19-05-2025
Walking with Dinosaurs dug up by BBC after 25 years
More than 25 years ago the BBC inspired a generation of palaeontologists with its Walking With Dinosaurs series.
Now it is hoping to repeat the trick with a follow-up underpinned by scientific discoveries in which viewers will be invited to 'peer at dinosaurs' brains, assess the quality of a T-Rex's vision and watch lasers reconstruct the colour of dinosaur eggs'.
The six-part series, which launches on BBC1 on May 25, will examine six of the prehistoric creatures including spinosaurus, velociraptors, giant lusotitans and 'Hollywood royalty' Tyrannosaurus rex.
Kirsty Wilson, showrunner of Walking with Dinosaurs, said that the second series represented a major evolution of the brand because it was underpinned entirely by scientific research.
'All of our dinosaur designs are grounded
