BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs

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nature documentary paleontology documentary television documentary series

BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs is a landmark 1999 documentary series that used pioneering CGI and animatronics to realistically depict the lives and environments of dinosaurs across different prehistoric periods.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nature documentary → paleontology documentary → television documentary series →
audioFormat	stereo →
awardReceived	BAFTA Television Award for Best Original Television Music → BAFTA Television Craft Award for Innovation → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (One Hour or Longer) →
composer	Benjamin Bartlett →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
creator	Tim Haines →
distributor	BBC Worldwide →
endDate	1999-11-08 →
executiveProducer	Tim Haines →
filmingTechnique	combination of live-action backgrounds and CGI creatures →
followedBy	Walking with Beasts → Walking with Monsters →
genre	docufiction → documentary → science television series →
hasEpisode	Cruel Sea → Death of a Dynasty → Giant of the Skies → New Blood → Spirits of the Ice Forest → Time of the Titans →
hasHomeVideoRelease	DVD → VHS →
inspired	subsequent dinosaur documentaries →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
narrator	Kenneth Branagh →
notableFor	pioneering CGI in television documentary → realistic depiction of dinosaurs →
numberOfEpisodes	6 →
numberOfSeasons	1 →
originalLanguage	English →
originalNetwork	BBC One →
originalReleaseDate	1999-10-04 →
originalReleaseYear	1999 →
pictureFormat	widescreen →
producer	BBC → BBC Natural History Unit →
productionCompany	Impossible Pictures →
setInPeriod	Cretaceous → Jurassic → Triassic →
spinOff	Walking with Dinosaurs: Inside Their World → Walking with Dinosaurs: The Ballad of Big Al → Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience →
subject	dinosaurs → prehistoric life →
uses	animatronics → computer-generated imagery →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Walking with Dinosaurs ("Walking with Dinosaurs: The Ballad of Big Al") → Walking with Dinosaurs ("Walking with Dinosaurs: Inside Their World") →	spinOff
Fern Canyon →	featuredIn
BBC Natural History Unit ("Walking with Dinosaurs") →	notableWork