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The Day The Earth Nearly Died

The Day The Earth Nearly Died

2002•49m•7.0/10
Documentary

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7.0/10(1)

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.

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Production

BBC

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jack Fortune

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

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