The Dinosaur Hunters

The Dinosaur Hunters (2002)

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".

star 5 6.9
  • Release Date: 2002-12-30
  • Runtime: 2h 2min
  • Director: Andrew Piddington

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Cast

  • 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)

  • Rebecca McClay

    Mary Anning

  • Robert Morgan

    Charles Lyell

  • Michael Pennington

    William Buckland

  • Rachel Shelley

    Mary Mantell

  • Laurie Goode

    Removal Man (uncredited)