8.029 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestThe Ice Age has arrived, putting life in the freezer. It is at this time when great herds of Woolly Mammoths live on the plains of what will eventually be the North Sea. As winter arrives, the Mammoth herds head south, moving to greener pastures. It is not an easy journey, especially for the young. Predators are everywhere, and the most dangerous of all are two species of humans that share the Ice Age environments of the mammoths.
Walking With Prehistoric Beasts explores how life on earth first began. Using real footage, the series goes inside the body of our monster ancestors. For the first time, morphing technology is used to reveal how our ancestors evolved.
Visual Effects
2001 morphing tech that still slaps harder than it should.
Sound
Kenneth Branagh's unhinged narration commits fully.
Direction
Tim Haines makes prehistoric mammals feel like movie stars.
Creator
Tim Haines
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The morphing technology was so cutting-edge that BBC reused it for multiple nature docs throughout the 2000s.
This series directly spawned the 'Walking With...' franchise including Dinosaurs, Cavemen, and Monsters—basically the MCU of prehistoric docs.
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