The Dinosaur Hunters

122 mins
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".

Henry Ian Cusick

Gideon Mantell

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)

J.C. Wilsher

Teleplay

Bill Jones

Executive Producer

Robert MacIver

Executive Producer

Roger Eaton

Cinematography

David Butterworth

Orchestrator

Midge Ferguson

Location Manager

Claire Saunders

Casting Assistant

Alan Short

Senior Animator

Mike Hawkins

Steadicam Operator

Dan Fontaine

Best Boy Electric

Roger Eaton

Camera Operator

Mark Turner

Special Effects Supervisor

Graham Ross

Sound Recordist

Will Norie

Sound Editor

Gary McIntyre

Sound Editor

Jamie Gambell

Boom Operator

Chris Domaille

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Allan Brereton

Sound Mixer

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