The Ballad of Big Al
| 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 |
The Ballad of Big Al, marketed as Allosaurus 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, the Discovery Channel, ProSieben and TV Asahi. The episode was aired together with a 30-minute behind-the-scenes episode, Big Al Uncovered.