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Walking with Dinosaurs

Big Al

Episode 1: The Ballad of Big Al

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Knowledge

145 million years ago an adolescent Allosaurus lay down to die in a dried up river bed. In 1991 scientists discovered his perfectly preserved body and nicknamed him Big Al. This is the story of this predatory dinosaur's life - how he grew from a tiny hatchling to the terror of the Jurassic plains, why his body was covered in so many wounds and how he ended up in the river bed. Show less

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