Natural History Museum: World of Wonder continues on Channel 5

Tonight is the second episode of the four-part series.
In this factual documentary series Channel 5 cameras go behind the doors of one of the greatest museums in the world, London’s Natural History Museum.

The crew have been allowed in, not just to see front of house but behind the scenes too, to capture the incredible specimens and reveal the unique and rare pieces that are too valuable to exhibit.

 In this episode, the museum’s dinosaur experts Susie Maidment and Paul Barrett are following up an exciting tipoff about some possible dino footprints in Wales. The team travel to Wales to see if a dinosaur really did once walk on what is now Penrith beach.

Meanwhile, the world’s most famous dinosaur – Dippy the diplodocus – is on a road trip around the country and needs an up close inspection to make sure its safe. Also, behind the scenes we get a rare glimpse of a priceless skull of the world’s most complete stegosaurus skeleton – so valuable that it can’t be exhibited for the general public.

Natural History Museum: World of wonder, Channel 5, 8pm

Pictured top: Paul Barrett with fossils.