The 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.
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