The Dinosaur Hunters
Release Date: 2002-12-30
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".
Rating: 5 / 10
Cast
Henry Ian Cusick
as Gideon Mantell
Paul Brightwell
as Leney
Michelle Bunyan
as Caroline Owen
Alan Cox
as Richard Owen
Kristian Griffiths
as Walter Mantell (Aged 14-18)
Crew
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Andrew Piddington - Director
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Steven Clarke - Teleplay
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Andrew Piddington - Teleplay
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J.C. Wilsher - Teleplay
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Steven Clarke - Producer
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