This winter, Walking With Dinosaurs hits South Africans’ screens on Monday, 30 June 2025, at 20:00 on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184), taking audiences on a journey through time.
25 years after the original series revolutionised factual television, this bold reimagining, produced by the award-winning BBC Studios Science Unit, brings to life six extraordinary dinosaurs through groundbreaking visual effects, dramatic storytelling, and the latest advancements in palaeontological research.
Narrated by Bertie Carvel – double Olivier and Tony Award-winning actor, best known for roles in The Crown and Doctor Foster – the series invites viewers into the lives of six individual dinosaurs, each with their own emotional journeys of survival, parenting, and adaptation in a world both beautiful and brutal.
From the towering might of Lusotitan to the delicate vulnerability of Clover, the baby Triceratops, the series brings to life the extraordinary creatures that once roamed this planet. Their habitats echo the terrains we still inhabit, and their behaviours feel strikingly familiar, and perhaps that’s the most significant insight of all, that there’s nothing new under the sun. The instincts, emotions, and survival strategies of Earth’s most ancient creatures continue to influence the animals that are known and loved today.
Executive Producer Andrew Cohen states, “It is ambitious, entertaining, and factual television which will leave the audience hiding behind the sofa one moment and having their minds blown the next.”
Walking With Dinosaurs doesn’t just depict ancient history, it bridges it to the present, through fossil evidence that suggests some dinosaurs had feathers, pigment, and even individual horn patterns, allowing them to be seen as complex creatures, not as monsters. It’s positioned at the crossroads of the prehistoric world and premium documentary production, like never before.
This is more than a documentary series. It’s a cinematic, educational experience that inspires viewers of all ages to look at the natural world, past and present, with renewed awe.
Watch the trailer here
Tune in to Walking With Dinosaurs on BBC Earth (DStv Channel 184) every Monday at 20:00, from 30 June to 4 August 2025 and join the walk.