The award-winning natural history series,Prehistoric Planet,is returning for a second season. Apple TV+ has renewed theSir David Attenborough-narrated BBC Studios series for five new episodes, set to air on May 22.
According to a recentreport byDeadline,Prehistoric Planethas been given the go-ahead for a second season. “The award-winning first season of Prehistoric Planet brought dinosaurs back to life in a way global audiences had never seen before,” Creative Direct of Apple TV+’s Europe division,Jay Hunt, said, before revealing it sparked interest in a new season. “Collaborating with the brilliantJon Favreauand our fantastic partners at the BBC, we are thrilled that viewers will once again have the opportunity to be immersed in our world as it was 66 million years ago and to experience even more weird and wonderful creatures." The new series will premiere globally for five episodes from May 22 on Apple TV+, with each episode released over a five-day week-long period.
The new series will see the return of Attenborough as the narrator of the series. Attenborough, a nature historian and environmental advocate, is well known for his narration, writing, and production of other documentaries and series, includingSaving Planet Earth,Frozen Planet,Blue Planet,andOurPlanet.Prehistoric Planetis an extension of Attenborough’s decades-long work advocating for the preservation of the environment and all of Earth’s species, where he cautions viewers about the dangers facing our planet today.
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The first season ofPrehistoric Planetpremiered in May last year. The series, which also ran on a five-day week-long schedule and has a 100% critic’s score on Rotten Tomatoes, explored the latest knowledge of the inhabitants of Earth from millions of years ago through the use of state-of-the-art technology. Executive-produced byFavreau,Mike Gunton, and BBC Studios Natural History Unit (Planet Earth), the series uses the photorealistic visual effects of MPC (which were seen in Disney live-action films such asThe Lion King(2019) andThe Jungle Book(2016)) and concept art created by Jellyfish Pictures (The Book of Boba Fett(2021)). An original score byHans Zimmer,Anže Rozman, andKara Talve(for Bleeding Fingers Music) was used for the first season. The show has received several award nominations (including for the Annie Awards and Cinema Eye Honors Awards), and won the Outstanding Score and Best Original Score awards for a Documentary TV Series at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) in 2022.
