National Geographic Channel Commissions NHNZ Six-Parter

WASHINGTON D.C.: A new six-part series is being produced by NHNZ for National Geographic Channel that will feature world-renowned palaeontologist Dr. Phil Manning and a team of scientists who travel to dinosaur hot spots.

The series will be called The Bone Zone when sold by National Geographic Channels International, and tentatively air under the name Jurassic CSI on National Geographic Channel in the U.S. In The Bone Zone/Jurassic CSI, Dr. Manning uses cutting-edge tools to project how dinosaurs actually moved, sensed, lived, died and even how they thought. Manning previously fronted National Geographic Channel’s Dino Autopsy as well.

“From the success of other dinosaur-related programming, National Geographic Channel recognises our viewers’ fascination with the ancient world of dinosaurs—how they lived and how they died,” said Sydney Suissa, the executive VP of content for NGCI. “We are happy to partner with NHNZ and Dr. Manning, a leading expert at the forefront of the palaeontology field, on this exciting new series”.

NHNZ executive producer Lawrence Cumbo added, “In each episode, our audience will join the quest as Manning reveals a totally new picture of palaeontology. Like a crime-scene investigator, Manning uses high-tech hand-held lasers, CT scanners, experiments in the field and lab, even dissecting modern animals like alligators and emus, to solve some the most intriguing questions about dinosaurs."

“The Bone Zone/Jurassic CSI gives me an opportunity to integrate the latest developments from almost all disciplines, from physics and engineering to biology and forensic science to showcase dinosaurs in previously unimaginable ways,” commented Dr. Manning. "Using the vast resources of the largest university in the U.K., we are able to tease information from fossil remains that has been impossible to find in the past.”