Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

Season 1 Episode 4: The Rare Glimpses

May 14, 1989NR40m8.7

In this final installment to the series, David Attenborough travels to four unique locations about the globe where an abundance of fossilized plant and animal remains have given us a detailed picture of what life could have been like in...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Magic in the Rocks

1. Magic in the Rocks

Aired: Apr 23, 1989

In the first of this four-part BBC series, David Attenborough shows us how an...

Episode 2 Putting Flesh on Bone

2. Putting Flesh on Bone

Aired: Apr 30, 1989

Using modern day creatures for comparison, scientists theorize what prehistor...

Episode 3 Dinosaur

Aired: May 7, 1989

Attenborough visits several museums of natural history. With the aid of dinos...

Episode 4 The Rare Glimpses

4. The Rare Glimpses

Aired: May 14, 1989

In this final installment to the series, David Attenborough travels to four u...

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Info about Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Genres:Documentary