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The Best Episodes of Planet Dinosaur

Every episode of Planet Dinosaur ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Planet Dinosaur!

Best episode
S1E6 The Great Survivors
8.2107 votes
Worst episode
S1E2 Feathered Dragons
7.7121 votes
Top season
Season 1
8.0avg
Binge time
3h 0m
6 episodes

Seasons1

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Planet Dinosaur Season 1 Episode 6 - The Great Survivors
    8.2/10(107 votes)
    S1:E6

    The final episode explores dinosaurs' extraordinary ability to survive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Planet Dinosaur Season 1 Episode 5 - New Giants
    8.1/10(120 votes)
    S1:E5

    This episode focuses on the new giants, the heavyweights of the dinosaur world. It is only in recent years that experts have unearthed the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived.

    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Planet Dinosaur Season 1 Episode 4 - Fight for Life
    7.9/10(114 votes)
    S1:E4

    This episode of the documentary series focuses on the Jurassic period, a time when the first giant killers stalked the Earth and lurked in the seas.

    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Planet Dinosaur Season 1 Episode 3 - Last Killers
    7.9/10(118 votes)
    S1:E3

    A look at the last of the killer dinosaurs - carnivores that took killing to a new level. By the end of the Cretaceous period - 75 million years ago - these gigantic and specialised hunter-killers had spread throughout the globe. In the southern continents, it was the powerful and muscular abelisaurids that reigned supreme, but it was the famous tyrannosaurids (or tyrant dinosaurs) that dominated in the north.

    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Planet Dinosaur Season 1 Episode 1 - Lost World
    7.9/10(149 votes)
    S1:E1

    In prehistoric North Africa, the carcharodontosaurus, a lizard-like carnivore with shark-like teeth more than six inches long, and the spinosaurus - at four metres, one of the biggest killers to walk the planet - once battled for supremacy.

    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Planet Dinosaur Season 1 Episode 2 - Feathered Dragons
    7.7/10(121 votes)
    S1:E2

    A look at bizarre and extraordinary feathered dinosaurs, many of which have only just been discovered. These feathered beasts are revolutionising our understanding of life on Earth as they blur the boundaries between what we know of dinosaurs and birds.

    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Great Survivors" is the best rated episode of Planet Dinosaur. It scored 8.2/10 from 107 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on October 19, 2011. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "New Giants".

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