Whereas both of the previous specials took place on land and were confined to a single setting, Sea Monsters focuses on the aquatic life of seven different geological periods between 4 and 450 million years ago. In addition to imagery from the series, the exhibition featured full-scale models of both modern and prehistoric sea creatures as well as behind-the-scenes information on how the animals were reconstructed and brought 'back to life'.įollowing in the footsteps of The Giant Claw (2002) and Land of Giants (2003), special episodes of the nature documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs, Sea Monsters sees time-travelling zoologist Nigel Marven travel back in time to encounter and interact with prehistoric life. In 2011, an exhibition based on the series, the Sea Monsters Exhibition, was held at Bournemouth International Centre in Dorset. The book received positive reviews, with reviewers noting that though it was based on a TV series, it also stood on its own as an information source about extinct sea creatures. Though some reviewers praised Marven's energetic and enthusiastic 'animal-grabbing' style of presentation, others considered a wildlife presenter to be unnecessary or even 'patronising', parallelling debates on the merits of wildlife presenters in documentaries on modern-day animals.Ī companion book, Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Predators of the Deep (published as Chased by Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Predators of the Deep in the United States), was co-authored by Marven and Jasper James, producer and director of the series. For his role as the presenter of the series, Marven was nominated for a Royal Television Society Programme award. The visual effects of Sea Monsters, as with previous series, received praise and won a BAFTA TV Award.

franchise, Sea Monsters recreated extinct animals through a combination of computer-generated imagery and animatronics, incorporated into live action footage shot at various locations. The series is narrated by Karen Hayley.Īs with previous documentaries in the Walking with. Following in the footsteps of The Giant Claw (2002) and Land of Giants (2003), special episodes of the nature documentary series Walking with Dinosaurs, Sea Monsters stars British wildlife presenter Nigel Marven as a 'time-travelling zoologist' who travels to seven different periods of time in prehistory, diving in the 'seven deadliest seas of all time' and encountering and interacting with the prehistoric creatures who inhabit them. Sea Monsters (full title Sea Monsters: A Walking with Dinosaurs Trilogy), marketed as Chased by Sea Monsters in the United States, is a 2003 three-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Impossible Pictures and produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, the Discovery Channel and ProSieben.

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