''Ice Age Giants'' is a British television documentary series created and produced by
BBC Natural History Unit
The BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU) is a department of BBC Studios that produces television, radio and online content with a natural history or wildlife theme. It is best known for its highly regarded nature documentaries, including '' T ...
, first shown in the UK on
BBC Two
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and
BBC Two HD
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on 19 May 2013. The series steps back to 20,000 years in time and follows the trail of the prehistoric mammals in the ice age on North America and European region that lived through it to life by using the latest scientific knowledge and a little graphic wizardry.
The series was presented by Dr.
Alice Roberts
Alice May Roberts (born 19 May 1973) is an English academic, TV presenter and author. Since 2012 she has been professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. She was president of the charity Humanists UK from Januar ...
and composed by
David Mitcham.
Broadcast
British television
''Ice Age Giants'' debuted on British television on 19 May 2013, broadcast on
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matte ...
and
BBC Two HD
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matter, incorporating genres such as comedy, drama and d ...
, which consisted of total three episodes.
International
The series premiered in Australia on
Animal Planet
Animal Planet (stylized in all lowercase since 2018) is an American multinational pay television channel focusing on the animal kingdom owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. First established on June 1 ...
on 24 June 2015.
Episodes
Merchandise
DVDs
In United States and Canada (Region 1), a single DVD was released by
BBC Warner on 13 January 2015.
As for Australia and New Zealand (Region 4), it was released by ABC DVD/Village Roadshow on 6 August 2014.
See also
* ''
Wild New World''
* ''
Planet Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all of Earth's water is ...
''
* ''
The Blue Planet
''The Blue Planet'' is a British nature documentary series created and co-produced as a co-production between the BBC Natural History Unit and Discovery Channel. It premiered on 12 September 2001 in the United Kingdom. It is narrated by David ...
''
* ''
Frozen Planet
''Frozen Planet'' is a 2011 British nature documentary series. It was produced as a co-production between the BBC Natural History Unit, Discovery Channel, Antena 3 Television S.A., ZDF, Skai tv and The Open University, in association with Dis ...
''
References
External links
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2013 British television series debuts
2013 British television series endings
2010s British documentary television series
2010s British television miniseries
BBC high definition shows
BBC television documentaries
BBC television miniseries
British English-language television shows
Nature educational television series
Documentary films about prehistoric life