Horizon Crater of Death (Season 34, Episode 11)
TV Episode | Documentary

Horizon

Crater of Death (Season 34, Episode 11)

TV Episode | Documentary

A commonly held theory is that the impact of a meteor or comet resulted in the mass extinction of plant and animal life, including the dinosaurs. There was no sign of the crater it produced until one is found near Chicxulub in the Yucatán.

Writer

Martin Belderson (written by)

Producer

Martin Belderson (producer)

Editors

John Lynch | Brian Tomkins (film editor) | John Watts (film editor)

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Edit Released

Updated Sep 11, 1997

Release date

Sep 11, 1997 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

12 wins & 17 nominations

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Nick Finnis Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Beeching's Tracks (2008)
Tom Ahrens Self - California Institute of Technology Self - California Institute of Technology See fewer	FightZone Presents (2007)
Steve D'Hondt Self - University of Rhode Island Self - University of Rhode Island See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
Alan Hildebrand Self - Geological Survey of Canada Self - Geological Survey of Canada See fewer	Earth: The Power of the Planet (2007)
Kirk Johnson Self - Colorado Museum of Natural History Self - Colorado Museum of Natural History See fewer	100,000 Acres of Pine (2020)
Dugan O'Keefe Self - California Institute of Technology Self - California Institute of Technology See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
Peter H. Schultz Self - Brown University (as Peter Schultz) Self - Brown University (as Peter Schultz) See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Buck Sharpton Self - Lunar Planetary Institute Self - Lunar Planetary Institute See fewer	National Geographic Specials (1965)
Peter Sheehan Self - Milwaukee Public Museum Self - Milwaukee Public Museum See fewer	Mysterious Universe (1994)
Eugene Shoemaker Self - US Geological Survey (as Gene Shoemaker) Self - US Geological Survey (as Gene Shoemaker) See fewer	Deep Impact (1998)
Peter Ward Self - University of Washington Self - University of Washington See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)