| The Dinosaurs! | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Written by | Trudi Brown & Kathy White |
| Directed by | Trudi Brown & Kathy White |
| Narrated by | Barbara Feldon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Trudi Brown, Kathy White |
| Running time | 56 min. per episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | November 22 (1992-11-22) – November 25, 1992 (1992-11-25) |
The Dinosaurs! is an American televisionminiseries produced byWHYY-TV forPBS in 1992, featuring some of the then-modern theories aboutdinosaurs and how they lived. It aired four episodes from November 22 to November 25, 1992.
The program features the age of dinosaurs, from the appearing of the early forms likeHerrerasaurus, to theTyrannosaurus andCeratopsians of the lateCretaceous. The possibilities whether dinosaurs were active,warm-blooded animals, had parental care, and the theory that they are the ancestors tobirds are featured. What caused their extinction is also discussed.
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Some animated depictions were made to give an impression of how thedinosaurs might or could have looked and how they might or would have behaved. Those animations have been featured in other media since. Some of them have been available to see in public computers atSwedish Museum of Natural History. Many of the animations have also been uploaded onYouTube.
The series was released onVHS andlaserdisc in 1993.[1] The VHS edition was re-issued on November 10, 1998 with different package artwork. It was re-issued again on November 2, 1999. There have been no plans or discussions for a DVD or Blu-ray release.
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