Big Al

Dec 25, 2000 30m GB

7.6

16 votes

Documentary

Seasons and episodes

Season 1 : Miniseries

Dec 25, 2000

Synopsis

145 million years ago an adolescent Allosaurus lay down to die in a dried up river bed. In 1991 scientists discovered his perfectly preserved body and nicknamed him Big Al. This is the story of this predatory dinosaur's life - how he grew from a tiny hatchling to the terror of the Jurassic plains, why his body was covered in so many wounds and how he ended up in the river bed. The second part tells the story of the extraordinary forensics, spectacular paleontological finds and intricate studies of Al's closest living relatives to unravel his intriguing life for the film.

Title	Big Al
First Air Date	Dec 25, 2000
Last Air Date	Dec 27, 2000
Episodes	2
Seasons	1
Companies	BBC, Discovery, TV Asahi, BS Asahi, ProSieben
Keywords	miniseries, dinosaur, jurassic, nature documentary, allosaurus, mesozoic