Prehistoric Planet

2002-2003
2 seasons
BBC Video
Documentary, Animation

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.

2002-2003
2 seasons
BBC Video
Documentary, Animation

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 1 Episode Guide

6 Episodes 2002

Episode 1

Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Sat, Oct 5, 2002 21 mins

Meet the animals of the Triassic with a lesson on how to distinguish reptiles from dinosaurs from proto-mammals. Problem is, several critters are somewhere in between.

Episode 2

Jurassic Giants

Fri, Oct 11, 2002 21 mins

A diplodocus wanders into a forest where she lays as many as a hundred eggs. Even in the relative safety of the forest the young diplodocus are at risk from various carnivores such as ornitholestes and allosaurus even before they hatch. But in a few year some grow large enough on the lush forest vegetation to join the herd migrating on the prairie.

Episode 3

Jurassic Beach

Sat, Oct 19, 2002 21 mins

With the land full of dinosaurs and the sea full of fish some reptiles returned to the sea when they grew to dinosaur proportions to become top predators. Still, life has it's challenges.

Episode 4

Sky King

Sat, Oct 26, 2002 21 mins

An aging ornithocheirus braves the elements to on a migrational flight or 9,000 miles in hopes of mating. Meanwhile a herd of iguanodon brave hungry predators migrating to their mating grounds.

Episode 5

Dinosaurs of the Ice Forest

Fri, Nov 8, 2002 21 mins

Antarctica sported lush forests that supported a variety of dinosaurs and other animals during the Cretaceous. But that doesn't mean winter was any fun.

Episode 6

Death of the Dinosaurs

Fri, Nov 15, 2002 21 mins

All good things must come to an end and that includes big hungry monster like T. Rex. But until then the dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous live out their live of eating, fighting and reproducing.