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Europe: A Natural History

Adrian Gray

Sean Pertwee

Europe: A Natural History: Episode 1: Genesis

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Episode 1: Genesis

Genesis

BBC Four - Europe: A Natural History, Genesis

This edition goes back 3 billion years to witness dinosaurs roaming in Oxford.

The chronicle of the shaping of the continent of Europe goes back 3 billion years to witness dinosaurs, tropical seas, desert sands and the birth of the Mediterranean Sea.

Sean Pertwee narrates a series chronicling the events which shaped the continent of Europe as we now know it. This edition goes back 3 billion years to witness dinosaurs roaming in Oxford, the Jura mountains of France swallowed by tropical seas, St Petersburg buried by desert sands and the birth of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Series chronicling the events which shaped the continent of Europe as we now know it

Sean Pertwee narrates a series chronicling the events which shaped the continent of Europe as we now know it

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