Synopsis
Using dramatized reconstructions, this program recalls the first discovery of a dinosaur in 1824.
- Programme: Days That Shook the World
- Series: 2
- Episode: 7: Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2004
- History
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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