Site One was continuing the dig where an Iguanodon bernissartensis tibia had been found. After giving us a brief rundown of what to expect, we were introduced to Edwina Silver and Dr Phil Manning at Site One. The first episode of Live From Dinosaur Island began with Bill Oddie being airlifted to the excavation site in a Westland's Sea King coastguard helicopter. If you missed it, here is a summary of what happened in each episode. Live From Dinosaur Island is not available on video, and sadly is unlikely to be released. Despite making a brief appearance in only three of the episodes, his discoveries were among the most memorable of the entire programme. Professor Ed Jarzembowski, an amber expert, in particular was sadly underused. Other scientists and experts included Dr Phil Manning, Dr Mike Barker, Dr Jon Radley, Nigel Larkins, and Robert Coram. He was one of the scientific advisors for Walking With Dinosaurs, and dominated the search for Hypsilophodons and presented evidence on what the Isle of Wight was like 120 million years ago. In many ways seeing the dinosaurs themselves was of secondary interest compared to Steve Hutt.Īnother important scientist was Dr David M Martill of the University of Portsmouth. He knew the dinosaurs, the area and the facts, what the audience wanted to know, how to tell them and keep them hungry for more. Steve Hutt, of the Isle of Wight Museum of Geology, in particular stole the show, dominating every second he was in. The stars of the show were without doubt the scientists involved, who were able to present the show well despite the interference of the presenters. This was because his main experience with predators was with lions, and he felt that a dinosaur could not possibly have done something which a lion does not. Unlike Bill Oddie and Adam Hart-Davis, she didn't do anything annoying, but she didn't seem to do anything at all.Įdwina Silver was not the only one to suffer from inaction, as Simon King rarely seemed to do anything either, except try to argue with the scientists that Neovenator had binocular vision when the skull clearly indicated that it didn't 1. She gave the impression that she was a presenter there because all the other presenters were male and they'd better have a woman to ensure it wasn't sexist, but other than that seemed lost throughout the entire week. One of the first things Edwina Silver said on Live From Dinosaur Island was 'I hope my Mum isn't watching', which seemed to show her attitude throughout the week. Sadly, he insisted on asking questions that even a two-year-old would think obvious. Yet he was able to keep things going neatly, and kept the pace, asking appropriate questions at appropriate times. The Other PresentersĪdam Hart-Davis is a presenter who has an endless child-like enthusiasm for his work, yet sadly this sometimes comes across as him acting childishly, or his treating the audience as children. If only he was able to use that enthusiasm for remembering not only the name of where he was, but also the names of the eminent scientists around him. This, however, was forgivable, as it was an important discovery and showed the enthusiasm he had for the subject. His other obsession was the Hypsilophodon bone that he discovered, and mentioned in every episode of the programme. I want to change the Isle of Wight's name to "Dinosaur Island".' This attitude continued throughout the week with him not bothering to learn the names of where he was, saying 'This cliff.' instead of 'Culver Cliff', and phrases such as 'Sorry folks in the Isle of Wight, but I hope your cliff falls down.' The first (a blatant insult to Islanders) was his habit of continually repeating 'The Isle of Wight is not called Isle of Wight anymore, it's now "Dinosaur Island". This was mainly due to his strange obsessions, which failed to contribute to the programme. Despite being a great bird enthusiast and able to present bird programmes in a way second only to David Attenborough, he was arguably the worst presenter for Live From Dinosaur Island, and the most disappointing. The main presenter of the series was Bill Oddie. The presenters for Live From Dinosaur Island were, sadly, disappointing. It was also 'narrowcast' live on the web at the BBC's dinosaur site. The programmes were 60 minutes each, being broadcast on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with an 'omnibus' edition on Sunday. In six days, the palaeontological team hunted for at least five different species of dinosaur in five different sites on the south-west coast of the island. Sunday 10 June, 2001 saw the start of a new television series on BBC2 - Live From Dinosaur Island, a live broadcast of Britain's biggest dinosaur hunt.
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