Primeval News Series 2 - and Site Updates - March 1st 2007 - December 30th 2007
Primeval News Series 2 - and Site Updates - January 1st 2008 - March 19th 2008
Some of the figures of characters and creatures from Primeval Series 2 became available today. Here are the Series 2 figures by Character toys. To view further merchandise from character toys see gallery here.
August 21st 2008
First picture of Douglas Henshall as Nick Cutter from Primeval Series 3 here.
August 17th 2008
There is now another interview with Douglas Henshall on BBC America, plus one with Hannah Spearritt and another with Andrew-Lee Potts.
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Best of the Primeval reviews on BBC America added to the Primeval reviews section.
August 16th 2008
There is an interview with Juliet Aubrey and Karl Theobald from San Diego 2008 Comic Con at the 411mania.com website.
August 10th 2008
The BBC America Primeval site has a new video interview with Douglas Henshall.
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August 9th 2008
Two interviews have been added to the Douglas Henshall Primeval Interviews, one from Holllywood Reporter and one from blog.zap2it.com.
August 5th 2008
Associated Press have published a recent interview from the set of Primeval in Chertsey, Surrey:
On a recent rainy day in Chertsey, about 25 miles west of London, filming of the series continued on the Anomaly Centre set, which was built on an old industrial site.
A small dinosaur, a Diictodon, has escaped from its cage. But, of course, there's no sign on the set of anything that even remotely resembles a prehistoric beast.
"It looks like a big guinea pig," says Miller, helpfully describing a Diictodon to the uninitiated.
Says Andrew-Lee Potts:
"At first when you are reacting to a traffic cone on a stick it's a bit hilarious. The hardest thing was not to laugh," says Andrew-Lee Potts, who plays dinosaur-obsessed computer geek Connor Temple.
"It was a learning curve for all of us and there were a lot of giggles along the way.But now when you see new characters come to the show and you see those actors struggle with it, you realize how it's become part of your life, so I don't find it tough any more."
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August 4th 2008
Complete inteview with Douglas Henshall, Tim Haines and Adrian Hodges in Beverly Hills now on Sci Fi Weekly .
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August 1st 2008
ITV have released several pictures of actor Ben Mansfield as Captain Becker. Becker is drafted in by Lester to help protect the team in the aftermath of Stephen's death. Ben told digital spy:
"Becker comes from a military family, went to military school, did some special operations and then got seconded to this mysterious outfit."
"He's a bit perplexed with Connor - he sees him as this weird, geeky guy and they have a sort of amiable friction. When he and Cutter first meet, Cutter tells him 'I'm in charge' but Becker insists 'I'm just here to look after you'. They develop a working, professional relationship. He gets on with the others fine."
July 30th 2008
Read about Juliet Aubrey and Karl Theobald at Comic-Con here.
A well-known catalogue is advertising a new set of Primeval characters from Season 2. See picture here.
Thank you to justtracy for this information.
July 24th 2008
The official BBC America Comic-Con website no longer has Douglas Henshall listed to appear at this event. See the BBC America site latest schedule list and blog entry.
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July 23rd 2008
BBC Home Video has announced November 14th as the US release date of Primeval Volume 1, which will contain the first two seasons of the series. The 4-disc set will include the 6 episodes from Season 1 and the 7 episodes from Season 2.
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July 22nd 2008
During the first week of June 2008, fans of the show witnessed Primeval 3 being filmed on London’s South Bank. Calina reports that she some filming was taking place during Sunday 1st June close to the Hayward Gallery. ‘Andyrew’ took a small picture on June 1st of some filming. In the picture he states that you can just about see Douglas Henshall on the crane and Hannah Spearritt on the balcony (see picture here). On the afternoon of Wednesday June 4th 2008, Hannah and Dougie were seen filming on the opposite side of the South Bank by the sphinx. You can see a first picture of Ben Mansfield as Captain Becker, who was also filming on that day.
Laila Rouass (Sarah Page) mentiioned working on Primeval 3 in a recent interview for Open magazine promoting her new film Shoot on Sight. She says:
“I love making it, and working with Jason ( Flemyng, of Lock, Stock… Snatch and Layer Cake who’s also recently joined the cast. ) It’s quite liberating to be screaming and shouting. Sometimes I go too far and the director is like : ‘Leila, you’re meant to be a heroine, not a damsel in distress.”
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In May 2008, it was reported that Primeval Series 3 writer Paul Mousley had just finished writng:
a scene in which a large dinosaur tries to eat a Boeing 737.
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Two fans have also reported that Primeval was filmed in Ashridge Woods in April 2008 (see picture 1 and picture 2). They report they saw Hannah Spearritt, Douglas Henshall and Andrew-Lee Potts preparing to film, but were asked to leave when filming began.
Jason Flemyng's Fan Forum announced on March 3rd 2008 that he would be filming Primeval Series 3 for most of this year. He told one of the members as long ago as mid-February.
July 21st 2008
Latest new from this Friday's Comic-Con: Douglas Henshall, Juliet Aubrey and Karl Theobald will be signing autographs from 2pm - 3pm in room AA3.
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July 17th 2008
The Douglas Henshall interview from the Television Critics Press Tour has now been updated.
July 13th 2008
On Friday July 25th 2008 from 1:15-2:00 Douglas Henshall will be appearing at the San Diego Comic Con giving firsthand info about his leading role in BBC America’s new U.S. premiere sci-fi series Primeval, along with actors Juliet Aubrey and Karl Theobald.This will be followed by a Q&A session in Room 6A.
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The best of the Television Critics Press Tour Interviews for BBCAmerica on July 8th 2008 now up on this site.
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July 11th 2008
Photos of Douglas Henshall from the TCA press tour have now been put into the second 2008 portrait gallery.
July 10th 2008
Douglas Henshall is currently in Los Angeles, where he has been promoting Primeval for BBCAmerica at the TCA press tour. Thank you to Lisa for this news.
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July 7th 2008
Primeval has been nominated in the Most Popular Drama category in the National Television Awards and both Hannah Spearritt and Andrew-Lee Potts have been nominated in the Outstanding Drama Performance category.
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June 29th 2008
Fans of Lucy Brown might like to know that she will be making a guest appearance in episode 3 of ITV's new drama Harley Street, which is to be broadcast in July, as a character called Maya,
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June 16th 2008
Although some of the April 2008 Primeval 3 press release was published here on April 18th. You can now read the full press release from April 14th on this site.
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June 14th 2008
The BBC America website has now opened a page for Primeval, which is due to be broadcast on BBC America from the beginning of August 2008 when all thirteen episodes will be shown.
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June 9th 2008
IIf you missed the Primeval weekend on ITV3, you can watch every Primeval episode from Series 1 and 2 on ITV catch up for the next 28 days.
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June 3rd 2008
Series 2 episode guides have recently been updated. More pictures have been added to Episode 7 and a facts and fiction section on Rex to Episode 2. All of the Primeval galleries have recently been updated with high resolution images, especially images of Douglas Henshall. The article about Framestore cfc 'Physical Models' on the older ITV website can now be found here.
Meanwhile, two interviews with Andrew Lee Potts, publicising the Primeval weekend on ITV3 on June 7th and 8th have been published in the Bradford Argus and in the Sunday Mirror. In the Sunday Mirror interview, he briefly mentions filming Primeval Series 3 with Hannah Spearritt.
. ‘We spend 24 hours a day together,’ he says. ‘We get picked up at 5.40am and get home at 8pm six times a week. And filming carries on like that until November.’
May 27th 2008
You can vote for Douglas Henshall as Best Actor for Primeval and Primeval as Best Loved Drama Series in the TV Quick and TV Choice Awards 2008.
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May 22nd 2008
News just in from ITV!
Winner of Create Your Own Creature Competition is Announced.
Impossible Pictures and ITV1 are delighted to announce that Carim Nahaboo from Essex has won the ITV1 Create Your Own Creature competition.
Selected by Tim Haines from over 5000 entries, the 16 year old will see his design, a terrifying new future predator evolved from carnivorous beetles, brought to life by the award winning effects specialists at Framestore CFC.
The results will be screened in 2009 to millions of viewers when the team do battle with the monster in Episode 8 of series 3 of the smash hit show.
Read article here.
May 20th 2008
ITV3 is to air the behind-the-scenes documentary Through the Anomaly written and directed by Primeval star Andrew-Lee Potts as part of a weekend devoted to the series in June. The documentary is featured on the Primeval Series 2 DVD, but has not been broadcast on TV before. It was filmed over five months as Potts trailed the production crew on the ITV1 show's second series.
Potts speaks to fellow cast members about coming back for a second series, interviews the crew and visits the factory where the first prototypes of the show's action figures are produced, including one based on his character, Connor Temple.
The quirky documentary will form the climax of a Primeval weekend in June, during which ITV3 will repeat both series as well as a documentary made for ITV3 about the first series. (credit goes to imdb user RomaApollo2 for this information).
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May 12th 2008
According to this month's TVZone magazine, Adrian Hodges has confirmed that Ramon Tikaram, who played Mick, the journalist in Primeval Series 2, episode 6 will be returning in a two-part episode for Primeval Series 3.
May 9th 2008
Geek Syndicate have published an interview with James Moran, one of the writers for Series 3. They asked James:
Are you having fun with Primeval?
Yeah, I’m pretty much finished. We had the read through last week, which was good fun, and I think they’re filming it in a couple of weeks. I can relax now!
Do you have a breathe out moment?
Yeah, pretty much. You’re sort of working on it non-stop, and then there comes a point where they say thanks for that.
Primeval is another effects-driven show. What kind of constraints do they put upon you, or is their space to let your imagination run wild?
Kind of. They give you a rough outline. They work out most of the series ahead of time. They give you an outline, and what your creature is.
Read more from the interview here.
May 2nd 2008
Last month, Radio Times online also featured an interview with Tim Haines and Adrian Hodges. It's very similar to the other interviews, but does include this paragraph about Lester and Connor.
He's (Lester) a great character, I love writing for Lester. I think I can say he'll be getting just slightly closer to Connor than he ever really intended to, though, which he'll not be very happy about…
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April 29th 2008
There is now a second gallery of Primeval in Print for Series 2. All Series 2 galleries and episode guide galleries have recently been updated.
April 23rd 2008
Belinda Stewart-Wilson (Ben Miller's wife) will be joining Primeval series 3 as new regular Christine Johnson.
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April 22nd 2008
The main Primeval section has changed slightly. Hopefully it is now easier to navigate. The merchandise gallery has also been updated.
April 18th 2008
Jason Flemyng and Laila Rouass have joined the cast of Primeval for Series 3, which entered production on April 14th. 41-year-old Flemyng, best known for roles in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and Stardust, will play Danny Quinn - 'a maverick policeman drawn into the mystery by the death of his brother' Laila Rouass, who played Amber in Footballers' Wives, will take on the role of Egyptologist Sarah Page.
New monsters to be seen during the third season's ten episodes, to be broadcast in early 2009, include the fearsome Giganotosaurus, a demonic crocodile Pristichampus and the dragon Dracorex.
Although Tim Haines and Adrian Hodges denied that James Murray's character Stephen would be resurrected for Series 3 in an interview for this website in March 2008 (read here), there is still some speculation that the character will be returning after all.
April 7th 2008
If you have been looking for the Primeval Series 2 article re. the filming of episode 1 in John Lewis. It is now on this website.
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March 31st 2008
Primeval Series 3 begins filming on April 14th 2008. Douglas Henshall begins filming on week beginning May 11th 2008.
March 28th 2008
A reminder that PRIMEVAL: SHADOW OF THE JAGUAR was published by Titan Books on March 21st 2008. Written by Steve Saville, SCRIBE nominated author of tie-ins for Torchwood, Star Wars and Dr. Who, the first of Titan’s novels PRIMEVAL novels, plunges Cutter and the team into the Peruvian rain forest for a thrilling prehistoric ride!
These exciting new hardback novels propose to carry Professor Cutter and his team to places and situations beyond the television series, exploring new levels of adventure in the Primeval universe and are the perfect way for fans to immerse themselves in the show, and a great chance for those who’ve missed the series to jump on board.
More info from Titan Books and the chance to win Primeval Merchandise
Primeval has been nominated for two Bafta Craft Awards for Titles and Visual Effects.
More info. from the official Bafta website
March 26th 2008
After the end of Primeval Series Two many of you have been asking questions about what’s going to happen next. Earlier today Douglashenshall.com, along with some other Primeval fansites, were invited down to the ITV head offices in London for a chat with the Primeval creators, Adrian Hodges and Tim Haines, about the show and to hear some spoilers for the upcoming series.
Read the interview here
March 25th 2008
In today's Times 2, Douglas Henshall talks about Primeval. The articles states that Primeval Series 3 is to be filmed later this year:
Henshall can afford to lose a few quid these days, having made his name in Primeval. After two series, with a third to be filmed later this year, he has learnt to live with being stopped in the street by small, excitable boys. “People say nice things so I don't mind the attention.” If he ever gets too big for his boots he only needs to look at the sales figures of his Professor Cutter action figure scale model to be brought down to earth. “I'm quite sure it is not the bestselling figure from the series.”
Douglas says he would like to work in the US:
“ I got a US manager and will go back when Primeval goes out. It looks like they spend money on stuff out there whereas here we don't like giving money to people. Here we go: Here's a fiver. If you can make it for that, fine. If you can't, ......!' They invest in success. When we have a success, we try to make it quicker and cheaper and worse.”
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