# Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)

> A six-part BBC miniseries that uses computer graphics and animatronics to recreate the dinosaur-era world with scientific rigor.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/3382

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 29 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary, animation
- Created by: Tim Haines
- Network: BBC One
- Cast: Kenneth Branagh
- TMDB rating: 8.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0214382/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: awestruck, wondering, educational, measured, reverent

## What critics say

Audiences acclaimed the series for its groundbreaking blend of computer graphics and animatronics that brings prehistoric animals to life with convincing accuracy.

## Synopsis

Walking with Dinosaurs (1999) is a British documentary miniseries created by Tim Haines for BBC One. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, this six-episode limited series follows the lives of prehistoric animals across the Mesozoic era, from the age of the great reptiles through the Cretaceous. Rather than a single protagonist, the show moves from creature to creature, tracking how a species hunts, feeds, migrates and survives in its harsh landscape. Each episode is built from natural history footage blended with cutting-edge computer graphics and animatronic creatures, reconstructing animals such as the tyrannosaurus rex, the allosaurus and flying pterosaurs as accurately as the science of the time allowed. The engine is survival: scarcity, rival predators and shifting climates drive every sequence. Its tone is wondering and awestruck, with a measured, educational pace that invites the reverent curiosity of a natural history special. Viewers who enjoy Planet Earth, Life on Earth or Prehistoric Park will find a similar blend of documentary authority and spectacle. Fans of dinosaur documentaries will find its ambition to reconstruct a vanished world on screen especially rewarding, and the series remains a landmark of early computer-generated wildlife television.

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