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Walking with Dinosaurs is a 1999/2000 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Tim Haines and produced by the BBC Science Unit, the Discovery Channel and BBC Worldwide, in association with TV Asahi, ProSieben and France 3. Envisioned as the first "Natural History of Dinosaurs", Walking with Dinosaurs depicts dinosaurs and other Mesozoic animals as living animals in the style of a traditional nature documentary. The series first aired on the BBC in the United Kingdom in 1999 with narration by Kenneth Branagh in United Kingdom, and Avery Brook in United States. The series was subsequently aired in North America on the Discovery Channel in 2000, with Avery Brooks replacing Branagh.

Walking with Dinosaurs recreated extinct species through the combined use of computer-generated imagery and animatronics that were incorporated with live action footage shot at various locations, the techniques being inspired by the film Jurassic Park (1993). At a cost of £6.1 million ($9.9 million), Walking with Dinosaurs cost over £37,654 ($61,112) per minute to produce, making it the most expensive documentary series per minute ever made. The visual effects of the series were initially believed to be far too expensive to produce, but innovative techniques by the award-winning graphics company Framestore made it possible to bring down costs sufficiently to produce the three-hour series.

With 15 million people viewing the first airing of the first episode, Walking with Dinosaurs was by far the most watched science program in British television during the 20th century. The series received critical acclaim and won numerous awards, including two BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. Most scientists applauded Walking with Dinosaurs for its use of scientific research and for its portrayal of dinosaurs as animals and not movie monsters. Some scientific criticism was leveled at the narration not making clear what was speculation and what was not, and a handful of specific scientific errors.

The success of Walking with Dinosaurs spawned an entirely new genre of documentaries that similarly recreated past life with computer graphics and were made in the style of traditional nature documentaries. It also led to the creation of an entire media franchise of similar sequel documentary series, the Walking with... franchise produced by the BBC Studios Science Unit, which included Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special (2000), Walking with Prehistoric Beasts (2001), Chased by Dinosaurs (2002), Walking with Cavemen (2003), Chased by Sea Monsters (2003) and Before the Dinosaurs: Walking with Monsters (2005). The series was accompanied by companion books and an innovative companion website. Additionally, Walking with Dinosaurs inspired the creation of exhibitions, the live theatrical show Walking with Dinosaurs− The Arena Spectacular, video games, and a 2013 film adaptation. Along with Jurassic Park, Walking with Dinosaurs is often cited as among the most influential media depictions of dinosaurs.

1. New Blood (Arizona, 220 million BC)

Creature features: Coelophysis, Postosuchus, Plateosaurus, Peteinosaurus, lungfish, dragonfly, Placerias, Thirnaxodon (portrayed as "cynodont")

2. Time of the Titans (Colorado, 150 million BC)

Creature features: Diplodocus, Ornitholestes, Nanosaurus (unnamed ornithischian), Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Anurognathus, damselfly, dung beetles

3. Cruel Sea (England, 160 million BC)

Creature features: Ophthalmosaurus, Liopleurodon, Cryptoclidus, Hybodus (portrayed as "shark"), ammonites, jellyfishes, shoal of fishes, early sea turtle (deceased), horseshoe crabs, belemnites, Rhamphorhynchus, Eustreptospondylus

4. Giant of the Skies (South America, Georgia and Spain, 125 million BC)

Creature features: Tropeoganthus (portrayed as "Ornithocheirus"), Tupandactylus (portrayed as "Tapejara"), Dakotadon (portrayed as "North American Iguanodon"), Gastonia (portrayed as "North American Polacanthus" in UK version), flea, wasp, flsh, unnamed European pterosaur, Polacanthus, Iguanodon, Utahraptor, early bird

5. Spirits of the Ice Forest (Australia, 106 million BC)

Creature features: Leaellynasaura, Muttaburrasaurus, Australovenator (portrayed as "polar allosaur" in UK and "carnosaur" in US), Koolasuchus, tuatara, weta, unnamed pterosaur, unnamed mammal

6. Death of a Dynasty (Idaho, 65 million BC)

Creature features: Tyrannosaurus, Dromaeosaurus, Edmontosaurus (portrayed as "Anatotitan"), Ankylosaurus, Torosaurus, Triceratops (deceased), Thescelosaurus (unnamed ornithischian), Quetzalcoatlus, Deinosuchus, Champsosaurus (skull), Nanotyrannus (deceased) Didelphodon, Purgatorius (deceased)

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