Primeval News Series 2- and Site Updates - March 1st 2007 - December 30th 2007
Thank you to Geek Syndicate for informing me that James Moran who wrote Sleeper for Torchwood and Pompeii for the upcoming Dr Who series is writing an episode of the upcoming 3rd series of Primeval, which they announced on Saturday March 15th 2008.
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James didn't announce this on his blog until Sunday March 16th 2008.
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March 18th 2008
The Geek Syndicate has a great interview with Paul Cornell, who wrote episode 6 of Primeval series 2. In the interview, Paul talks about writing the Primeval episode and says that there will indeed be thirteen episodes in Series Three. He also mentions that Adrian Hodges has enough ideas to keep Primeval going for the next seven years!
You can download the podcast, number 72 from Geek Syndicate (choose the category geek syndicate) or go direct to this link
They are hoping that Douglas Henshall will agree to a similar interview some time in the future!
March 17th 2008
Primeval Series 2 DVD was released today. See pictures on the Primeval Merchandise page.
March 13th 2008
Primeval Series 2 is due to be released on DVD on Monday March 17th 2008 and has been given a 12 certificate, which means it cannot be sold to (and may not be suitable for) children under the age of 12!
12A – Suitable for 12 years and over. No-one younger than 12 may see a ‘12A’ film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. No-one younger than 12 may rent or buy a ‘12’ rated video or DVD. Responsibility for allowing under-12s to view lies with the accompanying or supervising adult - BBFC
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March 1st 2008
Character Toys now have a trailer on their website advertising Primeval figures
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Details of the Primeval Create a Creature competiton can be found on the ITV website.
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February 26th 2008
Added an interview with Framestore CFC to 2 Primeval Articles and Interviews and also to the Production team interviews section. Added some more pictures of Douglas Henshall to 2 Primeval Gallery 1 and a small picture of some of the team with Lucy Brown to Gallery 5.
February 23rd 2008
A Primeval sticker book and packets of stickers to collect are now available in newsagents in the UK or buy them direct from e-max the publishers.
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BBCAmerica have bought the rights to two seasons (13 one-hour episodes) of Primeval, made by Impossible Pictures for U.K. broadcaster ITV and distributed by BBC Worldwide.
It is scheduled to be broadcast in August 2008.
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February 15th 2008
Episode 6 and episode 7 updated.
February 13th 2008
On Monday, episode six writer Paul Cornell wrote on his blog
Two good things are happening at once this weekend. First off, I’m pleased to say that the penultimate episode of Primeval, written by your truly, will be showing on ITV1 on Saturday evening. It’s got a Columbian Mammoth on a motorway, and that’s just the starting point for a lot of twists and turns concerning the series’ ongoing plot threads this year, all leading into Adrian Hodges’ action-packed season conclusion next week. Do give it a glance.
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He told the Forbidden Planet blog:
I’m pulling a lot of those threads together and setting it up for Adrian’s big finale episode. I love the idea of changing the show’s format via time travel. That’s got to be a first. It’s so brilliantly daring!
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In the March issue of SFX magazine (published today). Hannah Spearritt talks about filming scenes in Primeval before the CGI is added and says of Douglas Henshall:
I was just watching Dougie Henshall the other day, and a sabre-tooth tiger was right on him pouncing on him, circling ready to attack. There was obviously nothing there, and I was watching him because he was doing such a brilliant job, as if it was there. I almost saw it there at the time because of how well he was acting it.
SFX magazine is available from all good newsagents in the UK or can be bought online direct from the official website.
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Unfortunately last month's issue of SFX has now sold out.
Starburst, TVZone and Cult Times can be found at some newsagents. But you can buy them online at the official site of the magazines' publishers Visual Imagination.
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February 12th 2008
Many thanks to 'Flux Am' who runs the Primeval ITV group at Facebook for reminding me that the March issue of TVZone has now been published. In it Andrew-Lee Potts talks about the finale of Primeval Series 2:
The nickname for episode 7 is boringly the ‘The Finale’, though references to it as ‘The Menagerie’ hint at the multiplicity of threats the team will be facing.
Andrew-Lee Potts says:
I think they’ve set it up very well, the way the series ends, because the last series was ‘Oh my gosh, the whole character’s disappeared through what we did in Time. How are they going to do?’ This series is just bang, bang, bang, bang! And then the last thing that it ends on, when I read it I got goose bumps!
A match for last year?
This one’s even better!
I know next year, because I think they’re commissioning the scripts and stuff to go for next year – it’s not been commissioned as a show yet because ITV don’t work like that, unlike BBC where I think they do; ITV still want to see their figures and still know that it’s doing well, but they still commission the scripts. So we went for a read –through the other day with Adrian for this block and Adrian was starting to come up with storylines that happen next and it’s really mad. Adrian keeps his cards very close to his chest, which I think really is wise, he just gives us little teasers, which keep us going, but the overall plan of the whole thing is……it’s mad. But I think next year they have plans to do quite a bit more. So it’ll turn into a full time job.
In the February issue of Deathray magazine Adrian Hodges also talks about Series 3:
The intention is that Primeval will run for more than three series-for as long as people want to watch it in fact -, though there are aspects of the central story arc that are designed to be resolved by the end of our third year. But that will no means be a finishing point.
Read more here (dedicated to Becky!)
It is thought that Primeval Series 3 will have thirteen episodes. The production team have said that it will go into production in March 2008. It was originally thought, filming would begin as early as January 2008.
Have added the Douglas Henshall, James Murray, Ben Miller interview from the February issue of TVZone to Primeval in Print.
February 8th 2008
Have added some extracts from the James Murray Starburst interview and Douglas Henshall.com has adapted the This Morning interview in it's own unique style!
February 5th 2008
This month's Starburst magazine issue no. 359, has an interview with James Murray and some nice photos of him, but most are from series 1.
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On page 33 of Starburst, there is a very nice portrait of Douglas Henshall, which gave me an excuse to update the second picture in Primeval Gallery 1.
Hannah Spearritt is interviews on the back of the new Radio Times in the One Final Question interview on page 154.
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You can also read the article here.
February 4th 2008
Have added to the article from Deathray Christmas 2007 and have begun Primeval in Print for Series 2. Added Lucy Brown digital spy interview to the Lucy Brown interviews section and the general interviews from digital spy to the Douglas Henshall interview section.
February 2nd 2008
Read more about why that figure of Connor Temple was delayed here.
February 1st 2008
Updated most episode guides for Primeval, including one for episode 5. Added some pictures to the Douglas Henshall Primeval Gallery and sorted out the pictures, also added a couple of pictures to other galleries. Also linked the Primeval press interviews from Wednesday to the relevant interview page for each actor in Primeval.
January 30th 2008
Finally today, as Primeval is now past episode three I have been given all the Primeval press interviews. Read here:
Douglas Henshall
Hannah Spearritt
James Murray
Andrew-Lee Potts
Lucy Brown
Ben Miller
Juliet Aubrey
Karl Theobald
Naomi Bentley
I have also updated the creature info. for Episodes 4 - 6 (see main Primeval page)
This afternoon Impossible Pictures confirmed that Douglas Henshall will be returning to Primeval, so that stops a lot of speculation!
Primeval has been commissioned for a third series to be broadcast in January 2009. Viewers will also have the opportunity to design a creature!
However, Impossible Pictures had not confirmed this morning whether Douglas Henshall wouldl be reprising his role as Nick Cutter, but said that most of the current characters would be returning.
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Primeval Series Three is due to go into production in March, but Douglas Henshall will be appearing in a play at The Almeida Theatre in Islington from March - May 2008. He will playing the role of Satan in the Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Thank you to Zell for this information.)
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January 26th 2008
Updated Primeval 2 Episode 4, added pictures of Primeval toys in boxes, anomaly incursion centre, carnivorous pterosaur and plush Rex to the character toys page. Also added a picture of a bus to the same gallery with an advert for Primeval. There hasn't been as much publicity as for series 1 and it didn't seem worth making a new gallery just for that.
If you miss an episode of Primeval or want to see an episode again. It is possible to watch it on the ITV catch up service.
January 25th 2008
Have added more links to cast interviews in the Primeval Interviews and Articles section. Have created an interview page for Juliet Aubrey and although there hasn't been any new interviews with Douglas Henshall this week, have repaired links to Season 1 articles for Dougie and also for Lucy Brown.
January 22nd 2008
Galleries 1, 2 and 5 updated.
January 21st 2008
In response to questions re. the DVD release of Primeval. Series 1 is currently available in all good stores. However, in March the second series will be released. This will either be available separately or in a boxed DVD set with Series 1. Current date for release is March 17th 2008.
January 20th 2008
It's a good idea to keep checking out the official Primeval website. Latest video by Andrew-Lee Potts is of Douglas Henshall and other cast members talking about the ARC. Dougie desribes it as '70's Scandinavian retro'
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January 19th 2008
Added today's interview from the Manchester Evening News to the Douglas Henshall and Lucy Brown Primeval interview pages.
January 18th 2008
Douglas Henshall.com now has another exclusive Primeval Gallery. This time it's Douglas Henshall and other cast and crew members on location last Summer in Fuerteventura. See gallery here.
There is a double sided Primeval poster featuring Douglas Henshall in the latest SFX magazine (February 2008). Thank you to Douglas Henshall yahoo group member Lisa Rull for this information, who says:
Oh my ... is anyone else out there absolutely thinking they have won the lottery
at the wonderful delight of having the current issue of SFX in their hands? I
never thought in my wildest thoughts that I would have the chance to put up
magazine posters of Dougie! Yet there he is! With the rest of the Primeval team
OR with fighting creatures!
Added Douglas Henshall interview from Total Sci Fi to Douglas Henshall Primeval interviews page.
January 17th 2008
In this week's Whats on TV Karl Theobald talks about his role as Oliver Leek in Primeval
You can read the interview here.
Gillian Kearney (Casualty, Brookside) spoke briefly to the TVTimes about her role in episode 3 of Primeval.
Actor Sidney Cole plays the role of a Fire Fighter in this week's episode of Primeval. In August he wrote on his website that Douglas Henshall was ‘the epitome of a leading actor’
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Added last week's interviews from the whatsontv website to the Douglas Henshall and Hannah Spearritt Primeval interview pages.
January 14th 2008
Updated gallery 1 again and episode guides for Series 2 on main Primeval page. Also updated the page of figures from Character Toys. These should be on sale from around the 17th February onwards.
January 13th 2008
Updated galleries 1 - 3.
January 12th 2008
Episode 2 updated.
January 11th 2008
Douglas Henshall was interviewed on This Morning on ITV earlier today.
See gallery.
He was also interviewed on GMTV in a short feature about the set of Primeval. Gallery here.
January 10th 2008
You can see the Primeval character toys, including a close up of the Abby Maitland toy here.
January 8th 2008
Added two new interviews to Series 2 articles and interviews, including one with Douglas Henshall. More pictures added to galleries 1 -3. Also new episode guides for Series 2 on the main Primeval page.
The official site at ITV is now open with the ARC and trailer for episode 1.
Douglas Henshall can be seen in a film of cast interviews at digital spy. They edited the original interviews and put them together in one short film, which is just over 4 minutes long.
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January 7th 2008
Added an interview with Hannah Spearritt to Hannah's interview page. Also updated galleries 1-5. Start at gallery 1. I have started adding reviews for series 2 beginning with one for episode 1 from Live magazine. There are some spoilers, but no more than in the episode guides.
Douglas Henshall will be appearing on This Morning on Friday January 11th at 10.25am.
James Murray and Hannah Spearritt on gmtv around 8.35am on the same day.
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As already reported Hannah and Andrew-Lee Potts will be appearing On Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on BBC1 at 10.35pm on Friday January 11th, repeated on Sunday January 13th at 1.20am. Friday night with Jonathan Ross show is usually available for seven days after broadcast on bbci.
January 5th 2008
Plastic toy figures of the characters from Primeval, including Douglas Henshall as Nick Cutter are to be available later this month.
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In October 2007 Character Toys launched a Flying Rex Toy, which is already available to buy in shops in the UK and online stores.
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Don't forget to look at the short videos by Andrew-Lee Potts on the Primeval official site.
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January 4th 2008
Although the broadcast date for Primeval series 2 is on the site's homepage and Primeval page, it hasn't been mentioned here for a while! Series 2 will be shown on ITV1 on Saturday 12th January at 7pm.
January 3rd 2008
I have begun a series of galleries for Primeval 2. These have replaced the previous Primeval 2 gallery. Start at the page for Nick Cutter (Douglas Henshall) and work your way through. You might find new pictures of Abby, Connor and Jenny!
Don't forget Series 1 galleries and Series 1 episode guides also with galleries!
January 2nd 2008
Primeval Character Factfiles updated for Series 2.
January 1st 2008
Happy New Year! Last night the new official ITV website reverted back to the old one! It could be back now. I have now added episode guides for Series 2 Episode 1 and Series 2 Episode 2.
May I remind you about this site's exclusive report from author Steven Savile about his book Shadow of the Jaguar.
Also this sites exclusive on set gallery of the cast including the first new picture of Lucy Brown, who is now playing Jennifer (Jenny) Lewis in Primeval.
Also that Douglas Henshall will be featured in an interview for TV Zone magazine, which is due to be published on January 9th 2008.
Primeval official sites:
Primeval site from Impossible Pictures
Primeval official ITV site