A BELOVED BBC show is returning to screens after more than two decades. The popular programme originally aired on the Beeb in 1999 and is making a comeback after 25 years. A brand new six-part series of Walking with Dinosaurs will allow viewers to explore the era of the extinct creatures.
Meanwhile, each episode of the reimagined show will “tell the dramatic story of an individual dinosaur”, according to the BBC . As with its 90s counterpart, the new version will also use animation and visual effects to bring the prehistoric creatures to life. From there, the show will create a drama centred on their lives based on scientific evidence.
The original series' popularity spawned a franchise which also includes Walking with Beasts, Walking with Cavemen, Sea Monsters, and Walking with Monsters. Some of the dinosaurs featured include the Spinosaurus, which had been the largest carnivorous dinosaur to ever walk the earth . BBC Studios will work with PBS, co-produced with ZDF and France Télévisions, to recreate the adored educational show which received two Baftas and three Emmy awards.
Jack Bootle, the Beeb’s Head of Commissioning for Specialist Factual, said: “A whole new generation of viewers is about to fall in love with Walking with Dinosaurs. “The original series was one of the most exciting factual shows of all time, and this reinvention builds on that amazing legacy. “Each episode is underpinned by the very latest science but is also filled with drama – makin.