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1992 American television miniseries
The Dinosaurs!
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Genre
| Documentary
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Written by
| Trudi Brown & Kathy White
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Directed by
| Trudi Brown & Kathy White
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Narrated by
| Barbara Feldon
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of series
| 1 series
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No.
of episodes
| 4 episodes
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Producers
| Trudi Brown, Kathy White
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Running time
| 56 min. per episode
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Network
| PBS
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Release
| November 22
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1992-11-22
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November 25, 1992
(
1992-11-25
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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.
The program
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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.
- 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
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Animations
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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
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The series was released on
VHS
and
laserdisc
in 1993.
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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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