Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, this film follows the teams at the Natural History Museum as they replace the iconic dinosaur skeleton cast with a real blue whale skeleton.
Over the last two years, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's science strand Horizon has been behind the scenes at London's Natural History Museum, following the dramatic replacement of the iconic Dippy the Dinosaur skeleton cast with the real skeleton of a blue whale - the world's biggest animal.
Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, this special film follows the teams involved in what has to be one of the world's most unique engineering challenges.
Replacing Dippy is brave and bold - it is the first thing visitors see when they enter the grand Hintze Hall, but the Natural History Museum is changing, and the installation of the colossal blue whale skeleton is the start of a new chapter. The largest animal ever to have lived, blue whales were driven to the brink of extinction by hunting and were the first species humans decided to save, telling an inspiring story of hope for the natural world.
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Horizon Archive: The Whale
Duration: 01:57
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Horizon Archive: The Woolly Mammoth
Duration: 02:03
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Trail - Dippy and the Whale
Duration: 02:06
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | David Attenborough |
Series Editor | Steve Crabtree |
Director | Annie MacKinder |
Broadcasts
- Thu 13 Jul 2017 21:00
- Mon 17 Jul 2017 23:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland
- Fri 4 Aug 2017 01:15
- Sat 5 Aug 2017 23:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Northern Ireland
- Wed 14 Nov 2018 22:30