Summary One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific establishment to accept Britain had been inhabited by dinosaurs. As this dramatised documentary shows, Mantell had an uphill battle in a time when the biblical account of creation was considered literal truth and authorities such as the Reverend William Buckland were determined that science remain "the handmaid of religion". View more details
Directed : Andrew Piddington
Written : Andrew Piddington Steven Clarke J.C. Wilsher
Stars : Henry Ian Cusick Alan Cox Paul Brightwell Michelle Bunyan
Genres : Drama Biography
Release date : Dec 29, 2002
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : Granada Television Granada Productions
Summary One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific establishment to accept Britain had been inhabited by dinosaurs. As this dramatised documentary shows, Mantell had an uphill battle in a time when the biblical account of creation was considered literal truth and authorities such as the Reverend William Buckland were determined that science remain "the handmaid of religion". View more details
Genres : Drama Biography
Release date : Dec 29, 2002
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : Granada Television Granada Productions
