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| creator = {{nowrap|[[Tim Haines]] & [[Jasper James]]{{efn|Tim Haines conceptualized both ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' and ''Walking with Beasts'' and is often referred to as the creator of the series.<ref name=":04">{{cite web |last1=Haines |first1=Tim |title=The Making of…Walking with Dinosaurs |url=http://www.dinosaurlive.com/about-the-show/the-making-of/ |access-date=10 April 2016 |archive-date=15 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115034402/http://www.dinosaurlive.com/about-the-show/the-making-of/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":11" /> Jasper James joined as producer during the development of ''Walking with Dinosaurs<ref name=":132">{{Cite web |title=Summary |url=http://walkingwithdinosaurs-theorigins.com/index.php |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021015129/http://walkingwithdinosaurs-theorigins.com/index.php |archive-date=21 October 2013 |access-date=21 October 2013 |website=Walking with Dinosaurs - The Origins}}</ref>'' and served as co-creator and creator for later programmes; together they founded [[Impossible Pictures]], which produced all series and specials except for ''Walking with Cavemen''. Additional creators behind the different series include [[Susan Spindler]] (co-creator of ''Walking with Dinosaurs''),<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 July 2001 |title=BBC "Making It Happen" Project Director Joins Speakers at CSR Forum |url=https://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/21495-bbc-making-it-happen-project-director-joins-speakers-at-csr-forum |access-date=30 April 2022 |website=CSRWire |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":23">{{Cite web |title=Greg Dyke Making It Happen |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/02_february/07/makingithappen.shtml |access-date=30 April 2022 |website=BBC - Press Office}}</ref> Andrew Wilks (co-creator of ''Walking with Beasts'' and ''Walking with Monsters''), Richard Dale and Peter Georgi (creators of ''Walking with Cavemen'') and [[Chloe Leland]] (co-creator of ''Walking with Monsters'').}}}}
| origin = ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]''
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}}'''''Walking with...'''''{{efn|'''''Walking with...''''' is the conventional umbrella title for the franchise.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rawnsley |first1=Ming-Yeh T. |author1-link=Ming-Yeh Rawnsley |author2-link=Gary D. Rawnsley |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qb9aDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT175 |title=Connecting Taiwan: Participation – Integration – Impacts |last2=Rawnsley |first2=Gary D. |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-26894-3 |editor-last=Storm |editor-first=Carsten |language=en |chapter=Science communication in Taiwan}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{Cite web |title=BBC - Worldwide Press Office - Walking with Spacemen |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2003/03_march/wws.shtml |access-date=2 May 2022 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> Other names sometimes used include '''''Walking with Prehistoric Life<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 March 2022 |title=11 Must-Watch Dinosaur Movies That Aren't 'Jurassic Park' |url=https://collider.com/dinosaur-movies-that-arent-jurassic-park/ |access-date=2 May 2022 |website=Collider |language=en-US}}</ref>''''' and '''''Prehistoric Earth'''''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Calderaro |first=Marc |date=31 July 2008 |title=Prehistoric Earth: A Natural History, PopMatters |url=https://www.popmatters.com/prehistoric-earth-a-natural-history-2496135312.html |access-date=2 May 2022 |website=PopMatters |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]'' (1999), ''[[Walking with Beasts|Beasts]]'' (2001) and ''[[Walking with Monsters|Monsters]]'' (2005) have also been marketed together as the '''''Trilogy of Life'''''.<ref name=":5">''Walking with Monsters'' DVD - ''Trilogy of Life'' featurette</ref>}} is a [[Paleontology|palaeontology]] [[media franchise]] produced and broadcast by the [[BBC Studios Science Unit]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Støen |first=Michael |date=2022 |title=1999: The BBC simulates prehistoric wildlife |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09636625211068944 |journal=Public Understanding of Science |volume=31 |issue=4 |language=en |pages=524–529 |doi=10.1177/09636625211068944 |pmid=35062833 |s2cid=246165620 |issn=0963-6625|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The franchise began with the series ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]'' (1999), created by [[Tim Haines]]. By far the most watched science programme in British television during the 20th century,<ref name=":172" /> ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' (1999) spawned companion material and five sequel series: ''[[Walking with Beasts]]'' (2001), ''[[Walking with Cavemen]]'' (2003), ''[[Sea Monsters (TV series)|Sea Monsters]]'' (2003), ''[[Walking with Monsters]]'' (2005), and ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs (2025 TV series)|Walking with Dinosaurs]]'' (2025). Series in the franchise typically use a combination of [[computer-generated imagery]] and [[animatronics]], incorporated with [[live action]] footage shot at various locations, to portray prehistoric animals in the style of a traditional [[nature documentary]].
The ''Walking with...'' programmes were praised for their special effects and for their science communication. Though largely praised by scientists for the effort to adhere to science and for portraying prehistoric life as animals rather than movie monsters, some academic criticism has been leveled at the series for not making clear through their narration what is speculative and what is based in fact.<ref name=":92">{{Cite web |last=Naish |first=Darren |author-link=Darren Naish |title=Reminiscing About Walking With Dinosaurs, Part 2 |url=https://tetzoo.com/blog/2021/7/3/reminiscing-about-walking-with-dinosaurs-part-2 |access-date=30 April 2022 |website=Tetrapod Zoology |date=4 July 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In addition to the five main series, the success of ''Walking with...'' also led to the production of the ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' special episodes ''[[The Ballad of Big Al]]'', [[Land of Giants / The Giant Claw|''The Giant Claw'' and ''Land of Giants'']]. The franchise has also been accompanied by several books, merchandise, video games and the live theatrical show ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs − The Arena Spectacular]]''. In 2013, [[Walking with Dinosaurs (film)|a movie]] based on ''Walking with Dinosaurs'', with the same name, was directed by [[Neil Nightingale]] and [[Barry Cook]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Cook |first1=Barry |title=Walking with Dinosaurs 3D |date=19 December 2013 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1762399/ |type=Animation, Adventure, Comedy |publisher=Animal Logic, BBC Earth MD (WWD), BBC Earth |access-date=2 April 2022 |last2=Nightingale |first2=Neil}}</ref> In 2025, a new ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs (2025 TV series)|Walking with Dinosaurs]]'' series was produced by BBC and PBS, with Kirsty Wilson as the showrunner.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2025 |title=Walking With Dinosaurs - Everything you need to know about the new series |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/walking-with-dinosaurs-everything-you-need-to-know/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
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Instead of a futuristic series, Haines and Impossible Pictures decided to round off the ''Walking with...'' series by making a programme on the before then largely underutilized [[Paleozoic]] era, set before the dinosaurs. ''[[Walking with Monsters]]'', broadcast in 2005, utilized the most sophisticated effects of the entire franchise, owing to advancements in technology by the time of its production.<ref name=":4" />
Framestore and Crawley Creatures returned to do the computer graphics and animatronics, respectively, for every successor series produced by Impossible Pictures.<ref name=":3">{{cite web |date=2001 |title=Making Of - Computer Graphics |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/beasts/makingof/cg/index.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011221074333/http://www.bbc.co.uk/beasts/makingof/cg/index.shtml |archive-date=21 December 2001 |publisher=bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web |date=2001 |title=Making Of - Animatronics |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/beasts/makingof/anim/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011221070809/http://www.bbc.co.uk/beasts/makingof/anim/ |archive-date=21 December 2001 |publisher=bbc.co.uk}}</ref><!-- sources for Walking with Beasts --><ref name="Framestore">{{Cite web |date=15 February 2012 |title=Framestore CFC Makes Sea Monsters |url=https://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news/framestore-cfc-makes-sea-monsters-396143 |access-date=25 October 2020 |website=Creative Planet Network |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2019 |title=Films, TV & Adverts |url=https://crawley-creatures.com/films-tv-adverts/ |access-date=17 October 2020 |website=Crawley Creatures |language=en-GB}}</ref><!-- sources for Sea Monsters --><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=1 June 2016 |title=Walking With... Series |url=https://www.framestore.com/work/walking-series?language=en |access-date=25 April 2022 |website=Framestore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mike |title=The People Behind Prehistoric Animal Animatronics and Puppetry |url=https://blog.everythingdinosaur.co.uk/blog/_archives/2010/10/25/4664347.html |access-date=2 May 2022 |website=Everything Dinosaur Blog |date=25 October 2010 |language=en-US}}</ref><!-- sources for Walking with Monsters --> ''Walking with Cavemen'' which involved Framestore but not Crawley Creatures.<ref name=":22"/> Practical effects of ''Walking with Cavemen'' were done by several companies, including Altered States FX, Animated Extras and BGFX.<ref name=":CV">{{Cite web |title=fantasy makeups {{!}} hominids and cavegirls {{!}} Suzanne Cave in 'Walking with Cavemen' {{!}} themakeupgallery |url=https://www.themakeupgallery.info/fantasy/hominid/walkingsc.htm |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=www.themakeupgallery.info}}</ref> After the release of ''Monsters'', Impossible Pictures, Framestore and the others involved were effectively forced to move on from documentary filmmaking and produce other series like ''[[Primeval (TV series)|Primeval]]'' (2007–2011) due to companies and executives losing interest in funding fact-based documentaries on prehistoric life.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Naish |first=Darren |author-link=Darren Naish |title=Reminiscing About Walking With Dinosaurs, Part 1 |url=https://tetzoo.com/blog/2021/6/23/reminiscing-about-walking-with-dinosaurs-part-1 |access-date=30 April 2022 |website=Tetrapod Zoology |date=24 June 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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| refs = <ref name="barb">{{Cite web|title=Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018) | BARB|url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-30/|access-date=5 January 2023|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="barb2025">{{cite web |url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/most-viewed-programmes/ |title=Weekly Top 50 Programmes |work=[[Barb Audiences]] |access-date=2 June 2025 }} (No permanent link available. Search for relevant dates.)</ref>
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