Chased by Dinosaurs


Chased by Dinosaurs is a two-episode spin-off of the BBC program Walking with Dinosaurs which originally aired on BBC One during Christmas 2002 and November 2003. In a departure from the series usual format, these specials feature zoologist Nigel Marven as a time traveller who investigates and encounters dinosaurs in the wild. The specials are known only by their individual titles on-screen; The umbrella title 'Chased by Dinosaurs' was used to market the series in the United States.
The production company Impossible Pictures and producer Jasper James would produce the ITV series Prehistoric Park in 2006. This docu-fiction series would also feature Marven traveling through prehistory in search of extinct animals.

Episodes

Home Video releases

The first two specials were released on DVD in the UK as Land of Giants/The Giant Claw: by BBC Worldwide on March 8, 2004 as the third title of The Big Dinosaur Box, bundled with the previously released Walking with Dinosaurs and The Ballad of Big Al. This set was re-released as The Walking with Dinosaurs Box Set in 2013 with new artwork. This release also contains a sixteen minute interview with producers/directors Tim Haines and Jasper James and presenter Nigel Marven. Although this DVD has not been released individually, both releases are packaged as individual cases in a slipcase, meaning that separated copies can be found pre-owned.
A North American edition containing all five episodes, Chased By Dinosaurs, was released by BBC Worldwide on October 5, 2004. It was re-released with new artwork in 2014.
All five episodes have also been released in Europe as a region-free PAL DVD, Walking With Dinosaurs Specials, with English audio and optional Dutch subtitles; This release includes an extended twenty-one minute version of the interview present on the UK disc, with the additional material relating to Sea Monsters''.