Prehistoric Planet

Synopsis

Prehistoric Planet is a re-version of the BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs and Walking with Beasts series, done by Discovery Channel and NBC for the Discovery Kids network. Though the producers kept nearly all of the original animation, David Bock and Peter Sherman wrote new text for a younger target audience, narrated by Ben Stiller and Christian Slater, and interspersed the scenes with occasional quizzes to act as bumpers around the commercial breaks. New music was incorporated as well. Most marketing and advertising for the series focused on the dinosaur episodes. In addition, the final episode, the Prehistoric Planet Top 10 focused solely on the creatures from Walking With Dinosaurs. Some small content edits were done to allow original programs to fit in the 23 minutes of non-commercial time that a normal half-hour program has on network TV. At present, only Season 1 has been released on home video and DVD.

Main Cast

Ben Stiller

Narrator

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Seasons

Season 1

2002 | 6 episodes

Dripping with kid friendly sarcasm, this series presents various animals from several periods that thrived during the age of dinosaurs and explains how they thrived, reproduced and co-existed.

Season details

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	John McCally
Writing	Writer	David Bock Peter Sherman Brian Meehl
Production	Producer	Cheryl Carlesimo Tim Haines Jessica Hanlon Asabi Lee John Lynch Craig W. Rogers Jeff Thurman John McCally
Sound	Music	Russ Landau
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