Storyline
Each episode tells the dramatic story of an individual dinosaur whose remains are currently being unearthed by world-leading dinosaur hunters. As the dinosaurs' bones emerge from the ground, their prehistoric stories are brought to life with state-of-the-art visual effects - making each episode a gripping dinosaur drama based on the very latest evidence.
Episodes
Specials
No overview available for this season.
Did a Meteor Kill All the Dinosaurs?
Jun 08, 2025
In this episode, we follow the story of a baby Triceratops and an adult T-rex, who were two of the last dinosaurs to walk the Earth, witnesses to this incredible event, a time still shrouded in mystery.
How the Walking with Dinosaurs Team Brought a Dinosaur Back to Life
Jun 08, 2025
The Spinosaurus is a unique dinosaur, capable of surviving both in water and on land. Bringing this strange creature to life represented a unique challenge for the BBC team.
How to Find a Dinosaur that Hollywood Dreamed Up
Jun 08, 2025
The Utahraptor is one of the largest birds of prey that ever existed. However, until relatively recently, no one knew of its existence.
Did Dinosaurs Abandon Their Young to Help Them Survive?
Jun 08, 2025
The Albertosaurus possessed a surprising survival tactic that helped it increase its chances of survival from its predators: as it matured, it developed the vision most common in a predator.
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Arctic Circle
Jun 08, 2025
In Pipestone Creek, Canada, lie the remains of 40,000 animals—one of the largest herds of dinosaurs ever discovered on Earth. And the latest technology is revealing something astonishing.
The Dinosaurs that Could Cross the Atlantic
Jun 08, 2025
The Lusotitan is the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe and one of the most mysterious. How did this gigantic animal arrive thousands of miles away, across the vast Atlantic Ocean?
Walking with Dinosaurs: A Viewers Guide
Aug 07, 2025
Take an exhilarating journey through time and dive into the wonder and adventure of dinosaurs. This new special highlights the most exciting and unforgettable moments from the Walking with Dinosaurs series and spotlights six different species of main characters. It also visits with dinosaur-hunter paleontologists in Eastern Montana, the Sahara Desert, Utah, Western Canada and Portugal.
We Were Wrong About Spinosaurus
Jun 08, 2025
Millions of years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth. But underwater it was a totally different world
Were Dinosaur Brains Designed For Combat?
Jun 08, 2025
Did Pachyrhinosaurus bones always gather in such great numbers?
How We Solve Jurassic Mysteries from One Bizarre Fossil
Jun 08, 2025
Would you lick a 65-million-year old dinosaur poop?
How Walking with Dinosaurs Created the Most Accurate Dinos Ever
Jun 08, 2025
Join the team behind the scenes!
How Extreme Weather Is Revealing — And Destroying — Dinosaur Fossils
Jun 08, 2025
Imagine finding a rare fossil that you’ve been desperate to find - only for it to be put at ris
How an Evolutionary Arms Race Created Bizarre Dino Designs
Jun 08, 2025
It’s grudge match time. Except that this one took place over millions of years.
Series 1
No overview available for this season.
The Orphan
May 25, 2025
An orphaned baby triceratops must outwit a deadly T. rex. Today, paleontologists are uncovering her remains, allowing us to bring her story to life with stunning VFX.
The River Dragon
Jun 01, 2025
North Africa, 100 million years ago. A Spinosaurus father must embark on a dangerous voyage to feed his babies.
Band of Brothers
Jun 08, 2025
Utah, 130 million years ago. A band of armoured dinosaurs battle to reach adulthood, pursued by a group of Utahraptors: some of the most formidable predators that have ever lived.
The Pack
Jun 15, 2025
Seventy-one million years ago lived a teenage Albertosaurus - a faster, nimbler relative of T. rex. She had to earn her place in a deadly, ferocious pack or risk starvation.
The Journey North
Jun 22, 2025
Based on an unprecedented discovery in Alberta, Canada, this episode tells the epic tale of one of the largest dinosaur herds that ever lived, the Pachyrhinosaurus, through the eyes of one of its youngest members, Albie.
Island of Giants
Jun 29, 2025
The tale of the colossal Lusotitan. Living 150 million years ago on an island known as the Iberian Mesta, now in Portugal, this 25-metre-long titan dwarfed every other dinosaur in the region.