An epic and entertaining new exploration of early life on Earth, revealing
that before the age dinosaurs, a succession of fantastical animals and plants ruled the planet.
Using state of the art visual effects, Walking With Monsters recreates a
time when a two-ton predatory fish came on land to hunt, when four-metre sea scorpions sliced sushi in the shallows and when
just one species of lumbering reptile represented 80 per cent of all life. For the first time, this special two-hour presentation
uncovers and recreates these creatures and the bizarre world they inhabited.
Drawing on the knowledge of more than 600 scientists, state-of-the-art technology
and animation, this special spans more than five million years and brings to life the weird, wonderful and sometimes terrifying
creatures that roamed before the dinosaurs with amazing realism.
Using real footage plus
innovative morphing technology, this special goes inside the body of our monster ancestors for the first time to learn what
creature gave humanity our very first limb, our heart and even our brain. Witness the struggle for the fittest as it has never
been seen before - a war between animals more strange, savage and successful than any dinosaur that would follow.
Episode
One:
530 Million Years Ago - Cambrian — Chengjiang, China:
Anomalocaris
Trilobite
Haikouichthys
jellyfish
418 Million Years Ago - Silurian — South Wales, UK:
Brontoscorpio
Cephalaspis
Pterygotus
Cooksonia
Orthocone
360 Million Years Ago - Devonian — Pennsylvania, USA:
Hynerpeton
Hyneria
Stethacanthus
Episode Two:
300 Million Years Ago - Carboniferous — Kansas, USA:
Petrolacosaurus
Mesothelae
Arthropleura
Meganeura
Proterogyrinus
Lepidodendron or Sigillaria
280 Million Years Ago - Early Permian — Bromacker, Germany:
Dimetrodon
Seymouria
Edaphosaurus
Episode
Three:
250 Million Years Ago - Late Permian — Siberia, Pangaea:
Gogonops
Scutosaurus
Rhinesuchus
Diictodon
248 Million Years Ago - Triassic — Antarctica, Pangaea:
Lystrosaurus
Chasmatosaurus
Euparkeria
Ericiolacerta
