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The Dinosaur Hunters
Release Date: Dec 30, 2002
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Genres: Drama, Documentary

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".

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Henry Ian Cusick | Gideon Mantell
Paul Brightwell | Leney
Michelle Bunyan | Caroline Owen
Alan Cox | Richard Owen
Kristian Griffiths | Walter Mantell (Aged 14-18)
Derek Jacobi | Narrator (voice)
Featured Crew
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Andrew Piddington | Teleplay
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Steven Clarke | Producer
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Robert MacIver | Executive Producer
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Andy Price | Music
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J.C. Wilsher | Teleplay
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Andrew Piddington | Director