Narrated by Jeff Goldblum
This ambitious project takes viewers on a global journey to five "lost worlds," each home to a unique cast of dinosaur characters, many only just discovered.Each of the five locations presents the opportunity to film headline-hitting discoveries for the first time, and tell the definitive story of the dinosaurs and their lost world on a truly global scale.
When Dinosaurs Ruled #1: The Land That Time Forgot On a primeval river in the heart of Africa lives the legend of a creature called Mokele Mobombe.Like the Loch Ness Monster, it's awesome and mysterious.But this is no sea serpent.This is no illusion.This is a dinosaur.For over a century explorers have ventured into Africa in search of this elusive beast.200 million years ago, Africa was part of the land mass, Pangea.Its vast sun baked deserts held tiny oases of life.It is here, millions of years later, that scientists find the first dinosaurs south of the equator.
When Dinosaurs Ruled #2: Birth Of The Giants Far beneath the ruins of Europe's glorious civilizations lies an even more ancient world when dinosaurs were kings.For millions of years their bones lay hidden, preserved in a gloomy primeval swamp.But a new age of discovery dawned that would bring dinosaurs back to life when science gives birth to the greatest fortress in the south of France, one of today's foremost French palaeontologists sets out to try to solve a mystery posed nearly 150 years ago.It is here that one of the largest dinosaur nesting sites in the world was found.Of the hundreds of eggs that have been uncovered, all are broken, suggesting they'd hatched.But no one knows what creature laid them.
When Dinosaurs Ruled #3: The Real Jurassic Park In the windswept canyons of the American West, history is written in the sand.There are secrets buried here.There are clues to a time in the remote past when the land was very different.This was a time when the continent was young and North America was the real "Jurassic Park."In Western North America 68 million years ago, prehistoric Montana bore little resemblance to today.The rainy, tropical conditions created the perfect environment for the evolution of the most sophisticated and bizarre group of dinosaurs the world has ever seen.Among the trees and shrubs, hundreds of species fight for survival in a brutal, primeval world.From this mosaic of ancient life one creature would emerge "King Of The Jungle."It was the most terrifying and fearsome beast to ever have stalked the Earth -- T-Rex.
When Dinosaurs Ruled #4: Ground Zero Centuries ago, the lush jungles of South America fueled rumors of a lost civilation and a priceless horde of gold.The Spanish called it, "Eldorado".Now, a new breed of explorer is on the trail of another treasure.250 million years ago dinosaurs conquered South America in weird and unexpected ways in the wake of the worst natural disaster in history.Filling the void was a new breed of predator.Its descendants will rule the land for the next 160 million years.At the foot of the Andes Mountains in Northwest Argentina, palaeontologists search for remnants of these ancient beasts.For these fossil hunters, this is the Garden of Eden, the place where it all began.The hunt is on for the first dinosaur.
When Dinosaurs Ruled #5: At The Ends Of The Earth In the searing heat of Australia and the frozen waters of Antarctica, life can be unbearable.The dinosaurs that ruled these lands were the toughest creatures that ever lived.How did they overcome the odds and survive in the deep freeze?
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