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Prehistoric Planet
British-American nature documentary television series
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Research date: 2026-11-08
Synopsis
Prehistoric Planet is a television series, created in the nature documentary style, about extinct prehistoric animals that premiered on Apple TV beginning May 23, 2022. The first two seasons (2022–23) are produced by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, with Jon Favreau as showrunner, visual effects by The Moving Picture Company, and narration by natural historian Sir David Attenborough. These seasons depict 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 non-avian dinosaurs' extinction. The show intends to simulate the behaviors of these species by speculating from modern palaeontological research. A third season titled Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, narrated by Tom Hiddleston and focusing on Pleistocene megafauna, was released in 2025.
Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve, and Anže Rozman composed the soundtrack. Prehistoric Planet is the highest-profile dinosaur-focused documentary series produced by the BBC since Planet Dinosaur in 2011, and its nature documentary-styled format is similar to the highly successful Walking with Dinosaurs (1999). Prehistoric Planet received critical acclaim for its visual effects, depiction of dinosaurs, and Attenborough's narration.
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Key facts
- Official title
- Prehistoric Planet
- Alternative titles
- Not verified
- Original release
- 2022-05-23 – 2023-05-26
- Country of production
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Genres
- documentary film, popular science film
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 10
- Directors
- Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones
- Producers
- Jon Favreau
- Production company
- BBC Natural History Unit, Golem Creations
- Presenters
- David Attenborough
- Official website
- Not verified
- Official trailer
- Not verified
Streaming
- Listed service
- Apple TV+
- Original or licensed
- Original — public records list Apple TV+ as the original network or distributor (Apple TV, Apple TV).
- Available now in UK
- Not yet checked
- Available now in Ireland
- Not yet checked
- Available now in US
- Not yet checked
- Past availability
- Not verified
Episodes, events and timeline
Episode titles, summaries, running times, key events and a timeline have not been researched for this series yet. We'll add them only once they can be checked against reliable sources.
Related series
Matched on shared genres in public records.
Sources
- Wikipedia article — checked 2026-11-08
- Wikidata record Q111582387 — checked 2026-11-08