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The Best Episodes of Planet Dinosaur Season 1

Every episode of Planet Dinosaur Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Planet Dinosaur Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Planet Dinosaur Season 1

The stories of the biggest, deadliest and weirdest creatures ever to walk the Earth, using the latest fossil evidence and immersive computer graphics.

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  1. 8.2/10(99 votes)

    #1 - New Giants

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    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.

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  2. 8.1/10(93 votes)

    #2 - Fight for Life

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    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.

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  3. 8.0/10(99 votes)

    #3 - Last Killers

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    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.

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  4. 8.0/10(89 votes)

    #4 - The Great Survivors

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    S1:E6

    The final episode explores dinosaurs' extraordinary ability to survive.

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  5. 7.9/10(104 votes)

    #5 - Feathered Dragons

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    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.

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  6. 7.8/10(130 votes)

    #6 - Lost World

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    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.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"New Giants" is the best rated episode of "Planet Dinosaur" season 1. It scored 8.2/10 based on 99 votes. Directed by Nigel Paterson and written by N/A, it aired on 10/12/2011. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Fight for Life".