| The Ballad of Big Al | |
|---|---|
 Cover of a 2004 UK DVD release | |
| Also known as | Allosaurus |
| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Directed by | Kate Bartlett |
| Narrated by | Kenneth Branagh Avery Brooks (US) |
| Composer | Ben Bartlett |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Mick Kaczorowski |
| Producers | Tim Haines Joshua C. Berkley |
| Running time | 29 minutes |
| Production companies | BBC Studios Science Unit Impossible Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC, Discovery Channel, ProSieben, TV Asahi |
| Release | 25 December – 27 December 2000 |
| Infobox instructions (only shown in preview) | |
The Ballad of Big Al,[a] marketed as Allosaurus[b] in North America, is a 2000 special episode of the nature documentary television series Walking with Dinosaurs. The Ballad of Big Al is set in the Late Jurassic, 145 million years ago, and follows a single Allosaurus specimen nicknamed "Big Al" whose life story has been reconstructed based on a well-preserved fossil of the same name. The Ballad of Big Al was like the other episodes of Walking with Dinosaurs made by Impossible Pictures and was produced by the BBC Studios Science Unit,[1] the Discovery Channel, ProSieben and TV Asahi.[2] The episode was aired together with a 30-minute behind-the-scenes episode, Big Al Uncovered.
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- ^ Støen, Michael (2022). "1999: The BBC simulates prehistoric wildlife". Public Understanding of Science. 31 (4): 524–529. doi:10.1177/09636625211068944. ISSN 0963-6625. PMID 35062833. S2CID 246165620.
- ^ Salamon, Julie (6 April 2001). "TV WEEKEND; Visiting an Allosaur-Eat-Allosaur World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 April 2022.