Bosses of a new Sir David Attenborough documentary are to present a "gentler" version of the notorious Tyrannosaurus rex, claiming the ferocious predator has received "a bad rap".
Bosses of a new Sir David Attenborough documentary are to present a 'gentler' version of the notorious Tyrannosaurus rex
‘Dinosaurs: The Final Day', which will tell all about the last days of the dinosaurs before their extinction around 65 million years ago, aims to reframe the reputation of the T-Rex by showing the dreaded beast's softer side.
David - who is known for fronting natural world documentaries - will come face-to-face with the dino through the use of CGI in the BBC One show.
Director Matthew Thompson told The Sun newspaper: “Predators often get a bad rap on TV, as they’re shown as eating machines - as if that’s all they really do.
“We want to show different sides to the creatures and come up with some storylines that are a little bit different and a little bit gentler.”
Helen Thomas, executive producer, also wanted to steer away from the stereotypical image of a T-Rex, which is often seen in films like ‘Jurassic Park’, where the carnivores are constantly on the hunt for meat.
She said: “Predators tend to just fight all the time and we wanted to show them pooing.”
The 90-minute special - which is set to air tomorrow (15.04.22) at 6:30pm on BBC One - will see 95-year-old David come together with a team of paleontologists in a prehistoric graveyard and study the calcified remains of the dinosaurs who were wiped out by an asteroid.
They also shed new light on the cataclysm that happened at the end of the Cretaceous Period, the third and final of the Mesozoic era.
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