THE Jurassic Coast will be explored on a television series, with the one of Dorset County Museum’s most famous residents playing a starring role.

Walking Through Time kicked off on Channel 4 on Saturday and the third and final episode on October 8 will focus on the Jurassic Coast and some of its famous landmarks.

The programme is hosted by Dr Tori Herridge, and the programme will see her walk from the cliffs of Kimmeridge, all the way to Budleigh Salterton in the west.

Along the way, Dr Herridge will stop off at Durdle Door and find out about how 25 million years ago tectonic forces folded the continental plate and created the Alps.

She will meet up with Kevan Sheehan who discovered the 155 million-year-old pliosaur skull which is now homed at Dorset County Museum.

The pliosaur was a 45-foot-long dinosaur which boasted a sixfoot-long, fang lined snout.

Mr Sheehan discovered the skull at Osmington Mills and it was named Kevan in honour of the man who discovered it.

As well as learning about the pliosaur, Dr Herridge will head to Lyme Regis to talk about Eliza Philpott and Mary Anning.

Dr Herridge said: “The Jurassic Coast needs no introduction, really. But I think you’d be hard pressed to find a more stunning shot of the Lulworth Crumple.

I go from Kimmeridge Bay to Budleigh Salterton, investigating anoxia from local to global scales with Paul Wignall.

“I get to meet palaeontologist Simon Penn, who is rapidly becoming the heir to Steve Etches, and his gorgeous fossils. I have a cuppa with Kevan Sheehan, who discovered an incredibly complete giant pliosaur skull at Osmington Mills. Hillary Ketchum is my expert guide to that pliosaur.

“And Eliza Howlett and I have the most trowelblazer-tastic time talking Mary Anning and Eliza Philpott in Lyme Regis. And we have a bit of a Landmark Trust love in.” Dr Herridge is a paleobiologist at the Natural History Museum and in the past her research has used fossils from the Ice Age to investigate how and why evolution happens.