Science

Before The Ark

A BBC series introduced by Dr Alan Charig, Curator of Fossil Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds at the British Museum (Natural History), London, about the strange and fascinating animals that had already vanished from the Earth before the coming of Man.

Director Peter Ramsden
Producer Brenda Horsfield

1: Birth Of A Science

Faith, fantasy or palaeontology?

First broadcast
April 19, 1973

6: Out Of The Water

Some giant steps of evolution are the least understood.

First broadcast
May 31, 1973

2: Digging Up A Dinosaur

An ancient fossil skeleton in a Canadian hillside needs years of skilled work before its debut as a museum exhibit.

First broadcast
April 26, 1973

7: How To Be A Mammal

Certain characteristics of modern animals are unexpectedly ancient.

First broadcast
June 14, 1973

3: The Dinosaur Rush

Most of the spectacular dinosaur skeletons familiar to us today were unearthed in a frenzy of scientific effort in the last years of the 19th century.

First broadcast
May 3, 1973

8: Rise Of The Dinosaurs

Cold-blooded and ungainly or warm-blooded and agile? A new view of the animals that ruled the Earth for 150 million years.

First broadcast
June 21, 1973

4: Detective Story

A shred of fur, a footprint, a few teeth or bones may be the only clues we have for reconstructing an extinct animal.

First broadcast
May 10, 1973

9: Dinosaurs And After

The extinction of the mighty dinosaurs 65 million years ago is one of the great unsolved mysteries of science - but did they after all leave some descendants?

First broadcast
June 28, 1973

5: Lost Worlds

Tar, coal and clay are some of the preservatives that allow whole environments to be reconstructed.

First broadcast
May 24, 1973

10: When Continents Drift

The distribution and evolution of animals track the movements of the continents on which they have travelled as passengers.

First broadcast
July 5, 1973

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