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Walking with Monsters

All Episodes 2005
TV-Y7

  • Ended
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  • 2005-12-08T21:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 1h 30m (3 episodes)
  • Chloë Leland
  • United Kingdom
  • German, English
  • Impossible Pictures + 1 more, BBC
  • Documentary, Animation
A three-part British documentary film series about life in the Paleozoic, bringing to life extinct arthropods, fish, amphibians, synapsids, and reptiles. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh and using state-of-the-art visual effects, this prequel to Walking with Dinosaurs shows nearly 300 million years of Paleozoic history, from the Cambrian Period (530 million years ago) to the Early Triassic Period (248 million years ago).

5 episodes

The bonus "Trilogy of Life" feature details the research, vision and hard work inherent in the creation of the Walking With Monsters, Walking With Dinosaurs and Walking With Beasts

Series Premiere

2005-12-08T21:00:00Z

1x01 Water Dwellers

Series Premiere

1x01 Water Dwellers

  • 2005-12-08T21:00:00Z30m

In this first episode, the focus is on the conflict between the fish ancestor of man, Cephalaspis, and the arthropods such as the massive Brontoscorpio, a meter-long scorpion that was an early creature to make the step from the seas to land.

2005-12-15T21:00:00Z

1x02 Reptile's Beginnings

1x02 Reptile's Beginnings

  • 2005-12-15T21:00:00Z30m

The second episode deals with the Carboniferous period and the early Permian, with the amphibians having to deal not only with even more monstrous arthropods but the first reptiles. Particular emphasis is given to the life of a Mesothelae, an immense spider.

Season Finale

2005-12-22T21:00:00Z

1x03 Clash of Titans

Season Finale

1x03 Clash of Titans

  • 2005-12-22T21:00:00Z30m

The final episode covers the end of the Paleozoic, the late Permian period, with special attention to the predatory Gorgonopsids and Scutosaurs, as well as climactic change that converts much of Pangaea into a massive and nearly lifeless desert.

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