Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures

Name: Fossil Wonderlands: Nature's Hidden Treasures
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-03-11
Cast: Richard Fortey

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1 Season

3 Episodes

March 11, 2014

Documentary

Overview

Professor Richard Fortey travels to some of the greatest fossil sites on earth to discover more about the distant past.

Status

Ended

Network

BBC Four

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

March 11, 2014

Episodes

Episode 1

Weird Wonders

March 11, 201460m

In the Rockies, Richard Fortey explores a fossilised seabed containing bizarre life forms that have revolutionised understanding about the beginnings of complex life.

Episode 2

Feathered Dinosaurs

March 18, 201460m

Professor Richard Fortey visits China to see a fossil site that has yielded remains of feathered dinosaurs and rewritten the story of the origin of birds.

Episode 3

The Mammal Hothouse

March 25, 201460m

Professor Richard Fortey investigates the remains of an ancient volcanic lake in Germany where fossils of early mammals and giant insects have been found.