The Dinosaurs!

The Dinosaurs! is an American television miniseries produced by WHYY-TV for PBS in 1992, featuring some of the then-modern theories about dinosaurs and how they lived. It aired four episodes from November 22 to November 25, 1992.

For articles with similar title, see Dinosaur (disambiguation).
The Dinosaurs!
GenreDocumentary
Written byTrudi Brown & Kathy White
Directed byTrudi Brown & Kathy White
Narrated byBarbara Feldon
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1 series
No. of episodes4 episodes
Production
ProducersTrudi Brown, Kathy White
Running time56 min. per episode
Release
Original networkPBS
Original releaseNovember 22 (1992-11-22) –
November 25, 1992 (1992-11-25)

The program

The program features the age of dinosaurs, from the appearing of the early forms like Herrerasaurus, to the Tyrannosaurus and Ceratopsians of the late Cretaceous. The possibilities whether dinosaurs were active, warm-blooded animals, had parental care, and the theory that they are the ancestors to birds are featured. What caused their extinction is also discussed.

Episodes[1]
  • Part 1 - The Monsters Emerge
  • Part 2 - Flesh on the Bones
  • Part 3 - The Nature of the Beast
  • Part 4 - The Death of the Dinosaur

Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals

Animations

Some animated depictions were made to give an impression of how the dinosaurs 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 at Swedish Museum of Natural History. Many of the animations have also been uploaded on YouTube.

Home video

The series was released on VHS and laserdisc 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.

References
  1. The Dinosaurs! at LaserDisc Database.

Sources


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