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Primeval

2007TV-145 seasons7.5 / 10

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.

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Synopsis

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.

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Episode 1

Matt's Secret

52m8.4 / 10

The team attempt to track a giant, underground insectoid predator from the future, and there is something about the creature that Matt isn't telling the team. Meanwhile, Philip shows Connor the true purpose behind New Dawn, and Abby becomes more suspicious of Matt and grows closer to discovering his secret, while Lester struggles at the ARC to make a good impression to Ms. Reece of the Cabinet Office for a knighthood.

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Directed by Mark EverestWritten by Chris LangGuest stars Patrick Murray

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Episode 2

The Submarine

52m8.4 / 10

When a Navy submarine in the North Sea discovers a giant underwater Anomaly, Matt, Connor and Abby join the Navy crew aboard, but things go awry when the submarine is pulled through the Anomaly into a prehistoric sea inhabited by giant pliosaurs. The team subsequently attempt to get the submarine back through the Anomaly to their time, while Lester struggles to stop an Admiral from nuking the Anomaly and potentially altering history.

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Directed by Robert QuinnWritten by Steve BailieGuest stars Allen Leech

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Episode 3

In the Good Old Days

52m8.4 / 10

When the team send a Raptor at an art museum back through the wrong Anomaly, Matt goes through into Victorian London in pursuit of the Raptor, and there he reunites with Emily and attempts to help her escape her grim fate of incarceration at Bedlam Asylum by her shallow husband. Meanwhile, Abby infiltrates Connor's lab to capture Connor's files on New Dawn for Matt.

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Directed by Robert QuinnWritten by Gabbie Asher, Paul Mousley

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Episode 4

The Prototype

52m8.2 / 10

The team learn the truth about New Dawn when Connor creates an artificial Anomaly in the ARC, and trouble soon erupts when the Anomaly unleashes swarming, carnivorous beetles from the future into the ARC, which trigger the lockdown but threaten to burrow out and swarm onto the modern world. The situation is only exacerbated when the beetles trigger Jess' deadly allergy to insect bites, and when Philip threatens to incinerate the entire ARC to stop the beetles.

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Directed by Robert QuinnWritten by Helen Raynor

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Episode 5

The End of the Future (1)

52m8.3 / 10

With Convergence having finally arrived, while Becker and the entire ARC struggle to contain an increasing outbreak of numerous Anomalies and creatures, New Dawn begins to power up for its final phase, as the team struggle to stop Philip from activating New Dawn before it's too late.

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Directed by Cilla WareWritten by Michael A. Walker

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Episode 6

The End of the Future (2)

52m9.0 / 10finale

Matt and Abby go through New Dawn's Anomaly on a rescue mission for Connor into the barren, Predator-ruled wastelands of the future, while back in the present, the future apocalypse looms closer as New Dawn spirals out of control. Meanwhile, Jess and Lester face problems of their own when the ARC is invaded by Mutated Future Predators.

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Directed by Cilla WareWritten by Adrian Hodges, Steve Bailie

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More about Primeval

Cast

James MurrayStephen Hart
Naomi BentleyCaroline Steel
Karl TheobaldOliver Leek
Mark WakelingTom Ryan
Lucy BrownJenny Lewis
Tim FaradayThe Cleaner
Douglas HenshallNick Cutter
Juliet AubreyHelen Cutter

Credits

Created by
Adrian Hodges, Tim Haines
Written by
Adrian Hodges, Steve Bailie, Paul Mousley, Chris Lang, Bev Doyle, Cameron McAllister, Paul Farrell, Ben Court, Caroline Ip, James Moran, Matthew Parkhill, John Fay, Debbie Oates, Helen Raynor, Andrew Rattenbury, Paul Cornell, Gabbie Asher, Mike Cullen, Michael A. Walker

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
36
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • ITV1United Kingdom
  • U&WUnited Kingdom
  • Impossible PicturesUnited Kingdom
  • ITV ProductionsUnited Kingdom
  • M6 FilmsFrance
  • ProSiebenSat1 Produktion

Themes

anomalydinosaurjurassicmonsterprehistoric creaturetime portal