Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives (1989)

1989 • 1 season • Documentary

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Episode 1 — Magic in the Rocks

Name: Episode 1 — Magic in the Rocks
Released: 1989-04-23
Duration: 40 min
Cast: David Attenborough

Season 1 • Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

Released: 1989-04-23 • Documentary

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"Magic in the Rocks", looks at the types of rocks where fossils can be found, from limestone, mudstone and sandstone to coal and amber. We travel from the Dorset coast to a quarry in Leicestershire then across the world to the Dominican Republic and Arizona and back to Glasgow and Edinburgh. We visit mines, petrified forests and swamps and laboratories where fossils are being extracted from their stony matrix, X-rayed, cat scanned and manipulated in 3D computer cross-sections.

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Episodes

Episode 1
Magic in the Rocks
1989-04-23

Episode 2
Putting Flesh on Bone
1989-04-30

Episode 3
Dinosaur
1989-05-07

Episode 4
The Rare Glimpses
1989-05-14

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Episode air date	23.04.1989
Episode runtime	40 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Documentary
TMDB series rating	8.4
IMDb series rating	8.4
Series status	Ended
Age rating	—
Country	GB

Cast

David Attenborough
Presenter - Narrator

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