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Walking with Monsters

Seen it?

2005 | 1 seasons | 30 min | Documentary, Animation

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With mixed reviews and a small audience, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for animation lovers and the curious.
The mood
Feel-good, eye-opening.
The pace
One season: easy to finish in a weekend or two, short, snackable episodes, about 2 hours in all.
What might put you off
Nothing much for most grown-ups.

A three-part British documentary film series about life in the Paleozoic, bringing to life extinct arthropods, fish, amphibians, synapsids, and reptiles. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh and using state-of-the-art visual effects, this prequel to Walking with Dinosaurs shows nearly 300 million years of Paleozoic history, from the Cambrian Period (530 million years ago) to the Early Triassic Period (248 million years ago).

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsBelow par

    Mixed reviews

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsSolid

    Won 1 Emmy: Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or More).

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Limited series that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 31K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Created by Chloë Leland

  • Kenneth BranaghNarrator (voice)