Andy's Prehistoric Adventures 

Andy works at a museum and has the use of a time machine to go back to prehistoric times to collect feathers, bones, dung or whatever else is needed in prehistoric displays for his museum. With the help of the contents of his backpack he manages to keep himself safe and get back to the museum.

Stars:

Andy Day, Puja Panchkoty, Elaine Claxton

Cast

Series cast summary:
Andy Day	...	Himself 25 episodes, 2016
Puja Panchkoty	...	Jen 25 episodes, 2016
Elaine Claxton	...	Mrs. Pickles 25 episodes, 2016
Les Bubb	...	Janitor 25 episodes, 2016

Storyline

Andy works at a museum and has the use of a time machine to go back to prehistoric times to collect feathers, bones, dung or whatever else is needed in prehistoric displays for his museum. With the help of his backpack's contents he manages to keep himself safe and return back to the museum with the items he finds.

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Genres:

Family

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 February 2016 (UK)

Also Known As:

Andys förhistoriska äventyr

Filming Locations:

The London Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Bristol

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Good idea with bad execution.

The premise of Andy's Prehistoric Adventures is to teach children about prehistoric animals. He does this while standing in front of a green screen and having a team digitally putting him in clips from Walking with Dinosaurs, in some cases even replacing Nigel Marven - a childhood superhero - with this Andy fellow. I don't know if I am the only one who was upset by the very bad contrasts between APA's own sceneries and the ones used in clips from the Walking with- trilogy (where they actually traveled to locations identical to how the places back in the day looked like).

I am fully aware that ADA is aimed at a much lower target audience and that most kids under the age of 10 aren't going to point out the from time to time NON-Existent SHADOWS, though. ADA teaches some basic knowledge about the featured animals and should get acknowledgment for that. It's in a child-friendly and goofy fashion! Kudos for that.

All-in-all the low rating from me is probably because I felt that the animators made an almost blasphemous, abhorrent attempt at putting a man in front of dinosaurs in a documentary when it had already been done in 1999.