The Walking with... series (also known as the Trilogy of Life or Walking with Prehistoric Life series) is a collection of shows that are produced by the BBC and are made by Impossible Pictures. The aim of the series and specials, along with its books, is to recreate extinct animals and presents them as a wildlife documentary. All the shows (with the exception of Chased by Dinosaurs and Sea Monsters) focus on one individual of a certain species or that species as the main characters in each episode. Creatures were realized through computer graphics and animatronics and are directed by Tim Haines. The concept for the series was imagined by Tim Haines and Jasper James.
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This series is focused on the rise, success, and the demise of the dinosaurs and other Mesozoic animals in the Mesozoic Era.
This special follows the life and death of "Big Al", a famous Allosaurus skeleton found with various injuries. In the North American market, it was released under the title Allosaurus: A Walking with Dinosaurs Special.
This series was a sequel to Walking with Dinosaurs, and its focus is on the world after the dinosaurs, and the rise of the mammals and birds in the Cenozoic Era. It was released in North America as Walking with Prehistoric Beasts.
Real-life zoologist Nigel Marven travels through time in search for various dinosaurs.
Nigel Marven is featured a second time, this time he dives in the seven deadliest seas of all time, and encounters creatures such as Basilosaurus and Dunkleosteus. It was released in North America as Chased by Sea Monsters.
This series is focused on the evolution of humans.
The series was a prequel to Walking with Dinosaurs, and its focus is life before the dinosaurs, in the Paleozoic Era.
| Time | Geological period | Series | Episode |
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| 4400 mya | Early Precambrian | Walking with Monsters | "Water Dwellers" |
| 530 mya | Early Cambrian | Walking with Monsters | "Water Dwellers" |
| 450 mya | Late Ordovician | Sea Monsters | First episode |
| 418 mya | Late Silurian | Walking with Monsters | "Water Dwellers" |
| 360 mya | Late Devonian | Walking with Monsters | "Water Dwellers" |
| 360 mya | Late Devonian | Sea Monsters | First episode and "Into the Jaws of Death" |
| 300 mya | Late Carboniferous | Walking with Monsters | "Reptile's Beginnings" |
| 280 mya | Early Permian | Walking with Monsters | "Reptile's Beginnings" |
| 250 mya | Late Permian | Walking with Monsters | "Clash of Titans" |
| 248 mya | Early Triassic | Walking with Monsters | "Clash of Titans" |
| 230 mya | Late Triassic | Sea Monsters | First episode |
| 220 mya | Late Triassic | Walking with Dinosaurs | "New Blood" |
| 155 mya | Late Jurassic | Sea Monsters | "To Hell ... and Back?" |
| 152 mya | Late Jurassic | Walking With Dinosaurs | "Time of the Titans" |
| 149 mya | Late Jurassic | Walking with Dinosaurs | "Cruel Sea" |
| 145 mya | Late Jurassic | The Ballad of Big Al | |
| 127 mya | Early Cretaceous | Walking with Dinosaurs | "Giants of the Skies" |
| 106 mya | Early/Middle Cretaceous | Walking with Dinosaurs | "Spirits of the Ice Forest" |
| 100 mya | Early/Middle Cretaceous | Chased by Dinosaurs | "Land of Giants" |
| 75 mya | Late Cretaceous | Chased by Dinosaurs | "The Giant Claw" |
| 75 mya | Late Cretaceous | Sea Monsters | "To Hell... and Back?" |
| 65 mya | Late Cretaceous | Walking with Dinosaurs | "Death of a Dynasty" |
| 49 mya | Early Eocene | Walking with Beasts | "New Dawn" |
| 36 mya | Late Eocene | Walking with Beasts | "Whale Killer" |
| 36 mya | Late Eocene | Sea Monsters | "Into the Jaws of Death" |
| 25 mya | Late Oligocene | Walking with Beasts | "Land of Giants" |
| 4 mya | Early Pliocene | Sea Monsters | "Into the Jaws of Death" and "To Hell... and Back?" |
| 3.2 mya | Late Pliocene | Walking with Beasts | "Next of Kin" |
| 3.2 mya | Late Pliocene | Walking with Cavemen | "First Ancestors" |
| 2 mya | Early Pleistocene | Walking with Cavemen | "Blood Brothers" |
| 1.5 mya | Early Pleistocene | Walking with Cavemen | "Savage Family" |
| 1 mya | Early Pleistocene | Walking with Beasts | "Sabre Tooth" |
| 500,000 ya | Late Pleistocene | Walking with Cavemen | "Savage Family" |
| 400,000 ya | Late Pleistocene | Walking with Cavemen | "The Survivors" |
| 30,000 ya | Late Pleistocene | Walking with Beasts | "Mammoth Journey" |
| 30,000 ya | Late Pleistocene | Walking with Cavemen | "The Survivors" |
Related books issued by the BBC and Dorling Kindersley include:
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