National treasure Sir David Attenborough is to present a new programme on the final days of the dinosaurs in his latest BBC series.
The show will centre around a new dig site called Tanis (in the USA), which archaeologists hope will shed new light on the way dinosaurs became extinct, giving us a minute-by-minute insight into their final hours.
Sir David, 95, has said of the upcoming show: "Dinosaurs were among nature's most extraordinary creatures, dominating the planet for over 150 million years before they became extinct."
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"Tanis could be a place where the remains can give us an unprecedented window into the lives of the very last dinosaurs, and a minute-by-minute picture of what happened when the asteroid hit."
The show will feature "cutting-edge CGI" and "brand new VFX production techniques" that will be used to immerse Sir David in the Late Cretaceous period amongst the creatures that inhabited Tanis at the time.
What to expect from the new David Attenborough documentary
The BBC describe the new show by saying: "We all think we know what happened to the dinosaurs: 66 million years ago, at the end of the Late Cretaceous, an asteroid hit the planet and wiped them out. But that's far from the whole story.
"While the asteroid impact itself is well documented, no direct evidence has ever been found that confirms how it killed the dinosaurs."
"Now, a new dig site promises to change that. Hidden in the low hills of North Dakota lies a secret, prehistoric graveyard known as Tanis.
"There, fossilised creatures dating from the very end of the Late Cretaceous lie buried in a mysterious crumbly layer of rock. And they are preserved in such detail that they could help give us a clearer picture of that time than ever before."
When will the new David Attenborough documentary be on TV?
While we don't have a specific air date, the show, titled "Dinosaurs: The Final Day", will be shown later in 2022 on BBC One and iPlayer.
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