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Planet Dinosaur

2011 six-part documentary television series
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Summary

Planet Dinosaur is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,011 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Ilan Eshkeri[3]
  • Genre: popular science film[4]
  • Follows: Walking with Dinosaurs[5]
  • Followed by: Prehistoric Planet[6]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[7]
  • Presenter: John Hurt[8]
  • Original broadcaster: BBC One[9], British Broadcasting Corporation[10]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[11]
  • Start time: September 14, 2011[12]
  • End time: October 19, 2011[13]
  • Distributed by: BBC Worldwide[14]
  • Official website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014m55k[15]
  • Main subject: dinosaur[16]
  • Number of episodes: 6[17]
  • Duration: 30 minutes[18]
  • Number of seasons: 1[19]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 6[20], 9[21]
  • P14449: 249354[22]
  • P14567: SID0012166[23]
  • P14813: 134748[24]

Why It Matters

Planet Dinosaur has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

John Hurt United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved . fernsehserien.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . live.dbpedia.org. Retrieved . live.dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . dbpedia.org. Retrieved . dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Xezbeth · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'pt', 'ru', 'simple', 'sv
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    P14813 → 134748
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Publication date: 2011"
  2. 11w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14567 → SID0012166
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14567: SID0012166, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1785389345044"
  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 249354
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
  4. 23w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original network → —
    Followed by → Prehistoric Planet
    Website → —
    Publication date → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30639|batch #30639]]: TVmaze #2.2"
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