BBC Two 2003 1 season 3 eps NR Ended

Monsters We Met

Name: Monsters We Met
Genre: Documentary, Adventure, History
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Ian Holm

2003 1 season 3 eps NR

7.0

7.4

Season 1

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40 min

S1 · E1 · Apr 8, 2003

The Eternal Frontier Episode 1

North America - 13,000 years ago While the world was still in the grip of the last ice age, humans first crossed Siberia and entered the New World. They encountered creatures familiar to them from their travels, such as the woolly mammoth and the steppe bison, but also a whole host of new marvels. The Americas was the only continent where humans ever came face to face with sabre-toothed cats, giant ground sloths or the massive short-faced bears. As the climate warmed and the ice melted, all these megafaunal marvels vanished. What or who was responsible for their demise?

7.8 · You

40 min

S1 · E2 · Apr 15, 2003

The Burning Episode 2

Australia - 65,000 years ago. Humans travelled out of Africa and reached South-east Asia perhaps as early as 90,000 years ago. Then around 65,000-68,000 years ago a momentous event happened - someone discovered Australia. The ancestors of the Aborigines made a daring sea voyage and set foot on a new and lonely land. Ancient Australia was a land of drought and fire, with a unique fauna dominated by marsupials, reptiles and giant flightless birds. The first Australians shared their home with the two-tonne Diprotodon, the giant short-faced kangaroo and the platypus. Emus and cassowaries were dwarfed by the 'demon duck' Genyornis. Predators like the marsupial lion and the giant ripper lizard, Megalania, stalked the land.

7.9 · You

40 min

S1 · E3 · Apr 22, 2003

The End of Eden Episode 3

New Zealand - 850 years ago New Zealand was the last major land mass to be discovered and colonised by humans. A mere 850 years ago, Polynesian seafarers arrived in a land with no terrestrial mammals. New Zealand was a land of birds, and its avian rulers were giants: huge herbivorous moas were hunted by Haast's eagle - the largest eagle the world has ever seen. But within the space of only 100-400 years, the eagle, all the moas and over 20 other species of birds were gone. Had mankind become the monster?

7.4 · You

3 episodes in Season 1

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Three part series detailing the dangerous prehistoric creatures humans met as they explored the world for the first time.

Documentary Adventure History

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Cast

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Ian Holm

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Known for

Ratatouille

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Total runtime 2h 30m · Episode length 50 min · Type Miniseries

Show info

Premiered

April 8, 2003

Final episode

April 22, 2003

Status

Ended

Network

BBC Two

Country

United Kingdom

Type

Miniseries

Episode length

50 min

Total runtime

2h 30m

Original language

English

Production

BBC

Production

NDR Naturfilm

Production

United Kingdom · Germany

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Languages

Spoken on screen

English · German

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Monsters We Met