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Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special
This new, extra chapter of Walking with Dinosaurs (1999) focuses on an allosaurus later discovered in 1999 affectionately called "Big Al", who died as a late adolescent/early adult of six years of age. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, who also narrated the original series.
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Episode 1
The Ballad of Big Al
Sun, Apr 8, 200130 mins
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.
Awards
- 2001 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming More Than One Hour) - winner
- 2001 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Sound Editing for a Non-Fiction Program - winner
- 2001 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special - nominated
- 2001 - OFTA Television Award - Best Informational Special - nominated
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