"Primeval" (2007) TV series 2007-????

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Creators:

Tim Haines
Adrian Hodges

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

When strange anomalies in time start to appear all over England, Professor Cutter and his team have to help track down and capture all sorts of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past.

Plot Keywords:

Team | Dinosaur | Cretaceous | Time Travel | Special Forces

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Andrew Lee Potts	...	Connor Temple (23 episodes, 2007-2009)
Hannah Spearritt	...	Abby Maitland (23 episodes, 2007-2009)
Juliet Aubrey	...	Helen Cutter (23 episodes, 2007-2009)
Ben Miller	...	Sir James Lester / ... (23 episodes, 2007-2009)
Lucy Brown	...	Jenny Lewis / ... (18 episodes, 2007-2009)
Douglas Henshall	...	Nick Cutter (16 episodes, 2007-2009)
James Murray	...	Stephen Hart (13 episodes, 2007-2008)
Laila Rouass	...	Sarah Page (10 episodes, 2009)
Ben Mansfield	...	Captain Becker (10 episodes, 2009)

Also Known As:

"Primaeval" (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

UK:60 min (6 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Canary Islands, Spain

Company:

Impossible Pictures

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Screenwipe: (#3.4)" (2007)

ITV's answer to the Who phenomenon

Okay, so the dinosaurs are a little hokey, but I really enjoyed the first episode of Primeval. The fact of the matter, you've got to look at it from the perspective that it's a UK-based fantasy series - so you've got to make sure you've taken a huge dollop of irony with the hole thing. I mean Torchwood is set in Cardiff - and making it look like a dynamic city took some hefty salt pinching on the viewer's behalf. So the Forest of Dean being the site of a portal to the past where dinosaurs can hide is really a walk in the park. So,getting past the dinosaur that moved like a Doberman - and the flying dinosaur that seem to have been taking cute lessons from my cat, the cast were interesting. Only Ben Murray and Hannah Spearitt were actors that I immediately recognised. I kind of knew Douglas Henshall's name. But the stand out actor of the first series was James Murray as Stephen Hardy. The tracker and hunter, with a penchant for playing chicken with huge carnivorous dinosaurs, is a good looking bloke. I reckon that he out-charisma-ed everyone off the screen. Ultimately, I laughed my socks off at the machismo, but that didn't stop me enjoying it.