There's a volcano coming - and it's a super one. This drama-documentary is based around something that's true, but "just hasn't happened yet". This won't come as news to anyone who's read the Bill Bryson book or the Horizon documentary from a few years ago.
So we get a motley cast of characters who work around Yellowstone National Park, including a few Brits since this is a BBC co-production. There are the cynics and the believers, and of course, by the end of the episode a massive volcano is indeed underway...
Over on BBC2 a sister documentary highlighted the fact that although it could happen, it wasn't all that likely. The fact that it's been 640,000 years since the last one, and on the basis of the previous three, they come around every 600,000 or so years, doesn't add up to a great deal. So there might be one in 10,000 years!
Posted by adambowie at March 14, 2005 10:40 AM