Following in the prehistoric footsteps of 'Chased by Dinosaurs', creator/producer Time Haines has brought Nigel Marvin back for a new program, of prehistoric safari. Six episodes, and dozens of new creatures, Prehistoric Park, takes things one step further (or at least it promises to). In the end it takes one step backwards, and here is why.This series is more focused on show than science, and it goes a little over the top, occasionally reaching a level of gimmicky. Nigel Marvin and his team are setting up a Jurrasic Park kind of Facility. Using a time portal, Marvin intends to go back in time to various points in prehistory and return with creatures that are endangered at those time periods. If you are not bothered by the absurdity, you will certainly find the program cute, but it can be equally annoying at times. When Steven Spielberg made Jurassic Park, he claimed that he wanted to show animals, not monsters. Prehistoric Park takes that a step further. The creatures we see are not merely treated like animals, they are treated like pets! From wrestling games with a Triceratops to a Mammoth haircut, I doubt if anyone will find this program as awe inspiring as its 'Walking with' predecessors. What is most annoying however is the decision to throw in a narrator. Totally unnecessary, It ruins the Cinema Verité factor, making the program feel even more artificial.Despite error, Prehistoric Park is entertaining simply because it never takes itself seriously. Even if it doesn't do justice to prehistoric life, it is a feel good, quirky kind of program, that kids as well as adults can enjoy.

After watching Walking With Dinosaurs i wanted more. Then came this! Its the same thing but he brings the dinosaurs to a park! Sadly a lot of things brought it down. Nigil was very annoying and unrealistic. Every single episode he has to bring a new dinosaurs back to the park. What bothered me was that every time he does this it turns out to be the most dramatic and unbelievable adventure with way to much comedy. And it was a little bit Hollywood.Acting and special effects were med core.This will be great for kids. Great for simple ppl who have not seen walking with dinosaur's and basically don't no any thing about dinosaur's.But for more realistic viewers its not to good.

I saw this on Sunday and was amazed by the CGI. I liked how in the first episode, Nigel went back in time to the Cretaceous in Montana and brought back a Triceratops, a flock of Ornithomimus, and two juvenile tyrannosaurs back to Prehistoric Park. I also liked the second episode in which Nigel went back to the ice age. I could not believe how fast the cave bear was going when it was chasing him. The other scene where Nigel was being chased by the Elasmotherium was kind of freaky because I thought he was going to get impaled by that horn. I really look forward to seeing the other episodes of Prehistoric Park when they get shown on Animal Planet.

It is quite a unique approach - trying to convert Jurassic Park into a pseudo-documentary, and on the whole it does work quite well.For a start, more animals are "met", than in the aforementioned film, and whilst that had multi-million dollar special effects, the ones in this series are still pretty good.Whilst it can be slow at times, and some of the dialog can be a bit stilted and a bit cheesy, Nigel does make the program interesting and describes the animals in an interesting way.I do have some technical problems with it though, mainly : They assume that the vegetation that we have now would be suitable. It also seems they wont have enough for all the animals (from the ground views that we've had).The pens are made out of wood - and don't look terribly strong either. After all, if a T-Rex can cause havoc with metallic cages, what would 2 T-Rex's do with wooden pens ? Perhaps in the last episode, everyone & everything gets eaten :) Nigel doesn't have any weapons, which is a bit stupid...Who owns the park, and where does the money come from - there are no visitors... Perhaps its InGen ?!