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Primeval
In 1998, Professor Nick Cutter's wife Helen disappeared through a rupture in time known as an anomaly. Eight years later anomalies to different points in Earth's history are beginning to appear all over London, bringing with them dangerous prehistoric creatures. To combat the anomaly threat, government officials James Lester and Claudia Brown form a research team led by Professor Cutter (in later series, Danny Quinn and Matt Anderson) with the aim of capturing the creatures and sending them back to their own time.
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Episode 1
Matt's Secret
45 mins
The team is called out when a giant subterranean insect surfaces to drag victims to its nest - including Connor though Matt manages to save him. Connor is recruited by Burton to his New Dawn project, supposedly to harness energy from anomalies and he is given a glamorous, if mysterious helper, April, who stresses the top secret nature of the scheme. After Abby has caught Matt hacking into Connor's computer she learns that he is a visitor from a very bleak future, sent by Gideon to save the world and that Burton is merely using Connor for his own ends.
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Awards
- 2008 - VES Award - Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video - nominated
- 2009 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Visual Effects - nominated
- 2008 - Satellite Award - Best Television Series, Drama - nominated
- 2007 - TV Quick Award - Best New Drama - nominated
