Series 1
Series Summary
Intriguing prehistoric mysteries are investigated by presenter Lucy Taylor and her team of experts. Paleobiologist Dr Sarah Gabbott, rock expert Prof John Howell and dinosaur authority Dr Dave Martill search for the clues they need to construct and either prove or disprove theories in just 48 hours.
During the series, the four fossil-hunters travel to Spain and around the UK, including Hastings, Sussex, Peterborough, Isle of Wight and the Cotswolds to examine mysterious mounds of mud, fossils, the remains of an iguanodon, a plant-eating dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, 155-million-year-old Jurassic clay and giant fishes.
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Episodes (7)
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The four fossil-hunters investigate the remains of an iguanodon - a plant-eating dinosaur from the Cretaceous period - on a Sussex beach.
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A 128-million-year-old pterosaur is unearthed on the Isle of Wight so the four experts investigate the findings.
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The team travel to Besalu, in the foothills of the Spanish Pyrenees, to examine the bones of a sabre-toothed tiger.
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The experts head to Peterborough to look at the 155-million-year-old Jurassic clay that surrounds the town.
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Fragments of a 72-million-year-old fossilised eggshell found in France's Languedoc region are investigated in this episode.
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Lucy and the team try to unlock the mysteries of an ice age mammoth graveyard in the Cotswolds in this episode.
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Intriguing prehistoric mysteries investigated by presenter Lucy Taylor and her team of experts. The team investigate some iguanodon remains.
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