Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough

Apr 15, 2022

1h 27m

★ 7.4

Overview

David Attenborough brings to life, in unprecedented detail, the last days of the dinosaurs. Palaeontologist Robert DePalma has made an incredible discovery in a prehistoric graveyard: fossilised creatures, astonishingly well preserved, that could help change our understanding of the last days of the dinosaurs. Evidence from his site records the day when an asteroid bigger than Mount Everest devastated our planet and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Based on brand new evidence, witness the catastrophic events of that day play out minute by minute.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

BBC Studios Science Unit

NOVA

GBH

BBC Studios Productions

Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough Trailers

Cast

Self - Presenter

David Attenborough

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6.0

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7.0

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7.3

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6.6

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7.1

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8.5

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5.5

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7.0

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0.0

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0.0

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9.0

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8.7

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6.7

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7.0

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8.3

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0.0

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0.0

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7.3

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Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough

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