Walking with Dinosaurs

Walking with Dinosaurs is a 1999 six-part television series produced by the BBC and narrated by Kenneth Branagh (UK version, BBC) and Avery Brooks (US version, Discovery Channel). The series used computer-generated imagery and animatronics to recreate the life in the Mesozoic, and showed dinosaurs in a way that was only shown before in Jurassic Park, six years earlier. The series was a commercial and scientific success. Dinosaur paleontologists, like Peter Dodson, Peter Larson and James Farlow were scientific advisors. Their influence in the filming process is shown in Walking with Dinosaurs - The Making Of.

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1999 - Television series - BBC - Kenneth Branagh - Avery Brooks - Discovery Channel - Computer-generated imagery - Animatronics - Mesozoic - Dinosaur - Jurassic Park - Paleontologists - Peter Dodson - Peter Larson - James Farlow

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In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted on by industry professionals, Walking With Dinosaurs was placed 72nd.

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100 Greatest British Television Programmes - British Film Institute - 2000

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In the same vein, a follow-up to the series was Walking with Beasts, set in the Cenozoic period. This series featured extinct mammals and birds like Indricotherium and Gastornis. The third installment was Walking with Cavemen, a documentary about our ancestors. When Dinosaurs Roamed America (produced by Discovery Channel) is yet another dinosaur CGI documentary.

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Walking with Beasts - Cenozoic - Mammal - Bird - Indricotherium - Gastornis - Walking with Cavemen - Our ancestors - When Dinosaurs Roamed America

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Also in the same vein, a spin-off three-part series was made, known as "Sea Monsters", in which it revolves around Nigel Marvin travelling back in time to the world's seven deadly seas.

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