David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive is a 2014 British documentary film. Written and presented by David Attenborough, it aired on Sky One on New Year's Day 2014.[1]

The documentary was filmed at the Natural History Museum, London, and uses CGI imagery to bring to life several of the extinct animal skeletons in the museum, including Archaeopteryx, the giant moa and Haast's eagle, Gigantopithecus (contrasting prevailing expert opinion; presented as bipedal and more hominin than pongine), Glossotherium, Smilodon, Gigantophis, Ichthyosaurus and the London-based replica of the famous Diplodocus skeleton Dippy.

The documentary was well-received, and won a TV BAFTA in the specialist factual category.[2] A 3D companion book for the documentary was released under the same name.

'The Making of David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive' was also released to accompany the documentary.

References

  1. ^ David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive (TV Movie 2014) - IMDb
  2. ^ "TV Bafta awards 2014: Sir David Attenborough wins specialist factual category | Leicester Mercury". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

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