Synopsis
Ben Garrod and Alice Roberts investigate the greatest vanishing act in the history of our planet - the sudden disappearance of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
- Programme: The Day the Dinosaurs Died
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2017
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