgh |
| Robert DePalma | Self - Palaeontologist |
| Emily Bamforth | Self - Curator of The Philip J Currie Dinosaur Museum in Atlanta |
| Riley Black | Self - Science Writer and Palaeontologist |
| David Unwin | Self - Palaeobiologist, University of Leicester |
| Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan | Self - Palaeontologist, University of Cape Town |
| Cathy Plesko | Self - Principal Investigator for planetary Defense, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| David Martill | Self - Palaeobiologist, University of Portsmouth |
| Phillip Manning | Self - University of Manchester |
| Joanna Morgan | Self - Geophysicist, Imperial College London |
| Vasily Titov | Self - Oceanographer, NOAA Center for Tsunami Research |
| Cameron Muskelley | Self - Self-Taught Palaeontologist |
| David Burnham | Self - Palaeontologist |
| Lauren Gurche | Self |
| Victoria Egerton | Self - Palaeobiologist |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Helen Thomas | Executive Producer |
| Nicola Cook | Executive Producer |
| Scott Thomas | Executive Producer |
| Thomas Scott | Executive Producer |
| Tom Coveney | Producer |
| Martin West | Producer |
| Jack Bootle | Producer |
| Beth Ambrose | Producer |
| Rowan Sharp | Producer |
