The Dinosaur Hunters
(2002)

Released: 2002-12-30

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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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Michelle Bunyan

as Caroline Owen

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Alan Cox

as Richard Owen

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Kristian Griffiths

as Walter Mantell (Aged 14-18)

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Derek Jacobi

as Narrator (voice)

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Rebecca McClay

as Mary Anning

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Robert Morgan

as Charles Lyell

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Michael Pennington

as William Buckland

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Rachel Shelley

as Mary Mantell

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Laurie Goode

as Removal Man (uncredited)

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Bill Jones

Executive Producer

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Robert MacIver

Executive Producer

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Midge Ferguson

Location Manager

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Claire Saunders

Casting Assistant

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Alan Short

Senior Animator

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Mike Hawkins

Steadicam Operator

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Dan Fontaine

Best Boy Electric

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Roger Eaton

Camera Operator

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Mark Turner

Special Effects Supervisor

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