Sir David Attenborough says unearthing ‘one-in-a-billion’ fossil was a ‘great privilege’

Sir David Attenborough has called the opportunity to unearth a “one-in-a-billion” fossil a “great privilege”, ahead of the release of a documentary chronicling its extraordinary discovery and excavation.

Attenborough & the Giant Sea Monster follows the British naturalist, 97, as he joins a mission to excavate the skull of a fearsome monster“who ruled the seas during the period of the dinosaurs” from a cliff face in Dorset.