The Rex factor

A visually unique look back in time

- GEMMA DUNN

PREHISTORIC Planet should act as a “stark reminder that the world is a fragile place”, says producer Tim Walker.

Narrated by David Attenborough and executive produced by Jon Favreau and Mike Gunton, the award-winning natural history series delighted viewers with its exploration of the Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Triceratops and other species when it first aired last year.

Now, a year on, a new season - set to air over a week on Apple TV+ offers audiences a second chance to travel back 66 million years in a bid to discover more dinosaurs and ancient habitats.

Expect the active volcanoes of India, the marshlands of Madagascar, the deep oceans near North America, and beyond. It's both educational and fascinating, begins Walker. "I think it's really rather poignant that if we ignore the past, we don't know what will be coming in the future," he reasons.

"Making this type of series about long-lost animals proves to be a stark reminder that we're just here, as any organism is just here, for a brief moment in time. The dinosaurs were around for over 150 million years of evolution, and then they suddenly were wiped out in a geological blink of an eye.