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Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
Fiann Smithwick, scientific adviser and part of the fossil excavation team for the BBC 1 documentary ‘Attenborough and the Sea Dragon’, speaks to us about his experiences working on a natural history documentary with Sir David Attenborough, his fossil hunting and his PhD topic of fossil colour… Continue reading
Walking Through Time
Nearly three years ago, two researchers uncovered a series of footprints on a beach in Happisburgh, Norfolk. Preserved for at least 800,000 years beneath layers of sediment, the footprints had been exposed by recent storms. There was just enough time to record 3D images of them before they were swallowed up by the tide. Continue reading
New Documentary: Nature’s Wonderlands
Former President, author and palaeontologist Richard Fortey’s new BBC 4 documentary is kicking off tonight! ‘Nature’s Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution’ investigates why islands are natural laboratories of evolution and meets some of the remarkable and unique species that live on them. Episode one, which travels to Hawaii to investigate how life colonises a newly born … Continue reading
‘A love letter to the scenery of the Jurassic Coast’ – the geology of Broadchurch
Did Joe kill Danny? Do we care about Sandbrook? What’s with all the bluebells? Will Alec make it through those super tense court scenes alive? Continue reading
The 100 Geosites film quiz – the ANSWERS
Sooo, Earth Science Week is coming to a close and it’s time to announce the answers to our film quiz! Continue reading
The 100geosites film quiz!
‘Frankly my dear, I don’t give a geosite’* We have finally unleashed the 100 Great Geosites list on the world this week, which has gained some considerable attention! The geosite nominations, which are famous for their excellent geology or spectacular scenery, have also caught the eye of many a film maker over … Continue reading
Door 13: Geoscientists in fiction (part two)
Dinosaur pop quiz
We’re pretty excited about our British Science Festival event next week, ‘Stranger than fiction? Dinosaurs, Monsters and Myths‘. Not only are we hearing from two palaeontologists, Dr Phil Manning and Dr Joanna Wright, about how they reconstruct dinosaurs, but we’ll be joined by Frame Store’s Mike Milne, the graphics brain behind Walking With Dinosaurs since … Continue reading
Krakatoa revealed? Part three
I’m in Java, Indonesia, filming a documentary on the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa – read part one and part two here. We have spent the last two days filming on and around Anak Krakatau. The boat ride out from the mainland takes about three hours, and we are accompanied by dolphins and the occasional flying … Continue reading
