Prehistoric Planet: Season 1

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Apple TV+ | Season Premiere Date: May 23, 2022

Summary: Spanning five-nights, the nature documentary narrated by David Attenborough and scored by Hans Zimmer, explores how dinosaurs lived in different environments 66 million years ago.

Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary, Science

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E5. Forests
Air Date: May 27, 2022
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S1:E4. Ice Worlds
Air Date: May 26, 2022
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S1:E3. Freshwater
Air Date: May 25, 2022

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The Times Carol Midgley

May 24, 2022

This jaw-dropping series bringing dinosaurs to life is so immersive, so real, that you feel you are there, peering through a portal into an age that blows the mind. Read full review

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The Telegraph Anita Singh

May 23, 2022

Prehistoric Planet is a stunning feat of CGI. The dinosaurs look as real as any animal you see in a wildlife documentary. ... Channel your inner six-year-old and enjoy. Read full review

John Anderson

May 20, 2022

The biggest compliment that might be paid to "Prehistoric Planet" is that a viewer won't care in the least [its been manufactured]—he or she will be swept up by the Mesozoic melodrama, worrying about the plight of the river-crossing Hadrosaurs the way they worry about lion-harassed wildebeest on the savannah, or be tickled by the monstrous Mosasaur—like a hippo wallowing in the cooling mud of Africa—having something of a prehistoric spa day as reef fish pick clean its molting skin. Read full review

Radio Times Lauren Morris

May 18, 2022

A visual delight and a hugely educational watch, Prehistoric Planet is CGI technology at its best and with so many different species of dinosaur brought to life, this series is going to make the Ross Gellers of the world incredibly happy. Read full review

The Guardian Lucy Mangan

May 23, 2022

The spectacle is wonderful, and the information valuable. But perhaps by the end there will be an appetite for something more about how that fossil record tells experts what it does. ... The 10-year-old in me has awakened, and with it the atavistic childhood prime directive: trust, yet verify. Read full review

Joel Keller

May 23, 2022

Could the pacing of Prehistoric Planet be a little better? Sure. But the presentation of realistic-looking prehistoric animals in real-life environments is stunning to watch, especially for those with 4K TVs. Read full review

Kaitlin Thomas

May 23, 2022

The result is a sometimes funny, but always delightful realistic exploration of a time long, long before humans walked the Earth. Read full review

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Milk_Slicer

May 28, 2022

Entertainingly written, visually stunning and absolutely interesting to watch. A great look into prehistoric times and definitely worth your time if you're into documentaries and/or dinosaur stuff.

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kazakima

Jul 15, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A few rare time when dinosaurs is portrayed as normal animals and not mindless beasts and chasing people for god know reasons.… Expand

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Thkarides

Jul 20, 2022

It was a super amazing series, seeing these magnificent creatures back to life, let's hope the directors who made the series will make more seasons (say 50-100 seasons with not 5 but 6-10 episodes, each 50 minutes) focusing on the rest of the time periods about the Pr. biodiversity of lifeIt was a super amazing series, seeing these magnificent creatures back to life, let's hope the directors who made the series will make more seasons (say 50-100 seasons with not 5 but 6-10 episodes, each 50 minutes) focusing on the rest of the time periods about the Pr. biodiversity of life from Paleozoic… Expand

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geewah

Jun 13, 2022

What makes this doco series such a success is not so much the CGI creations, but how they make this seemas realistic as any nature doco out there.

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brockcheese

May 26, 2022

This is a great journey into a world from our past. Seeing these dinosaurs come to life is often breathtaking and I learned a lot about these creatures that i may have never known.

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SimboTheKing

Jun 23, 2022

I am normally a HUGE fan of any David Attenborough documentaries but I found myself just not quite clicking with Prehistoric Planet. It's a well made show no doubt, and I have to say the CGI is absolutely top-tier. The technical specifications of the show are seriously impressive. However,I am normally a HUGE fan of any David Attenborough documentaries but I found myself just not quite clicking with Prehistoric Planet. It's a well made show no doubt, and I have to say the CGI is absolutely top-tier. The technical specifications of the show are seriously impressive. However, the trade-off of this is that it felt just a little bit less authentic to me. Something about the constructed nature of the scenes made the show just feel that less immersive . This, combined with the simple fact I find dinosaurs less interesting than present day animals, meant that the show just lacked that special spark that I love from other Attenborough shows. I also sorely missed the behind-the-scenes stuff.; it would have been cool to see how the CGI things were made or how the research was done and it feels like a missed opportunity.… Expand

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rbrown89

May 29, 2022

The lack of representation of trans and gay dinosaurs in this documentary is concerning

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: May 23, 2022
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  S1:E5. Forests
  Air Date: May 27, 2022
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  S1:E4. Ice Worlds
  Air Date: May 26, 2022
- tbd
  S1:E3. Freshwater
  Air Date: May 25, 2022
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  S1:E2. Deserts
  Air Date: May 24, 2022
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  S1:E1. Coasts
  Air Date: May 23, 2022