RATINGS

The first episode of Planet Dinosaur was watched by an audience of over SEVEN MILLION viewers!  The cumulative/consolidated figure across BBC One, BBC HD, BBC Three and iPlayer currently stands at a hugely impressive 7.2 million! 

REVIEWS

“Where this Top Trumps TV scores over previous digitised dinothons is in the detail: the little puffs of dust kicked up by a stalking bradycneme, and the waving fronds of a fern being snacked on by a veggie-saur.  The sound design is vivid, too, from the crumpling flap of a pterosaur on the wing to the weird roar of a pot-bellied nothronychus, which sounds like a pig vomiting.”  ~  Radio Times

“If you thought amazing special effects and graphic fight scenes were just for over-18 video games and movies, think again!  Tune into (Planet Dinosaur) and you'll get fights and CGI thrills galore. This captivating documentary has a serious bite!”  ~  What’s On TV

“Episode three, and we get to the real meat of the series – the carnivores…… Once again, terrific CGI brings this lost world fully to life.”~ Telegraph (28/09/11) 

“You can’t go wrong with an episode entitled Last Killers …. Expect the usual splendid rendering and bucket loads of blood.”~ Metro (28/09/11)

“What sets Planet Dinosaur apart, and what I enjoyed most, is the fact that a modicum of science is woven into each episode to back up the different vignettes being presented ... While I agree that Planet Dinosaur is not that perfect dinosaur documentary that we have all been hoping for, it is still far better than just about anything that I have seen lately. We’re always going to have bloodthirsty theropods roaring and slashing at everything that moves—nature documentaries of all kinds are dominated by violence—but accepting that doesn’t mean that we have to give up on trying to educate while we entertain. Planet Dinosaur shows one way that it can be done, and I look forward to seeing the remainder of the series.” ~ Brian Switek, Smithsonian.com

“Planet Dinosaur was one of those increasingly rare curiosities – a documentary with no celebrity cavorting or rambling interviews. With John Hurt narrating, it felt reassuringly undumbed and old-school, despite the latest CGI and imaging technology and dinosaurs tearing lumps out of one another. And what monsters – especially the fish-eating one that looked like a T-Rex with a crocodile's head ................full marks for cramming depth and entertainment into a pre-watershed half an hour.”  ~ Guardian

“John Hurt was on throaty form narrating Planet Dinosaur which matched two giant predators, Spinosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus against one another in Africa 95  million years ago ..... Their combat was a mighty, computer-generated thing which may well have been the best rejuvenator, if not infantiliser, I’ve ever come across. I watched it with my four-year-old son and we pronounced it wonderful in every respect.” ~ Telegraph

“Monstrous fun is on offer in BBC's Planet Dinosaur and the giants that once ruled the planet now rule the small screen ..... Planet Dinosaur offers an entertaining mix of dino action and facts that highlights the brutal fight for survival. But it's the dinosaurs themselves that steal the show. They are a monster hit.”. ~ Coventry Telegraph

"I'm not sure whether anything you see in these programmes isn't the product of a hard disk. It looked at one point as if a real crocodile had been montaged into a fight sequence and there are moments when the graphics seem to include photographs of real fossil remains, but it's all so polished and jazzed up that it's hard to tell." ~ Independent

“This spectacular new series uses the latest technology to bring recent dinosaur discoveries to life.”  ~  Observer

“Dinosaur fans are in for a treat with this new series looking at a new generation of beasts that have been discovered over the last 20 years ... brilliant CG effects ....”  ~  Sunday Express

“Twelve years have elapsed since the BBC’s groundbreaking Walking With Dinosaurs, so here’s an update, which fills us in on the new scientific discoveries of the past few years and also dazzles us with some sensational new CGI – every breath, every sinew, every scale can be felt on these renderings.”   ~  Metro 

 “ ... spectacular new series...”  ~ Mail on Sunday

“This new six-part series feeds our apparently insatiable fascination with dinosaurs by presenting us with the latest scientific research on the ancient beasts, and some flashy CGI.  Watching the ferocious Carcharodontosaurus stalk and cut down its prey with shark-like teeth is gruesome fun, and the gory visual content .....  should appeal to a younger audience. But there’s enough fact balancing out the fantasy to keep the rest of us watching too.”  ~  Telegraph

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