| Plot |
| 1x01 - A Beastly Time: | | Nigel travels back 65 million years to track down the devastating predator and undoubted king of the dinosaurs: the Tyrannosaurus rex. His search begins in Montana, North America, where many fossilized remains of this formidable creature have been found. Montana would look a strange place to us now; grass would not evolve for another 30 million years and volcanoes dominated the landscape, but you would recognise the trees – the Monkey Puzzle, we still have them today and that pretty much makes them [...] (More) |
| 1x02 - A Mammoth Undertaking: | | Nigel Marven uses CGI animation to travel back 10,000 years to the ice-age world of the woolly mammoth, which became extinct when the Earth began to heat up and humans started hunting them. The explorer is determined to bag one of the giant creatures for his virtual zoo - but having brought back a specimen named Martha, he faces the twin challenges of finding her food and company. David Jason narrates |
| 1x03 - Dino Birds: | | Nigel Marven travels back in time to prehistoric China in a bid to locate one of the strangest dinosaurs that ever lived - the four-winged flying microraptor. Back at the park, meanwhile, Martha the mammoth is feeling the heat and the two T-Rex are about to reach boiling point. |
| 1x04 - Sabre-Tooth Cat: | | Wildlife adventurer Nigel Marven journeys 1 million years into the past to bring back a Sabre-Tooth Cat. Back in the park. Back in the park the first baby dinosaurs in 65 million years hatch. |
| 1x05 - Giant Insects: | | Nigel Marven embarks on an operation that would make most people's toes curl as he attempts to rescue giant creepy-crawlies from the hostile habitats of 300 million years ago. On the way to Scotland, the explorer encounters a swarm of enormous dragonflies and a 10ft-long millipede. Meanwhile, the team at the park try to breed the sabre-toothed cats. |
| 1x06 - Giant Crocodile: | | Nigel Marven saves his most dangerous mission for the series finale. He travels back in time to rescue a crocodile that experts believe may have grown up to 50ft in length by lunching on dinosaurs. The explorer also saves a baby elephant from being eaten by a tyrannosaurus rex. Meanwhile, the park keepers struggle to cope with caring for so many prehistoric animals. |
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