The Day The Earth Nearly Died

49m
Documentary
7

Some 250 million years ago, all but five per cent of life on Earth was wiped out in the greatest disaster our planet has ever experienced, yet the cause of this event has long remained a mystery. Palaeontologists in Greenland explain the answers.

Cast

Jack Fortune
Narrator
Adrian Jones
Self
Vincent Courtillot
Self
Gregory Retallack
Self
Peter Ward
Self
Paul Wignall
Self
Michael Benton
Self
Michael R. Rampino
Self

Crew

Nick Davidson
Director, Writer
Neil Patience
Editor
Paul Carlin
Editor
David Baillie
Director of Photography
Russell Belter
Director of Photography
Victoria English
Production Coordinator
Matthew Barrett
Producer
Malcolm Flynn
Sound Director
Davie Van Rensburg
Sound Director
Max Bygrave
Sound Designer
Alex Marcou
Sound Editor
Jenny Foster
Archival Footage Research
Anna Mishcon
Production Manager
Sacha Gregson
Production Manager
Alicky Sussman
Assistant Production Manager

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