PrimevalWhen strange anomalies start to appear all over England, Professor Cutter and his team must track down and capture all sorts of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past and near future.
CreatorsAdrian Hodges, Tim Haines
Leapin' Lizards
Feb 10, 2007
Eight years after his wife Helen mysteriously disappeared, Nick Cutter and a team of several others investigate reports of a large animal in the Forest of Dean, and discover that mysterious Anomalies in time and space are appearing and allowing prehistoric creatures to cross into the present day.
Underground Infestation
Feb 17, 2007
When a pest controller is attacked in the London Underground and landed in hospital poisoned with venom, Cutter, Claudia and the team investigate and discover the Underground is infested with giant, Carboniferous spiders. Cutter and the team soon learn that the true culprit is not the spiders, but a giant centipede, and they are sent in a race against time to get the centipede's venom after it poisons Stephen. Meanwhile, Connor gets thrown off the team after telling two of his friends about the Anomalies, and attempts to earn the team's faith back in the fight against the giant centipede. At the same time, Cutter's suspicions that Helen is alive on the other sides of the Anomalies increases.
Helen Makes Contact
Feb 24, 2007
The team are called in to investigate when a lifeguard is eaten by a Mosasaur at a swimming pool. Cutter discovers that they are dealing with a mobile Anomaly when the Mosasaur and the lifeguard's vomited remains appear at a reservoir and a cellar floods and is invaded by a Hesperornis. The rest of the team also learn that Helen is alive and on the other side of the Anomaly, and so Cutter is forced to go through and confront the woman his wife has become.
Dodo Madness
Mar 3, 2007
Helen Cutter directs the team to an Anomaly at a football stadium and escapes through, leaving behind a flock of Dodos. The team soon discover that the Dodos are host to a deadly parasite, and struggle to stop a pandemic when Tom is infected and - convinced that the government are incubating a mind-controlling biological weapon inside him - goes on the run from the team.
Ptera-ble News
Mar 10, 2007
The team investigate the brutal death of a golfer at a golf course, and discover an aerial Anomaly and a Pteranodon in the skies above. Claudia is convinced that the Pteranodon is responsible for the golfer's death and wants deadly force used against it, but Cutter and Stephen are convinced otherwise. Cutter's suspicions are confirmed correct when Claudia is trapped in the golf course's clubhouse by a deadly, flesh-eating swarm of Anurognathus. Meanwhile, Connor accidentally frees Rex from Abby's flat, forcing Abby and Connor to chase Rex across the golf course.
Future Foe
Mar 17, 2007
When the original Anomaly in the Forest of Dean reopens and a string of disappearances plague the area, Helen Cutter returns with a warning for Nick Cutter and the team about the deadly, elusive new predator the team are struggling to track: it is not a creature from the past, but from the future. Nick and Helen both want to go on an Anomaly containment mission into the past to stop the future from altering it, which ends in terrible consequences.
Peter McGinn
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This review is about series 1. I expect someday I will return and do an update after I rewatch the subsequent four seasons. I was not one of those kids who grew up liking all things dinosaur. I guess I was more into DC comic book heroes. But I began to appreciate dinosaurs when the Jurassic Park series of movies came along, where the stories were excellent and the dinosaurs looked and acted more real. I have also always enjoyed time travel stories, and in a way, this show combines those two sci-fi sub-genres. It seemed like a good fit for me, and indeed, I enjoyed series one overall. There are plenty of tense moments, realistic creatures, and bits of wit and humor sprinkled throughout. I especially appreciated Ben Miller’s portrayal of the sarcastic head of the secretive government department that dealt with the incursions. It would have been easy to have an authoritarian, square-headed bully in the role. The storylines were intriguing and the ensemble cast had great chemistry for the most part. If they ever do a reboot, however, there are a few changes I would suggest. I think Connor really needed a girlfriend outside of the team. His panting after Abby got old and repetitive real quick. And do we really need the Helen Cutter character throwing monkey wrenches into the plots by magically appearing and disappearing like a goddess in a Greek tragedy? She never makes a clear case to explain her position on what they should do about the anomalies. Plus she seems about as unlikeable as a gal could be expected to be after going without sex for several years. I think cutting her from the show could be the making of Nick Cutter as a man. Series one ends with a massive cliffhanger and revelation, so I assume someone had green lighted the second series by the time they filmed the final episode. So I enjoyed series one and will rewatch the next series and report back here. Good science-fiction shows, or even fair ones, can be pretty thin on the ground.
