Planet Dinosaur
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| Genre | Documentary |
|---|---|
| Created by | Nigel Paterson Phil Dobree |
| Written by | Nigel Paterson Tom Brass |
| Directed by | Nigel Paterson |
| Creative director(s) | Phil Dobree |
| Narrated by | John Hurt |
| Composer(s) | Ilan Eshkeri |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Andrew Cohen |
| Producer(s) | Nigel Paterson |
| Editor(s) | Andy Walter |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Distributor | BBC Worldwide |
| Release | |
| Original release | 14 September 2011 |
| Other websites | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
Planet Dinosaur is a six-part documentary television series produced by the BBC, narrated by John Hurt, first aired in the United Kingdom in 2011, produced by VFX studio Jellyfish Pictures. It is the first major dinosaur-related series for BBC One since Walking with Dinosaurs. There are more than 50 different prehistoric species featured, and they and their environments were created entirely as computer-generated images, for only a third of the production cost that was needed a decade earlier for Walking with Dinosaurs.[1][2][3] By the time the third episode aired, the companion book to the series was released accompany it. The DVD will be released after the series finishes.
Spin-off
CBBC aired a spin-off, Planet Dinosaur Files, from 29 September, 2011, hosted by Jem Stansfield.[4] Each episode compares three Mesozoic creatures and involves practical tests to replicate certain behaviours in an attempt to find out which creature holds a certain title, such as the "most powerful" theropod.[5]
Reception
Tom Sutcliffe in the Independent found that it was visually "polished and jazzed up" but that the "knowledge and science generally take second place to B-movie spectacle".[6]
List of episodes
| # | Title | Era | Director | Writer(s) | Original air date | UK viewers (million)[7] |
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References
- ↑ "Planet Dinosaur". BBC One. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ↑ "Planet Dinosaur". Jellyfish Pictures. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
- ↑ "Planet Dinosaur". CGSociety. Archived from the original on 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ↑ Planet Dinosaur Files Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine. BBC. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ↑ BBC iPlayer: Planet Dinosaur Files "Most Powerful". BBC. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ↑ Sutcliffe, Tom (15 September 2011). Last Night's TV: Planet Dinosaur/BBC1
Live Rugby World Cup/ITV1. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/last-nights-tv-planet-dinosaurbbc1br-live-rugby-world-cupitv1-2354849.html. Retrieved 23 October 2011. - ↑ "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. 14 September 2011. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
Other websites
- BBC website
- Production website Archived 2012-03-02 at the Wayback Machine