| Dinosapien | |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Science fiction |
| Starring | Brittney Wilson Bronson Pelletier MacKenzie Porter Jeffrey Watson Suzanna Hamilton James Coombes Alexandra Gingras Brendan Meyer Dean Manywounds |
| Composer | Rob Lord |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Rick Siggelkow Mark Young Arnie Zipursky Tom Cox Martha Ripp Simon Nelson |
| Producers | Jim Corston Jordy Randall |
| Editor | Peter Light |
| Camera setup | Carey Toner |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production companies | CCI Entertainment BBC Worldwide |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Kids (Canada) Discovery Kids (United States) CBBC Channel (United Kingdom) |
| Release | March 24 – June 30, 2007 |
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Dinosapien is a 15-episode children's television program. The series is a co-production between BBC Worldwide and CCI Entertainment, in association with BBC Kids, Discovery Kids and CBBC.
Overall 15 episodes were made, each 21 and half minutes long (30 minutes total when factoring in commercials). The series is filmed in Bragg Creek, Alberta. The program made its debut on March 24, 2007, on Discovery Kids and CBBC. The series ended on June 30, 2007. Each program contains around six minutes of CGI. Brittney Wilson stars as Lauren Slayton, Suzanna Hamilton as Dr. Slayton and James Coombes as the villain, Dr. Aikens.
Sci-fi veteran David Winning directed the pilot and first three episodes and Brendan Sheppard, known for his work on Doctor Who DVDs, directed five episodes. Marc Lougee, veteran of several award-winning animated series (including MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch and the CBC's What It's Like Being Alone) directed CG animation and Visual Effects/2nd unit for the series prior to filming The Pit and the Pendulum, a stop motion animated adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale. The Pit and the Pendulum was executive produced by animation icon Mr. Ray Harryhausen, joined by DINOSAPIEN producer Pete Denomme and Fred Fuchs.