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Tim Haines is a
screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...
, producer and
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who is best known for his work on the
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popular science shows ''
Walking with Dinosaurs ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Tim Haines and produced by the BBC Science Unit, the Discovery Channel and BBC Worldwide, in association with TV Asahi, ProSieben and France 3. ...
'', ''
Walking with Beasts ''Walking with Beasts'', marketed as ''Walking with Prehistoric Beasts'' in North America, is a 2001 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Impossible Pictures and produced by the BBC Science Unit, the Discovery Channel, Pr ...
'', and ''
Walking with Monsters ''Walking with Monsters – Life Before Dinosaurs'', marketed as ''Before the Dinosaurs – Walking with Monsters'' in North America, is a 2005 three-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Impossible Pictures and produced by ...
''. He is co-creator and executive producer of the ITV sci-fi drama '' Primeval'', and founder of the production company Impossible Pictures. Tim Haines graduated from
Bangor University Bangor University () is a Public university, public Research university, research university in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It was established by Royal charter, Royal Charter in 1885 as the University College of North Wales (UCNW; ), and in 1893 ...
in 1981 with a BSc in Applied Zoology, before beginning a career as a journalist, eventually working for the
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, and becoming a producer. In 2002, Bangor University awarded him an Honorary Fellowship. BBC Interview He is also an author, and has written and co-written many books relating to the
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series.


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Bibliography

* ''Walking with Dinosaurs: A Natural History'' (1999), companion book to the series ''
Walking with Dinosaurs ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Tim Haines and produced by the BBC Science Unit, the Discovery Channel and BBC Worldwide, in association with TV Asahi, ProSieben and France 3. ...
'' * ''Walking with Beasts: A Prehistoric Safari'' (2001), companion book to the series ''
Walking with Beasts ''Walking with Beasts'', marketed as ''Walking with Prehistoric Beasts'' in North America, is a 2001 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Impossible Pictures and produced by the BBC Science Unit, the Discovery Channel, Pr ...
'' * ''Space Odyssey: A Voyage to the Planets'' (2004, with
Christopher Riley Christopher Riley (born 1967) is a British writer, broadcaster and film maker specialising in the history of science. He has a PhD from Imperial College, University of London where he pioneered the use of digital elevation models in the study ...
), companion book to the series ''
Space Odyssey ''Space Odyssey'' is a science fiction media franchise created by writer Arthur C. Clarke and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, consisting of two films and four novels. The first novel was developed concurrently with Kubrick's film version and publish ...
'' * ''
The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life ''The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life'' is a 2005 encyclopedia featuring 111 of the prehistoric animals from the '' Walking with...'' series, as well as an additional one (''Homo floresiensis''). It was published in 2005 by Firefly Books, and ...
'' (2005, with Paul Chambers), companion book to the '' Walking with...'' franchise * ''Cruel Eden'' (2018), a sequel to
Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Hol ...
's '' The Lost World''


Awards and nominations

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** 1999: ''
Walking with Dinosaurs ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Tim Haines and produced by the BBC Science Unit, the Discovery Channel and BBC Worldwide, in association with TV Asahi, ProSieben and France 3. ...
'' (Won) *
Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...
** 2007: ''
Ocean Odyssey LP ''Odyssey'' is a self-propelled semi-submersible mobile spacecraft launch platform converted from a mobile Oil platform, drilling rig in 1997. The vessel was used by Sea Launch for equatorial Pacific Ocean launches. She works in concert with ...
'' (''Nomination'') ** 2006: ''
Walking with Monsters ''Walking with Monsters – Life Before Dinosaurs'', marketed as ''Before the Dinosaurs – Walking with Monsters'' in North America, is a 2005 three-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Impossible Pictures and produced by ...
'' (Won) ** 2003: '' Chased by Dinosaurs'' (Won) ** 2002: ''
Walking with Beasts ''Walking with Beasts'', marketed as ''Walking with Prehistoric Beasts'' in North America, is a 2001 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Impossible Pictures and produced by the BBC Science Unit, the Discovery Channel, Pr ...
'' (Won) ** 2001: '' The Ballad of Big Al'' (Won) ** 2000: ''
Walking with Dinosaurs ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Tim Haines and produced by the BBC Science Unit, the Discovery Channel and BBC Worldwide, in association with TV Asahi, ProSieben and France 3. ...
'' (Won)


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