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| Planet Dinosaur | |
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 Title card | |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Created by | Nigel Paterson Phil Dobree |
| Written by | Nigel Paterson Tom Brass |
| Directed by | Nigel Paterson |
| Creative director | Phil Dobree |
| Narrated by | John Hurt |
| Composer | Ilan Eshkeri |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Andrew Cohen |
| Editor | Andy Walter |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Jellyfish Pictures BBC Discovery Channel ZDF |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One, BBC One HD, BBC HD |
| Release | 14 September – 19 October 2011 |
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Planet Dinosaur, is a six-part documentary television series created by Nigel Paterson and Phil Dobree, produced by the BBC, and narrated by John Hurt. It first aired in the United Kingdom in 2011, with VFX studio Jellyfish Pictures as its producer. It was 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 around a third of the production cost that was needed a decade earlier for Walking with Dinosaurs.[1][2][3] Much of the series' plot is based on scientific discoveries made since Walking with Dinosaurs, with episodes frequently stopping the action to show fossil evidence and the assumptions based on them. The companion book to Planet Dinosaur was released on 8 September 2011, and the DVD and Blu-ray were released on 24 October 2011.[4] Planet Dinosaur is highly praised for its stunning graphics and 3D animation. The series was also accompanied by an online video game which has since become inaccessible.[5]
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- ^ "Planet Dinosaur". Jellyfish Pictures. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ "Planet Dinosaur". CGSociety. Archived from the original on 23 September 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Planet Dinosaur (DVD) and Planet Dinosaur (Hardback). BBC Shop. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ "BBC One - Planet Dinosaur - Planet Dinosaur Game". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015.