Prehistoric Park | |
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Genre | Science fiction Nature docu-fiction |
Starring | Nigel Marven |
Narrated by | David Jason (UK) Jim Forbes (US) |
Music by | Daniel Pemberton |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 6 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
Production | |
Running time | 48 minutes |
Production company | Impossible Pictures |
Original release | |
Network | ITV Animal Planet National Geographic |
Release | 22 July 26 August 2006 | –
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Prehistoric Park is a six-part nature docu-fiction television series that premiered on ITV on 22 July 2006 and on Animal Planet on 29 October 2006. The programme was produced by Impossible Pictures, who also created Walking with Dinosaurs. Each episode is an hour long including commercial breaks. Repeats of the show are broadcast in the UK on Watch.
The programme is narrated by David Jason and presented by Nigel Marven. The fictional component is the theme that Nigel goes back to various geological time periods through a space-time portal, and brings live specimens of extinct animals back to the present day, where they are exhibited in a wildlife park named Prehistoric Park, which is a big area between high steep mountains and ocean, with varied environments, in what looks like KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The series did not succeed in having a second season in favour of Primeval, likewise produced for ITV by Impossible Pictures, which features a cameo of Nigel Marven in the third series.