Dazzling computer animation highlights this "speculative documentary" following the lives of dinosaurs from their beginning to their zenith - and their eventual decline during the Cretaceous period.
EPISODE 1
New Blood
The life of the first reptilian carnivores on Earth, told through computer animation.
EPISODE 2
Time of the Titans
This programme travels 152 million years into the past to a planet dominated by mighty, long-necked sauropods - the largest animals ever to walk the earth. There were no birds, flowers or grass, and the land was carpeted by fern prairies and coniferous forests.
EPISODE 3
Cruel Sea
A look at the world as it was 149 million years ago - in the late Jurassic Period. The old continents have broken up and much of the land is under water. Huge shallow seas have supported a revolution in marine life.
EPISODE 4
Giant of the Skies
A mind-expanding trip back through time to look at how the skies of 127 million years ago were dominated by huge flying reptiles, some as large as aeroplanes. The programme also follows the extraordinary journey of the pterosaur, which flew for thousands of miles in order to reach its breeding site. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh.
EPISODE 5
Spirits of the Ice Forest
This programme looks at the Cretaceous period, 106 million years ago. Volcanic activity forces the continents apart, and dinosaurs diversify into a range of species to cope with environmental extremes. The landmass that will become Australia and Antarctica is in sunlight for half of the year, and in frozen darkness for the rest.
EPISODE 6
Death of a Dynasty
Looking at the closing chapters of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago, when the world is poisoned by massive volcanic activity. Among the fields of burning ash, the dinosaurs struggle for survival, oblivious to the Earth's impending collision with a giant comet.
Kenneth Branagh
Bertie Carvel
Avery Brooks
Tim Haines
Jasper James
John Lynch
