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Walking with Beasts

FROM A TIME THE WORLD FORGOT.

★7.8 2001 1 Season Tim Haines TV-MA

Walking With Prehistoric Beasts explores how life on earth first began. Using real footage, the series goes inside the body of our monster ancestors. For the first time, morphing technology is used to reveal how our ancestors evolved.

Seasons & episodes

1 season · 6 episodes

New Dawn

Episode 01

New Dawn

Nov 15, 2001 · 29 min

15 million years after the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, Earth has recovered from the massive meteor impact. Rainforests dominated the early Eocene, and the planet has a warm, tropical climate. It is this age that the mammals begin to thrive and spread, taking over niches left vacant by the death of the dinosaurs. But it is the birds that dominate this period in Earth's history, and they are almost all killers. But in the water, the first evidence of the mammal's destiny has appeared!

Whale Killer

Episode 02

Whale Killer

Nov 22, 2001 · 29 min

The late Eocene is a time of great change, but not a pleasant one for Earth's life form. Antarctica has separated from the other continents and is slowly freezing, changing the ocean currents. This is playing havoc with the climate, creating environmental disasters worldwide. Into this world has evolved the most fearsome whale ever to live; Basilosaurus. With ocean food stocks in chaos, a female Basilosaurus must search her home in the Tethys Sea from north to south, to satisfy her enormous hunger. And she is also pregnant...

Land of Giants

Episode 03

Land of Giants

Nov 29, 2001 · 29 min

It is now the Oligocene period, and the massive change in climate claimed 1 in every 5 species. The great tropical forests and plains that dominated the Eocene have shrunk, hanging on in the equatorial regions. In Mongolia, a seasonal desert now dominates the land, populated with some of the largest beasts ever to roam its landscape since the days of the dinosaurs. The are Hyenadon, predators as big as modern rhinos; Entelodonts, mean spirited pigs just as big; and largest of all, the massive Indricotheres, a species of rhino that was the biggest land mammal ever!

Next of Kin

Episode 04

Next of Kin

Dec 6, 2001 · 29 min

The Pliocene has arrived, and the world is taking on its familiar shape. In the Great Rift Valley of Africa, the animals are taking familiar forms, though some exotic forms are wondering around with animals modern man would be familiar with. It is here that a new species of ape has evolved, one that will one day evolve into the most powerful animal ever seen.

Sabre Tooth

Episode 05

Sabre Tooth

Dec 13, 2001 · 29 min

South America is a land time forgot, with giant birds, the last of a trunked, hoofed herbivore, huge sloths, and giant armadillos. But the isolation of this continent has ended; and land bridge now connects South America with North America. With it has come a new species of predator; Smilodon, the infamous saber-toothed ""tiger"". But life here is no easier for the largest of all cats, especially for Half Tooth, a large male Smilodon. Having been usurped by two other males for breeding rights with a clan of females, Half Tooth struggles to survive on his own, a daunting prospect that claims many a lone male's life. But fate has a different agenda in store for Half Tooth.

Mammoth Journey

Episode 06

Mammoth Journey

Dec 20, 2001 · 29 min

The Ice Age has arrived, putting life in the freezer. It is at this time when great herds of Woolly Mammoths live on the plains of what will eventually be the North Sea. As winter arrives, the Mammoth herds head south, moving to greener pastures. It is not an easy journey, especially for the young. Predators are everywhere, and the most dangerous of all are two species of humans that share the Ice Age environments of the mammoths.

About the series

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Audience score
★ 7.8 /10

based on 101 votes

Synopsis

Walking With Prehistoric Beasts explores how life on earth first began. Using real footage, the series goes inside the body of our monster ancestors. For the first time, morphing technology is used to reveal how our ancestors evolved.

DocumentaryAnimation

Cast

2 principal cast

Kenneth Branagh

Kenneth Branagh

Narrator

Stockard Channing

Stockard Channing

Where to watch Walking with Beasts

Walking with Beasts is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The documentary from Tim Haines has 1 season and 6 total episodes, rated 7.8/10 by 101 viewers.

Frequently asked

How many seasons does Walking with Beasts have?

Walking with Beasts has 1 season with 6 episodes in total.

Is Walking with Beasts still on the air?

Walking with Beasts has ended and is no longer in production.

What network airs Walking with Beasts?

Walking with Beasts airs on BBC One.

When did Walking with Beasts first air?

Walking with Beasts first aired on November 15, 2001.

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