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| [[Tim Haines]] & Jasper James

| John Lynch, Tim Haines & Jasper James

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| 6{{efn|Not counting the three later special episodes ''[[The Ballad of Big Al]]'' (2000), ''[[Land of Giants / The Giant Claw|The Giant Claw]]'' (2002) and ''[[Land of Giants / The Giant Claw|Land of Giants]]'' (2003)}}

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|rowspan=24| [[Ben Bartlett]]

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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | ''[[The Ballad of Big Al]]''

| style="text-align:center" | 25 December 2000

| Kate Bartlett

| [[Mick Kaczorowski]], Tim Haines & Joshua C. Berkley

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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Walking with Beasts]]''

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| Tim Haines, Jasper James & Nigel Paterson

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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Land of Giants / The Giant Claw]]''

| style="text-align:center" | 30 December 2002 – 1 January 2003

| Tim Haines & Jasper James

| Tim Haines, Gaynelle Evans, Adam Kemp & Jasper James

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| [[Nigel Marven]]{{efn|Also presenter in the series}}

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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Walking with Cavemen]]''

| style="text-align:center" | 27 March – 23 April 2003

| Richard Dale

| Richard Dale, Peter Georgi, Nick Green, Mark Hedgecoe & [[Peter Oxley]]

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| [[Robert Winston]]{{efn|Also presenter in the series}}

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| Tim Haines, Adam Kemp & Jasper James

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| [[Karen Hayley]]{{efn|[[Nigel Marven]] also stars in the series as a presenter}}

|rowspan=2|Ben Bartlett

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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Walking with Monsters]]''

| style="text-align:center" | 5 November 2005{{efn|''Walking with Monsters'' first aired as an [[omnibus (broadcast)|omnibus]] version, cut together into a single 90-minute instalment, on 5 November 2005. The series as divided into three episodes first aired a month later, 8–19 December 2005.}}

| [[Chloe Leland]] & Tim Haines

| Tim Haines & Chloe Leland

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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs (2025)]]''

| style="text-align:center" | 2025 {{efn|''Walking with Dinosaurs (2025)'' is set to air sometime in 2025.}}

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{{Main|Walking with Dinosaurs}}Envisioned as the first "Natural History of Dinosaurs" and a series that would provide viewers with "a window into a lost world",<ref name=":172">{{Cite journal |last1=Scott |first1=Karen D. |last2=White |first2=Anne M. |date=2003 |title=Unnatural History? Deconstructing the Walking with Dinosaurs Phenomenon |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0163443703025003002 |journal=Media, Culture & Society |language=en |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=315–332 |doi=10.1177/0163443703025003002 |s2cid=143566889 |issn=0163-4437|url-access=subscription }}</ref> ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' explores life in the [[Mesozoic]] era, particularly [[dinosaur]]s, in the format of a traditional [[nature documentary]].

==== Specials''The Ballad of Big Al'' (2000–20032000) ====

{{Main|The Ballad of Big Al|Land of Giants / The Giant Claw}} The first special episode of ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' to be released was ''The Ballad of Big Al'' (2000). ''Big Al'' follows a single ''Allosaurus'' specimen nicknamed [[Allosaurus#"Big Al" and "Big Al II"|"Big Al"]] whose life story has been reconstructed based on a well-preserved fossil of the same name. The two later specials, ''The Giant Claw'' (2002) and ''Land of Giants'' (2003), star "time-travelling zoologist" Nigel Marven as he travels back in time to encounter and interact with prehistoric life.

=== ''Walking with Beasts'' (2001) ===

{{Main|Walking with Beasts}}''Walking with Beasts'' follows ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' in showcasing prehistoric life in a nature documentary style. ''Beasts'' tracks animal life, particularly the rise of the [[mammal]]s to dominance, in the [[Cenozoic]] era. The series also gives some insight into human evolution, with an episode devoted to ''[[Australopithecus]]'' and appearances by both [[Neanderthal]]s and [[anatomically modern humans]].

=== ''Land of Giants / The Giant Claw'' (2002–2003) ===

The two later specials, ''The Giant Claw'' (2002) and ''Land of Giants'' (2003), star "time-travelling zoologist" Nigel Marven as he travels back in time to encounter and interact with prehistoric life.

=== ''Walking with Cavemen'' (2003) ===