Will BBC Prehistoric Planet be shown?

When is Prehistoric Planet on TV?

The first episode of Prehistoric Planet will be available to stream on Apple TV+ from Monday 23rd May. A new episode will be released each day in a five-day event between Monday 23rd and Friday 27th May.

This follows Attenborough's BBC One programme Dinosaurs: The Final Day, with David Attenborough which airs in mid-April, that focuses on the day that the asteroid hit Earth and wiped out dinosaurs and many other species.

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What is Prehistoric Planet about?

Produced by BBC Studios, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, executively produced by Jon Favreau (actor, director and creator of The Mandalorian), and with an original score by Hans Zimmer, Prehistoric Planet is a new Apple TV+ series which follows computer-generated dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous period (66 million years ago).

It's described as "a one-of-a-kind immersive experience", and features a range of species from "eye-opening parenting techniques of the Tyrannosaurus rex, to exploring the mysterious depths of the oceans and the deadly dangers in the sky".

Will BBC Prehistoric Planet be shown?

Who is David Attenborough?

Will BBC Prehistoric Planet be shown?

Sir David Attenborough at the opening of Woodberry Wetlands in London, in 2016. © by Danny Martindale/WireImage/Getty

Sir David Attenborough is a world-renowned conservationist, presenter, narrator, and author. His recent programmes include Dinosaurs: The Final Day, with David Attenborough, Dynasties II, Attenborough’s Wonder of Song, and Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard.

Who is Hans Zimmer?

Will BBC Prehistoric Planet be shown?

Hans Zimmer performs at AccorHotels Arena on April 6, 2022 in Paris, France. © David Wolff-Patrick/Redferns/Getty

The original musical score comes from the German-born renowned composer Hans Zimmer, who recently won an Oscar at the Academy Awards and his first-ever BAFTA for his score on Denis Villeneuve's Dune. Zimmer has written music for a variety of films, including Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight, Inception and The Lion King, as well as other natural history documentaries with Sir David Attenborough such as Planet Earth II, Blue Planet II and Seven Worlds, One Planet.


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Sir David Attenborough is rightly a legend in broadcasting around the world thanks to his legacy of highly informative, beautifully shot, dramatically thrilling nature documentaries.

His latest, Prehistoric Planet, is a five-episode series that ran on Apple TV+ across the last week of May, and is still available to watch now.

Sir David? Not at the BBC? Well, yes and no. He's worked with other broadcasters before, but in this instance, the fictionalised documentary series was co-produced by the BBC Natural History unit and MPC, one of the best special-effects houses in the business. Fictionalised because real-life footage of dinosaurs is just a trifle too hard to shoot.

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Furthermore it's co-produced by none other than Jon Favreau, who, while best known as Happy Hogan in the Spider-Man films, is also the director of the likes of Iron Man and The Jungle Book.

It's gone down well with viewers…

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…who have praised its ultra-realistic depictions of dinosaurs (to the best of contemporary scientific knowledge).

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FINALLY someone has acknowledged that many dinosaurs had feathers. Opening with a shot of a tyrannosaurus going for a swim, the eye-opening visuals and accompanying narration just keep on coming, featuring pterosaurs staggering around on their wristbones (or is it elbows?), Alcione hatchlings battling to survive a predatory attack by a 9-foot phosphatodraco ('dragon of the phosphate beds'), and a tuarangisaurus and its 10-foot newborn babies who literally eat rocks to help mash up their food.

Prehistoric Planet is available to view on Apple TV+, home of Ted Lasso, Severanceand Slow Horses. Subscriptions cost £4.99 or US$4.99 per month, but there's a seven-day free trial offer. You get the first seven days free and can cancel any time – so if you decide after gorging on dinos that the service isn't for you, then you can opt out.

You can also get three months free with the purchase of eligible Apple products. So if you were thinking of getting a new iPhone…

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Where can I watch Prehistoric Planet 2022?

Where to stream Prehistoric Planet? "Prehistoric Planet" is exclusively streaming on Apple TV+ and started airing on May 23, 2022.

Will Prehistoric Planet be shown on the BBC?

It is produced by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit with Jon Favreau as showrunner, visual effects by MPC, and narration by natural historian David Attenborough. ... .

Where can I watch Prehistoric Planet 2022 UK?

Prehistoric Planet will be available to stream on Apple TV+. Anyone who does not have a membership will be able to sign up for a free seven-day trial, though you can also sign up for full membership for just $4.99/£4.99 a month.

Where can I watch Prehistoric Planet UK?

Prehistoric Planet is an Apple Original, so it's exclusive to the Apple TV+ streaming service. New users get a 7-day free trial of Apple TV+(opens in new tab) (opens in new tab). After the trial, it's £4.99 / $4.99 / AU$7.99 a month. There's no contract, so you can cancel any time.