History Trivia / PlanetOfDinosaurs

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, was due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences, to the point that in year 2022 he was even proposed by a few young members of the Italian Parliament as the new [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Italian_presidential_election President of Italy]]! Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews. Nonetheless, in Italy a great number of relevant characters, from the President of the Republic [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Mattarella Sergio Mattarella]] to the then Prime Minister [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Draghi Mario Draghi]], to RAI colleagues like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippo_Baudo Pippo Baudo]], to singers like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Pausini Laura Pausini]], have quoted his demise as "a great loss for Italy", and the RAI chose to change its programs the days after his death (13th August 2022).

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, was due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences, to the point that in year 2022 he was even proposed by a few young members of the Italian Parliament as the new [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Italian_presidential_election President of Italy]]! Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews. Nonetheless, in Italy a great number of relevant characters, from the President of the Republic [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Mattarella Sergio Mattarella]] to the Prime Minister [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Draghi Mario Draghi]], to RAI colleagues like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippo_Baudo Pippo Baudo]], to singers like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Pausini Laura Pausini]], have quoted his demise as "a great loss for Italy", and the RAI chose to change its programs the days after his death (13th August 2022).

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, was due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences, to the point that in year 2022 he was even proposed by a few young members of the Italian Parliament as the new [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Italian_presidential_election President of Italy!]]. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews. Nonetheless, in Italy a great number of relevant characters, from the President of the Republic [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Mattarella Sergio Mattarella]] to the Prime Minister [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Draghi Mario Draghi]], to RAI colleagues like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippo_Baudo Pippo Baudo]], to singers like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Pausini Laura Pausini]], have quoted his demise as "a great loss for Italy", and the RAI chose to change its programs the days after his death (13 August 2022).

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, was due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences, to the point that in year 2022 he was even proposed by a few young members of the Italian Parliament as the new [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Italian_presidential_election President of Italy!]]. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews. Nonetheless, in Italy a great number of relevant characters, from the President of the Republic [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Mattarella Sergio Mattarella]] to the Prime Minister [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Draghi Mario Draghi]], to RAI colleagues like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippo_Baudo Pippo Baudo]], to singers like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Pausini Laura Pausini]], have quoted his demise as "a great loss for Italy", and the RAI chose to change its programs the days after his death.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, was due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences, to the point that in year 2022 he was even proposed by a few young members of the Italian Parliament as the new [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Italian_presidential_election President of Italy!]]. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews. Nonetheless, in Italy a great number of relevant characters, from the President of the Republic to the Prime Minister, to RAI colleagues like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippo_Baudo Pippo Baudo]], to singers like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Pausini Laura Pausini]] (the main host of 2022's Eurovision Song Contest) have quoted his demise as "a great loss for Italy", and the RAI chose to change its programs the days after his death.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, was due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences, to the point that in year 2022 he was even proposed by a few young members of the Italian Parliament as the new [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Italian_presidential_election President of Italy!]]. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews. Nonetheless, in Italy a great number of relevant characters, from the President of the Republic to the Prime Minister, to RAI colleagues, to singers like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Pausini Laura Pausini]] (the main host of 2022's Eurovision Song Contest) have quoted his demise as "a great loss for Italy", and the RAI chose to change its programs the days after his death.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, was due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences, to the point that in year 2022 he was even proposed by a few young members of the Italian Parliament as the new [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Italian_presidential_election President of Italy!]]. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews. Nonetheless, in Italy a great number of relevant characters, from the President of the Republic to the Prime Minister, to RAI colleagues, to singers like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Pausini Laura Pausini]] (the main host of 2022's Eurovision Song Context) have quoted his demise as "a great loss for Italy", and the RAI chose to change its programs the days after his death.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, was due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences, to the point that in year 2022 he was even proposed by a few young members of the Italian Parliament as the new [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Italian_presidential_election President of Italy!]]. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews. Of note is also the fact that the English Wikipedia has chosen to delete (with some debates) the father Angela among the notable deaths of year 2022, after being put by some Angela-enthusiasts more than once since 13 August, the day of his death. In Italy a great number of popular characters, from the President of the Republic to the Prime Minister, to RAI colleagues, to singers like Laura Pausini (the main host of 2022's Eurovision Song Context) have quoted his demise as "a great loss for Italy", and even the RAI chose to change its programs the days after his death.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, was due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences, to the point that in year 2022 he was even proposed by a few young members of the Italian Parliament as the new [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Italian_presidential_election President of Italy!]]. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews. Of note is also the fact that the English Wikipedia has chosen to delete (with some debates) the father Angela among the notable deaths of year 2022, after being put by some Angela-enthusiasts more than once since 13 August, the day of his death. In Italy a great number of popular characters, from the President of the Republic to the Prime Minister, to RAI colleagues, to singers like Laura Pausini (the main host of 2022' Eurovision Song Context) have quoted his demise as "a great loss for Italy", and even the RAI chose to change its programs the days after his death.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, was due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences, to the point that in year 2022 he was even proposed by a few young members of the Italian Parliament as the new [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Italian_presidential_election President of Italy!]]. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews.

* DuelingMovies: It might seem unbelievable, but in Italy this documentary was really in competition against ''Franchise/JurassicPark''! Piero Angela even cites the film ''J.P.'' in his first episode when talking about insects trapped in amber, mentioning the film's theory about cloning dinosaurs from mosquitos as "ridiculous". Also, in one interview, Angela proudly said that his docu has more than 15 kinds of dinosaur while the film only has seven. In truth, 19 kinds of non-avian dinosaurs are encountered during the time travel, plus many pterosaurs (4 of them identified) and 4 aquatic reptiles. In total, about 50 models of dinosaurs and non-dinosaurs were realized for the program.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, is due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences [[note]]In year 2022 he was even proposed by a few young members of the Italian Parliament as the new [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Italian_presidential_election President of Italy!]][[/note]]. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, is due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences [[note]]In year 2022 he was even proposed by a few young members of the Italian Parliament as the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Italian_presidential_election President of the Republic]] of Italy![[/note]]. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, is due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences [[note]]In year 2022 he was even proposed by a few young members of the Italian Parliament as President of the Republic of Italy![[/note]]. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, is due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV characters in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Piero Angela and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, is due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV. On the other hand, both Piero and Alberto Angela have sometimes had troubles with other popular italian TV conductors in the past, as admitted by themselves in some interviews.

* It's worth noting that Piero Angela himself and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, is due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and is expecially popular among the younger audiences. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV.
* ScienceMarchesOn: More than a quarter of a century has passed since this documentary; thus, some portrayals and statements about extinct animals are not accurate anymore. According to modern knowledge ''Plateosaurus'' was not quadrupedal; "Ultrasaurus" is not valid; ''Anatosaurus'' may not be valid as well [[note]]''Edmontosaurus'' is also shown as a distinct animal from ''Anatosaurus'', but was arguably ''Edmontosaurus regalis'', while "Anatosaurus" should be ''Edmontosaurus annectens''. [[/note]]; ''Torosaurus'' was not the biggest-headed land animal; dromaeosaurids were probably not pack hunters and their foot-claws were used as hooks than slashing weapons; ''Mamenchisaurus'' did not look like ''Diplodocus''; ''Oviraptor''s were not egg-robbing specialists; plesiosaurs did not have serpentine necks; and several dinosaurs and pterosaurs had some form of feathers or similar structures. Also, in the 3rd episode dinosaurs and birds are described as possibly distinct lineages, and in the last episode the host incautiously says "dinosaurs went extinct without leaving descendants" - the referred descendants probably are the modern reptiles and not the birds. In the 1st one, however, birds are quoted as the most strict living relatives of dinosaurs (in traditional sense), followed by crocodilians (the other living Archosaurian lineage), snakes & lizards (the Lepidosaurians), and finally turtles & tortoises (the Chelonians). The imprecisions in the series are compensated by the fact that Piero Angela points out the uncertainty of scientific statements across the whole program, unlike most ''Walking With'' pieces.

* It's worth noting that Piero Angela himself and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, is due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and seems expecially popular among the younger audiences. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Il Pianeta Dei Dinosauri'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV.

* It's worth noting that Piero Angela himself and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, followed as a foreigner journalist the First Men on the Moon (the ones of the Apollo 11, in 1969), before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation, from elderly to children, is due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and seems expecially popular among the younger audiences. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''The Planet Of The Dinosaurs'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV.

* It's worth noting that Piero Angela himself and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network: the RAI, ''Radio Audiovisione Italiana'', "italian radio-TV". It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation (from elderly to children) is also due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and seems expecially popular among the younger audiences. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Planet Of Dinosaurs'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV.

* It's worth noting that Piero Angela himself and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network (the RAI). It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation (from elderly to children) is also due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and seems expecially popular among the younger audiences. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Planet Of Dinosaurs'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV.

* AccidentallyCorrectZoology: The first animatronic dinosaur shown indirectly in the show is a silhouette of a moving ''"Brontosaurus"'' in a video. At the time of the documentary it was scientifically accepted its real name was ''Apatosaurus'' and not "Brontosaurus" (which is the name almost-always used in the program), but in 2015 the name "Brontosaurus" returned valid again for a part of the scientific community.

* ScienceMarchesOn: More than a quarter of a century has passed since this documentary; thus, some portrayals and statements about extinct animals are not accurate anymore. According to modern knowledge ''Plateosaurus'' was not quadrupedal; "Ultrasaurus" is not valid; ''Anatosaurus'' may not be valid as well [[note]]''Edmontosaurus'' is also shown as a distinct animal from ''Anatosaurus'', but was arguably ''Edmontosaurus regalis'', while "Anatosaurus" should be ''Edmontosaurus annectens''. [[/note]]; ''Torosaurus'' was not the biggest-headed land animal; dromaeosaurids were probably not pack hunters and their foot-claws were used as hooks than slashing weapons; ''Mamenchisaurus'' did not look like ''Diplodocus''; ''Oviraptor''s were not egg-robbing specialists; plesiosaurs did not have serpentine necks; and several dinosaurs and pterosaurs had some form of feathers or similar structures. Also, in the 3rd episode dinosaurs and birds are described as possibly distinct lineages -- and in the last episode the host incautiously says "dinosaurs went extinct without leaving descendants", probably referring to modern reptiles and not to birds. In the 1st one, however, birds are quoted as the most strict living relatives of dinosaurs (in traditional sense), followed by crocodilians (the other living Archosaurian lineage), snakes & lizards (the Lepidosaurians), and finally turtles & tortoises (the Chelonians). The imprecisions in the series are compensated by the fact that Piero Angela points out the uncertainty of scientific statements across the whole program, unlike most ''Walking With'' pieces.

** It's worth noting that Piero Angela himself and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network (the RAI). It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation (from elderly to children) is also due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and seems expecially popular among the younger audiences. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Planet Of Dinosaurs'' that launched Alberto Angela (a professional palaeontologist) for the first time in TV.

* AccidentallyCorrectZoology: The first animatronic dinosaur shown indirectly in the show is a silhouette of a moving ''"Brontosaurus"'' in a video. At the time of the documentary it was scientifically accepted its real name was ''Apatosaurus'' and not "Brontosaurus" (which is the name almost-always used in the program), but in 2015 the name "Brontosaurus" returned valid again.

* ScienceMarchesOn: More than a quarter of a century has passed since this documentary; thus, some portrayals and statements about extinct animals are not accurate anymore. According to modern knowledge ''Plateosaurus'' was not quadrupedal; "Ultrasaurus" is not valid; ''Anatosaurus'' may not be valid as well [[note]]''Edmontosaurus'' is also shown as a distinct animal from ''Anatosaurus'', but was arguably ''Edmontosaurus regalis'', while "Anatosaurus" should be ''Edmontosaurus annectens''. [[/note]]; ''Torosaurus'' was not the biggest-headed land animal; dromaeosaurids were probably not pack hunters and their foot-claws were used as hooks than slashing weapons; ''Mamenchisaurus'' did not look like ''Diplodocus''; ''Oviraptor''s were not egg-robbing specialists; plesiosaurs did not have serpentine necks; and several dinosaurs and pterosaurs had some form of feathers or similar structures. Also, in the 3rd episode dinosaurs and birds are described as possibly distinct lineages -- and in the last episode the host incautiously says "dinosaurs went extinct without leaving descendants", probably referring to modern reptiles and not to birds. In the 1st one, however, birds are quoted as the most strict living relatives of dinosaurs (in traditional sense), followed by crocodilians (the other living Archosaurian lineage), snakes & lizards (the Lepidosaurians), and finally turtles & tortoises (the Chelonians). The imprecisions in the series are compensated by the fact that Piero Angela points out the uncertainty of scientific statements across the whole program, unlike most "Walking With" pieces.

* ScienceMarchesOn: More than a quarter of a century has passed since this documentary; thus, some portrayals and statements about extinct animals are not accurate anymore. According to modern knowledge ''Plateosaurus'' was not quadrupedal; "Ultrasaurus" is not valid anymore; ''Anatosaurus'' may not be valid as well [[note]]''Edmontosaurus'' is also shown as a distinct animal from ''Anatosaurus'', but was arguably ''Edmontosaurus regalis'', while "Anatosaurus" should be ''Edmontosaurus annectens''. [[/note]]; ''Torosaurus'' was not the biggest-headed land animal; dromaeosaurids were probably not pack hunters and their foot-claws were used as hooks than slashing weapons; ''Mamenchisaurus'' did not look like ''Diplodocus''; ''Oviraptor''s were not egg-robbing specialists; plesiosaurs did not have serpentine necks; and several dinosaurs and pterosaurs had some form of feathers or similar structures. Also, in the 3rd episode dinosaurs and birds are described as possibly distinct lineages -- and in the last episode the host incautiously says "dinosaurs went extinct without leaving descendants", probably referring to modern reptiles and not to birds. In the 1st one, however, birds are quoted as the most strict living relatives of dinosaurs (in traditional sense), followed by crocodilians (the other living Archosaurian lineage), snakes & lizards (the Lepidosaurians), and finally turtles & tortoises (the Chelonians). The imprecisions in the series are compensated by the fact that Piero Angela points out the uncertainty of scientific statements across the whole program, unlike most "Walking With" pieces.

* AccidentallyCorrectZoology: The first animatronic dinosaur shown indirectly in the show is a silhouette of a moving ''Brontosaurus'' in a video. At the time of the documentary it was accepted its real name was ''Apatosaurus'', but in 2015 the name "Brontosaurus" returned valid again.

** It's worth noting that Piero Angela himself and his programs have always been very popular in Italy: he's been present almost since the beginnings of the TV in this country in the 1950s, more precisely in the Italian public network (the RAI). It used to be the host of the first TV news-broadcastings, before starting the franchise ''Quark'' in year 1981. According to many critics and TV experts his success among people of every generation (from elderly to children) is also due to his typical ability to explain even the most complex technical/scientifical arguments with a familiar household language, and to his courteous and nice manners when presenting himself to the public. Alberto, too, has herited these abilities from the father, and since TheNineties has also become a well-known host of scientific/educative RAI programs, and seems expecially popular among the younger audiences. Worthy to note is that was just the series ''Planet Of Dinosaurs'' that launched Alberto Angela for the first time in TV.

* DuelingMovies: It might seem unbelievable, but in Italy this documentary was really in competition against ''Franchise/JurassicPark''! Piero Angela even cites the film ''J.P.'' in his first episode when talking about insects trapped in amber, mentioning the film's theory about cloning dinosaurs from mosquitos as "ridiculous". Also, in one interview, Angela proudly said that his docu has more than 15 kinds of dinosaur while the film only has seven. In truth, 19 kinds of non-avian dinosaurs are encountered during the time travel, plus many pterosaurs (4 of them identified) and 4 aquatic reptiles.