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
Primeval News Series 3 - and Site Updates - March 28th 2008 - August 22nd 2008
Primeval News Series 3 - and Site Updates - August 27th 2008 - December 26th 2008
The first four pictures in the Nick Cutter Primeval 3 gallery are now hi resolution, including the team picture.
The Primeval press release interview with Douglas Henshall can be found here. Press interviews with other cast members can be found in the Primeval interviews section.
Geek syndicate have a podcast interview with writer Adrian Hodges, in which he is very complimentary to Dougie and his acting and the way he has approached the role of Nick Cutter.
More info.
March 18th 2009
It is now official, Primeval Series 3 will be broadcast on ITV1 on the March 28th 2009 from 7.20 - 8.20 p.m
ITV's official site has now been updated with interviews, including a video interview with Dougie, character guides and interactive games.,
More info.
Primeval is made by Impossible Pictures for ITV and ProSieben (Germany) and distributed by BBC Network. Dougie has many fans in Germany, who must be very excited that they will be able to see episodes of Primeval Series 3, five days ahead of fans in the UK, ProSieben begins broadcasting Series 3 on Monday March 23rd 2009 from 9.15 - 10.15pm.
More info.
The third edition of All About Primeval magazine is published today. It contains a lot of info. about the new characters and creatures in Series 3 and a poster of this picture of Douglas Henshall in Series 2. Find it in the children's magazine section of your local newsagent or supermarket.
March 17th 2009
Who is the fourth new character seen in the Primeval series 3 trailer? It's Christine Johnson, a high-ranking government official who hassles the team (played by Belinda Stewart-Wilson, the real-life wife of co-star Ben Miller.)
The Primeval merchandise page has been updated and now features Douglas Henshall on Primeval birthday cards, T-shirts and a school lunchbox and flask.
March 16th 2009
Website news is now on twitter
Primeval Series 3 is due to be released on DVD on June 1st 2009. There were also be a boxed set available containing all three series.
March 14th 2009
The official Primeval site at Impossible Pictures, now has a full length trailer for Primeval series 3. It also lists all the Primeval merchandise available, which now includes watches and clocks and will soon include a range of clothing.
More info.
Thank you to 'Superbjorn' for this link.
March 13th 2009
Extracts from the interview in the current issue of SFX magazine have been added to the Primeval interviews section. More pictures of Douglas Henshall have been added to the Primeval 3 gallery and there are now galleries featuring other Primeval 3 cast members. See Primeval Galleries.
March 11th 2009
The April 2009 edition of SFX magazine, published today features an article about Primeval Series 3 and incudes pictures and interviews with Douglas Henshall and other cast members. The interviews took place during filming at the Royal Festival Hall in June last year.
More info.
March 9th 2009
Primeval Series 1 and 2 will be repeated weekdays on ITV2 at 7pm from March 11th till March 27th 2009.
More info.
March 4th 2009
There have been several requests from fans of the creatures in Primeval for scans from the poster of the pristichampsus. Here are two images:
image 1, image 2.
March 3rd 2009
According to itvmedia, Primeval, Series 3 is to be broadcast in the UK from March 28th - May 30th 2009.
More info.
March 1st 2009
Congratulations to Lucy Brown (Primeval's Jenny Lewis) on her recent engagement to Jeremy Wiseman. Lucy and Jeremy were interviewed for the Marriages and Engagements section of The Times Register yesterday (page 95). You can read the interview here.
For more info about Lucy Brown go to Lucy Brown, the Placeholder Page.
February 27th 2009
On February 18th 2009, Egmont published the second edition of All About Primeval magazine .This is currently available in newsagents and can be found on the childrens' magazines shelf. They are planning another issue on March18th 2009 and both issues tie in with Primeval series 3.
The magazine features Douglas Henshall as Nick Cutter on the cover and features Dougie in a Behind the Scenes Article from Series 2 (see Articles 2009). There is also a new picture of Dougie as Nick Cutter in Series 3 and a poster of the Primeval Series 3 cast (Dougie is shown here) plus a free gift of a jumping dino!
February 24th 2009
There is an interview with Ben Mansfield (Captain Becker) in the March 2009 issue of Attitude magazine, in which he says he was expecting Primeval Series 3 to be shown in January, but it's now likely to be March:
It’s a bit nerve racking cause I finished filming (Primeval) about two months ago but the show is not coming out to March It’s........ ridiculous. It was meant to be in January, I was psyched up for that, and it’s just been exciting, exciting, exciting and then it stopped. I’m in limbo waiting for the phone to ring.”
Read the full article here, courtesy of msb66 at livejournal.com
February 23rd 2009
The following contains spoilers:
Here is the synopsis for Primeval Series 3 :episode 2, which is to be shown on the German TV channel ProSieben on Monday March 30th 2009 from 9.15pm - 10.15pm
Series 3 : Episode 2:
Fourteen years ago three boys broke into a house on an island. Two of them disappeared without trace. Cutter believes he is able to predict, on the basis of a model, where the next anomaly will appear, in the - now abandoned - building on the island. When Jenny, Abby and Connor turn up to check out the house they clash with Detective Constable Quinn, who is still looking for the murderer of his brother, who disappeared at the same time as the two boys.
February 14th 2009
According to the German website www.wunschliste.de , which is able to give details of television series 6 weeks in advance,Primeval series 3 is to be broadcast on ProSieben on Monday March 23rd from 9.15pm.- 10.15pm. They write:
The successful British TV series from "dinosaur" -maker Tim Haines goes into Series Three with three new things: new beasts out of past and the future, new team members and new insights into the mysterious anomalies. Only one thing is excluded: Boredom!
with Douglas Henshall (Professor Nick Cutter), Lucy Brown (Claudia Brown/Jenny Lewis), Andrew lee Potts (Connor Temple), Hannah Spearritt (Abby Maitland), Juliet Aubrey (Helen Cutter), Ben Miller (Sir James Lester), Jason Flemyng (Danny Quinn), Laila Rouass (Sarah Page), Ben Mansfield (Captain Becker)
Thank you to Primeval fan ‘Rex’, who has provided this information together with a synopsis of the first episode:
Series 3: Episode 1
An anomaly appears in the "sun cage" , an Egyptian museum piece.
The young Egyptologist Doctor Sarah Page barely survives an attack of a crocodile-like creature (pristichampsus),which was revered by the ancient Egyptians as demon god Ammit (Ammit is a hybrid of three fierce Nile creatures: crocodile, lion, and hippo and was believed to devour the souls of the condemned in the ancient Egyptian religion).
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Connor discovers that the sun cage, which is made of magnetic stone, holds the anomaly.
After a hunt through London the primeval crocodile returns to the time it came from.
February 10th 2009
An interview with Douglas Henshall was published in the January 2009 issue of Starlog magazine. Of Primeval series 3 he says:
“I guess the main thing you can expect is that Helen isn’t finished yet. And there are some pretty big discoveries coming up early on, including the issue of what’s causing the anomalies in the first place. If you want to keep interest going in a series, you have to make some forward progress. But as far as storylines and stuff like that, if people were excited enough to watch Series One and Two, I don’t really want to give anymore away about Series Three.”
Read the full interview here.
Thank you to Virginia for this interview.
According to a spokesperson from ITV, Primeval is likely to be transmitted before the end of May. Unfortunately, they are not able to be more specific at this time.
February 4th 2009
BBC AMERICA today announced three highly anticipated sci-fi dramas: BBC AMERICA co-production Being Human and the acquisitions of Survivors and a new season of Primeval. All three shows will premiere later in 2009.
PRIMEVAL - U.S. PREMIERE
Sci-fi thriller Primeval roars back onto BBC AMERICA. When evolutionary zoologist Nick Cutter (Douglas Henshall) discovers prehistoric creatures alive and well in the present day, the natural world is turned on its head and humanity faces a threat to its very existence. Unexplained anomalies are ripping holes in the fabric of time, allowing creatures to roam the modern world. In the new season Cutter struggles with the death of his assistant and his wife’s betrayal, while the cloak of secrecy behind which they’ve been working is beginning to slip.
February 1st 2009
Primeval greeting cards and gift wrap paper is now available. Douglas Henshall as Nick Cutter is pictured on the gift wrap. You can view them in the new and updated Primeval Merchandise page.
January 30th 2009
In honour & rememberance of E-J, James Murray and Sarah Parish are embarking on a sponsored 2-day trek through the Vietnamese hill tribes of the Sapa Valley on February 6th 2009.
More info. http://www.justgiving.com/jimandsarahtrek
Here is a picture of the cast with Tony Mitchell, the director of Series 3, episodes 1 and 3. Tony writes that Pristichampsus (an ancient crocodile that walks on its hind legs) and Diictodons (beaver like creatures that play havoc with technology) are the two featured creatures in Ep 1 & 3 brought to life .
The Egyptian Room at The British Museum and The Royal Festival Hall, plus various other locations along the Thames, were the backdrop of the first episode which brought with it scale and production value rarely seen on television. He says that the shoot was fantastic fun made all the more enjoyable by the enthusiasm of the entire cast and that the series promises to be the best yet.
Although there is no provisional date yet for a DVD release of Primeval Series 3, the bbfc (British Board of Film Classification), have given Primeval Series 3 episode 1 a PG certificate and episodes 2 and 3 a 12 certificate. This is not only for the DVD, but also for online viewing.
According to this week's TVTimes (January 31st - February 6th 2009) page 5, Primeval Series 3 will be 'broadcast later this year'. ITV states that Primeval 3 will be shown in Spring 2009 and that broadcast dates will be announced 2 weeks in advance.
January 23rd 2009
Fans of Primeval will probably be aware that in mid January, James Murray (Stephen Hart) and his wife Sarah Parish lost their baby daughter Ella-Jayne. The eight month old little girl had suffered from a congenital heart disease from birth, and it is understood that this condition led to her passing away at the couple’s home two weeks ago.
A fund has been set up in Ella-Jayne’s memory, for 'Friends of PICU' (Southampton Intensive care unit), where you will also be able to send condolences to James and Sarah.
More info: www.justgiving.com/ella-jaynemurray
January 9th 2009
Some pictures of behind the scenes filming on Primeval series 3 at the Royal festival Hall have been released. These are thumbnails only, except for the final picture, which was previously published in the Primeval news section.
A website, which specialises in showing autographs of cult TV stars, features a signed photo of some of the cast of Primeval 3. The photo, which can be seen here features Helen Cutter in place of Sarah page.The original pictures can be seen on this non-sg5 autograph site.
The latest Primeval toy to be launched by character toys is an anomaly detector.
Four new high quality images have been added to Primeval Series 2 Gallery 1.