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Zoo Quest for a Dragon
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Categories: Science & Engineering, Science
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This behind-the-scenes look at how the first programmes were made reveals moments of hardship on horseback, canoe, and in a wreck of a jeep through swamp, desert, and rainforest. Attenborough tells of danger on the crew's hazardous boat trip with a gun-smuggling captain and the terror of erupting volcanoes.
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Attenborough Begins
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