The Dudley Bug

The Dudley Bug

8 min

A guide to the historical and geological history of the Black Country - with your host: a Dudley Bug. After a palaeontologist discovers a long lost trilobite fossil - the bug comes to life explaining all the changes he has seen across 422 million years. Taken from an interview - this film explores the funny and inspiring lifestyles of folk who live in the heart of the Midlands in the UK.

Directed by Leo Wright · Written by Leo Wright

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John Homer Aynoch - The Dudley Bug
Mark Williams Roderick the Palaeontologist

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