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Privacy NoticeThe hit BBC show Walking With Dinosaurs is returning to TV screens, 25 years after the first series was shown. The 1999 series recreated extinct species using computer generated imagery and animatronics, and went on to win numerous awards including two BAFTAs and three Emmys. It was also one of the most expensive documentary series ever made, costing more than £6 million which worked out at over £37,000 per minute to produce. It was narrated by Kenneth Branagh and pulled in more than 15 million viewers for the first episode, making it the most watched science programme of the 20th century. The series also spawned a new genre of documentaries recreating life in the very distant past, including Walking With Cavemen, Walking With Sea Monsters and Walking With Monsters. The new six part series is currently being made and will be shown on BBC TV in 2025. Each episode will tell the dramatic story of an individual dinosaur whose remains are being unearthed by the world’s leading dinosaur hunters. Experts are able to work out how the creatures lived, hunted, survived and died and will be able to recreate their habitat using state-of-the-art visual effects. Creatures including a T.Rex whose bones have been uncovered in North America, a Spinosaurus from Morocco and a Lusotitan from Portugal will be featured in the series. Sign up to OK’s TV newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free
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Jack Bootle, BBC Head of Commissioning, Specialist Factual, says: “A whole new generation of viewers is about to fall in love with Walking With Dinosaurs. The original series was one of the most exciting factual shows of all time, and this reinvention builds on that amazing legacy. Each episode is underpinned by the very latest science but is also filled with drama – making this a series for both dino lovers and people who just want to be told a great story.”
Computer imagery and animatronics was used to create the dinosaurs
Andrew Cohen, Head of BBC Studios Science Unit, added: “There is no bigger science series than Walking with Dinosaurs and we are incredibly excited to be bringing this much-loved brand to a whole new generation of audiences around the world. It’s the ultimate dinosaur show, where you’ll be hiding behind the sofa one moment and having your mind blown the next. The prehistoric world meets premium documentary production, like never before.” The original series was partly inspired by the success of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 dinosaur movie Jurassic Park, that featured groundbreaking dinosaur computer generated imagery as well as impressive animatronics. The movie spawned two sequels, Jurassic Park: The Lost World and Jurassic Park III, and a new trilogy of movies that began with Jurassic World in 2015. A new Jurassic World, directed by Gareth Edwards of Rogue One fame and featuring a new cast including Scarlett Johansson and Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey, is currently filming and expected to be released on 2 July 2025.Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnScarlett JohanssonBaftasDocumentary
