Programm
00:00 - 01:02
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
Special, Documentary, Nature
David Attenborough tells the story of the discovery and reconstruction in Argentina of the world's largest known dinosaur, a brand-new species of titanosaur. Measuring 37m long - close to four London buses put end to end - and weighing 70 metric tons, it now holds the record as...
01:02 - 02:02
Science of Walking With Beasts
Triumph of the Beast
Series, Science
This episode explains how the 120-million-year reign of the dinosaurs ended when mammals became the fastest and fiercest creatures on the planet.
02:02 - 03:01
Science of Walking With Beasts
The Beast Within Us
Series, Science
A look at the science that has proved Darwin's idea that intelligent, sophisticated humans have an ancestral connection with the ape.
03:01 - 03:36
Walking with Beasts
New Dawn
Series, Documentary, Science
Special effects-filled documentary beginning 49 million years ago. The world is heavily forested and birds rule the planet, preying on small mammals. Whales have not yet evolved, and their ancestors walk on the land.
03:36 - 04:10
Walking with Beasts
Whale Killer
Series, Documentary, Science
A pregnant basilosaurus, an 18-metre, carnivorous whale which lives in the Tethys Sea, is forced to kill the young of a smaller whale to ensure the survival of her unborn calf.
04:10 - 04:48
Walking with Beasts
Land of Giants
Series, Documentary, Science
Going back 25 million years to the time of the indricothere, which was the largest mammal ever to live on dry land, being seven metres high and weighing 15 tons! The only threat to an adult would have been the hyaenodon which was the size of a rhino and had jaws that could crush...
04:48 - 05:24
Walking with Beasts
Next of Kin
Series, Documentary, Science
The beginnings of mankind can be traced back 3.2 million years to Ethiopia and the advent of Australopithecus, a type of ape which, like humans, was bipedal. These early members of the human family faced many dangers, including the sabre-toothed cat, malaria, and the 14-tonne...
05:24 - 05:59
Walking with Beasts
Sabre Tooth
Series, Documentary, Science, Docudrama, Animals, Nature
Revealing the exotic, oversized creatures that inhabited South America one million years ago, such as the deadly smilodon, the largest of all sabre tooth cats.
05:59 - 06:36
Walking with Beasts
Mammoth Journey
Series, Documentary, Science, Docudrama, Animals, Nature
Looking at the depths of the Ice Age, following a group of mammoths who have been forced to travel south with the advent of winter. On a dangerous journey across the Alps, many become trapped in bogs or fall victim to predators. However, their most formidable enemies are waiting...
06:36 - 07:01
Walking with Dinosaurs: Shortbites
Coelophysis / Diplodocus
Series, History
Featured species are the coelophysis and the diplodocus.
07:01 - 07:26
Walking with Dinosaurs: Shortbites
Ophthalmosaurus / Ornithocheirus
Series, History
Featured species are the ophthalmosaurus and the ornithocheirus.
07:26 - 07:51
Walking with Dinosaurs: Shortbites
Leaellynasaura / Tyrannosaurus
Series, History
Featured species are the Leaellynasaura and the Tyrannosaurus.
07:51 - 08:26
Walking with Dinosaurs
Land of Giants
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
In a time when monstrous creatures ruled the earth, South America was the land of the giants. Nigel Marven walks among these gigantic creatures, on a quest to witness the largest predator bringing down the largest prey.
08:26 - 09:02
Walking with Dinosaurs
The Ballad of Big Al
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History, Documentary, Science
Scientists study the perfectly preserved remains of an adolescent allosaurus they call Big Al.
09:02 - 09:36
Walking with Dinosaurs
Big Al Uncovered
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History, Documentary, Science
This scientific detective story traces the evidence for Big Al the allosaur's existence, using clues from climate change studies, forensics, and fossil records to bring him back to life.
09:36 - 10:10
Walking with Dinosaurs
The Giant Claw
Series, Docudrama, Animals, History
Nigel Marven journeys back to the sand dunes of Mesozoic Mongolia to track the owner of the largest claws of all time, the Therizinosaurus. His adventure yields a series of surprising clues, a nest, footprints, dung, and more.
10:10 - 11:11
How to Build a Dinosaur
Special, Documentary, Educational
Dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, and we have hardly ever found a complete skeleton. So how do we turn a pile of broken bones into a dinosaur exhibit? Dr Alice Roberts finds out how the experts put skeletons back together, with muscles, accurate postures, and even - in...
11:11 - 12:36
The Lost World
The Lost World
Series, Adventure, Fantasy, Miniseries
Professor Challenger leads a party of explorers from the smog of Edwardian London to South America in search of a mythical plateau rumoured to be inhabited by dinosaurs.
12:36 - 13:59
The Lost World
Return to the Lost World
Series, Adventure, Fantasy, Miniseries
The explorers find themselves trapped on the plateau high above the Amazon jungle, surrounded by prehistoric horrors.
13:59 - 14:58
Horizon
My Pet Dinosaur
Series, Science, Technology, Documentary
Exploring the idea of human coexistence with dinosaurs. Had the species not disappeared from the face of earth ages ago, keeping them as pets could have been a possibility.
14:58 - 16:01
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
Special, Documentary, Nature
David Attenborough tells the story of the discovery and reconstruction in Argentina of the world's largest known dinosaur, a brand-new species of titanosaur. Measuring 37m long - close to four London buses put end to end - and weighing 70 metric tons, it now holds the record as...
16:01 - 17:02
How to Build a Dinosaur
Special, Documentary, Educational
Dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, and we have hardly ever found a complete skeleton. So how do we turn a pile of broken bones into a dinosaur exhibit? Dr Alice Roberts finds out how the experts put skeletons back together, with muscles, accurate postures, and even - in...
17:02 - 18:01
Horizon
Ghosts in the Dinosaur Graveyard
Series, Science, Technology, Documentary
Exploring Mongolia's Gobi Desert to determine whether dinosaurs exist in the present as birds. It is one of the harshest places on Earth with the biggest dinosaur graveyard.
18:01 - 19:01
Iceman: Mummy From the Stone Age
Special, Documentary, History, Science
The discovery of a 5,000-year-old male mummy in the Austrian Alps has enabled scientists to re-create a vanished world.
19:01 - 20:00
Horizon
The Day the Earth Melted
Series, Science, Technology, Documentary
The earth split in India 66 million years ago in a disaster that may have caused the end of the dinosaurs.
20:00 - 21:09
The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs
Killer Dinosaurs
Series, Science
Bird expert Bill Oddie helps construct amazing, life-sized, biomechanical replicas as he presents an imaginary battle between a tyrannosaurus rex and a triceratops.
21:09 - 22:08
Horizon
The Last Mammoth
Series, Science, Technology, Documentary
According to new evidence, the Woolly Mammoth went on roaming until about the time the Pyramids were built.
22:08 - 23:08
Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
Risky Rocks
Series, History, Science
Dr Iain Stewart looks at how earthquakes and faults have shaped human history by bringing both life and death.
23:08 - 00:09
Journeys From the Centre of the Earth
Architecture
Series, History, Science
Dr Iain Stewart looks at how rocks have influenced the architecture of the Mediterranean, from the pyramids of Egypt to the squares of Ancient Greece.
