Prehistoric Planet
British-American nature documentary television series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prehistoric Planet is a British–American nature documentary television series about dinosaurs, that premiered on Apple TV+ beginning May 23, 2022. It is produced by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, with Jon Favreau as showrunner, visual effects by MPC, and narration by natural historian Sir David Attenborough.[1] The documentary follows dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals recreated with computer-generated imagery, living around the globe in the Late Cretaceous period 66 million years ago (Maastrichtian), just before the dinosaurs' extinction. It set out to depict prehistoric life using current palaeontological research by including accurately feathered dinosaurs, and speculative animal behaviour.[2]
Prehistoric Planet | |
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Genre | Nature documentary |
Narrated by | Sir David Attenborough |
Theme music composer | Hans Zimmer Andrew James Christie |
Composers | Hans Zimmer Anže Rozman Kara Talve |
Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Jon Favreau Mike Gunton |
Running time | 37–46 minutes |
Production companies | BBC Studios Natural History Unit Golem Creations Moving Picture Company (visual effects, CGI) |
Original release | |
Network | Apple TV+ |
Release | May 23, 2022 (2022-05-23) – present |
Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve, and Anže Rozman composed the soundtrack. It is the first major dinosaur-focused documentary series produced by the BBC since Planet Dinosaur in 2011, and the third overall (the first was Walking with Dinosaurs in 1999, produced by the BBC Studios Science Unit).[3][4][5] Prehistoric Planet received critical acclaim for its visual effects, depiction of dinosaurs, and Attenborough's narration.