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Primeval

Primeval
★ 7.5/10•2007•52m•TV-14•Sci-Fi & Fantasy•Action & Adventure•Drama
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When 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.

StatusEnded
Runtime52m
LanguageEN
First Air DateFeb 10, 2007

Episodes

Episode 1 - Leapin' LizardsE152m

Leapin' Lizards

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.

Feb 10, 2007

Episode 2 - Underground InfestationE252m

Underground Infestation

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.

Feb 17, 2007

Episode 3 - Helen Makes ContactE352m

Helen Makes Contact

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.

Feb 24, 2007

Episode 4 - Dodo MadnessE452m

Dodo Madness

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.

Mar 3, 2007

Episode 5 - Ptera-ble NewsE552m

Ptera-ble News

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.

Mar 10, 2007

Episode 6 - Future FoeE652m

Future Foe

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.

Mar 17, 2007

Actors

Ciarán McMenamin

Ciarán McMenamin

Matt Anderson

Ben Mansfield

Ben Mansfield

Hilary Becker

Andrew-Lee Potts

Andrew-Lee Potts

Connor Temple

Hannah Spearritt

Hannah Spearritt

Abby Maitland

Alexander Siddig

Alexander Siddig

Philip Burton

Ruth Kearney

Ruth Kearney

Jess Parker

Janice Byrne

April Leonard

Ruth Bradley

Ruth Bradley

Emily Merchant

Ben Miller

Ben Miller

James Lester

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