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This event took place on 21st October 2008 and was hosted by Hermione Cockburn, presenter of the brand-new OU/BBC series Fossil Detectives. Hermione, who has also presented Coast and Rough Science, talks about the making of Fossil Detectives and other OU/BBC series, the extraordinary fossils found in Britain, and some of our most surprising fossil-hunters. Fossil Detectives is a brand new series, produced by the prestigious BBC Natural History Unit and The Open University, which showcases Britain’s amazing wealth of fossils, what they reveal about the mysteries of life and worlds long gone.

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This event took place on 21st October 2008 and was hosted by Hermione Cockburn, presenter of the brand-new OU/BBC series Fossil Detectives. Hermione, who has also presented Coast and Rough Science, talks about the making of Fossil Detectives and other OU/BBC series, the extraordinary fossils found in Britain, and some of our most surprising fossil-hunters. Fossil Detectives is a brand new series, produced by the prestigious BBC Natural History Unit and The Open University, which showcases Britain’s amazing wealth of fossils, what they reveal about the mysteries of life and worlds long gone.

    Fossil Detectives

    Fossil Detectives

    A short introduction to this album.

    • 56 sec
    Transcript -- Fossil Detectives

    Transcript -- Fossil Detectives

    A short introduction to this album.

    • video
    Megalosaurus in the Oxford museum

    Megalosaurus in the Oxford museum

    Hermonie Cockburn intorduces and explains the birth of the Fossil Detective series and discusses the Megalosaurus, which includes a clip from the central England programme.

    • 18 min
    Transcript -- Megalosaurus in the Oxford museum

    Transcript -- Megalosaurus in the Oxford museum

    Hermonie Cockburn intorduces and explains the birth of the Fossil Detective series and discusses the Megalosaurus, which includes a clip from the central England programme.

    • video
    Dinosaur excavation

    Dinosaur excavation

    Hermonie focusses on the work of Gideon Mantell and shows a clip of her on a dinosaur excovation from the South of England programme.

    • 13 min
    Transcript -- Dinosaur excavation

    Transcript -- Dinosaur excavation

    Hermonie focusses on the work of Gideon Mantell and shows a clip of her on a dinosaur excovation from the South of England programme.

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