Horizon · SEASON 41
What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?
Episode 14 · 2004-10-07
- Documentary
Episode overview
Until recently most scientists thought they knew what killed off the dinosaurs. A 10km-wide meteorite had smashed into the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, causing worldwide forest fires, tsunamis several kilometres high, and an 'impact winter' - in which dust blocked out the sun for months or years. It was thought that the dinosaurs were blasted, roasted and frozen to death, in that order. But now a small but vociferous group of scientists believes there is increasing evidence that this 'impact' theory could be wrong. That suggestion has generated one of the bitterest scientific rows of recent times.
60 minutes
Season 41 episodes
1. The Demonic Ape2004-01-08
2. The Moscow Theatre Siege2004-01-15
3. The Atkins Diet2004-01-22
4. Secrets of the Star Disc2004-01-29
5. The Dark Secret of Hendrik Schön2004-02-05
6. Thalidomide - A Second Chance?2004-02-12
7. Diamond Labs2004-03-04
8. T-Rex - Warrior or Wimp?2004-03-11
9. Project Poltergeist2004-03-18
10. The Truth of Troy2004-03-25
11. The Truth About Vitamins2004-09-16
12. King Solomon's Tablet of Stone2004-09-23
13. Derek Tastes of Earwax2004-09-30
14. What Really Killed the Dinosaurs?2004-10-07
15. Making Millions the Easy Way2004-10-14
16. Saturn - Lord of the Rings2004-10-21
17. The Hunt for the Supertwister2004-10-28
18. Dr Money and the Boy with No Penis2004-11-04
