Walking with Cavemen 

The great follow-up to 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and 'Walking with Beasts', presented by Professor Robert Winston, explains the story of human evolution.

Stars:

Robert Winston, Alec Baldwin, Christian Bradley

Cast

Series cast summary:
Robert Winston	...	Self - Presenter 4 episodes, 2003
Alec Baldwin	...	Narrator (US version) 4 episodes, 2003
Christian Bradley	...	Various hominids 4 episodes, 2003
Alex Palmer	...	Various hominids 4 episodes, 2003
Oliver Parham	...	Various hominids 4 episodes, 2003
David Rubin	...	Various hominids 4 episodes, 2003
Florence Sparham	...	Various hominids 4 episodes, 2003
Marva Alexander	...	Various hominids 3 episodes, 2003
Rachel Essex	...	Various hominids 3 episodes, 2003
Faroque Khan	...	Various hominids 3 episodes, 2003
Suzanne Cave	...	Various hominids 2 episodes, 2003
Ruth Dawes	...	Various hominids 2 episodes, 2003
Anthony Taylor	...	Various hominids 2 episodes, 2003
Badria Timimi	...	Various hominids 2 episodes, 2003

Storyline

The story of human evolution is told through the stories of representative members of the various species leading up to modern homo sapiens. It is ongoing climate changes that force human ancestors to develop, one by one, the unique characteristics of the modern humans. Though earlier species were superbly successful in their environments they were unsustainable when the environment changes.

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Plot Keywords:

human evolution | evolution | africa | voice over narration | prehistoric times | 

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Taglines:

Eye-to-eye with your ancestors.

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Genres:

Documentary | History

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Some stock footage shots, as well as the mammoth and Megaloceros models, were recycled from Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001).

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Goofs

The program features many badly made composite shots. The ape-men playing with the presenter's jeep at times have a different hue than the surroundings, their movements are out of sync with the jeep as they make it rock, and they aren't reflected on the vehicle, whereas the presenter is.

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Connections

Follows Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001)

User Reviews

Not quite walking with the beasties.

Like a lot of people I was impressed with the previous "walking with" achievements. This one mostly uses real people and has a whole different feel to it. The acting is superb and you'll forget you're watching people in makeup and hairy suits. That said, there seems to be a constant problem with productions that portray early human ancestors. I guess there's a tendency to think ancient means crude and sloppy, and that's the way these beings are shown. Think brutish as in "Quest for Fire". Somehow I think smashing an egg in your hand and getting only a bit of it, stumbling around and wasting energy or wearing furs in the cold that look like they''ll fall off in a slight breeze isn't the way these guys survived to become you and me. Probably it's meant to show how different thay were from us, but I hope future attempts might use a little more imagination. Worth a look though.

Details

Official Sites:

BBC [UK]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 March 2003 (UK)

Also Known As:

BBC: Прогулки с пещерным человеком

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Discovery Channel, ProSieben Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (4 episodes)

Color:

Color