List of Primeval episodes

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This is a list of episodes for the British television drama series Primeval . It premiered on ITV on 10 February 2007 and ran for five series and 36 episodes in total. It was cancelled in June 2009 after the third series, with the network stating it was struggling to fund any more original programming. On 29 September 2009, the station announced it had formed a deal with the digital channels Watch, BBC America, and German broadcaster Pro7, to recommission the programme for the fourth and fifth series. Series 5 of six episodes began on 24 May 2011 on digital channel Watch [1] and was repeated on ITV from 16 June 2012. [2] [3]

Contents

Series overview

The first series revolves around "the team" forming, following several creature attacks in the Forest of Dean, as well as Nick Cutter's search for Helen Cutter, his missing wife, who had suddenly reappeared after eight years. Throughout the series, Nick becomes romantically involved with James Lester's PA, Claudia Brown. In the first series' finale Cutter travels through a time anomaly, and upon his return he discovers that Claudia Brown no longer exists, and the timeline has changed. In Series 2, Cutter adjusts to the new timeline while hunting for a traitor in the group. It marks the last appearance of the character Stephen Hart, who dies at the end of the series. In the third series, Cutter is killed, while Jason Flemyng joins the cast as Police Officer Danny Quinn. Ben Mansfield also joins as Captain Becker, the team's armed support, replacing Stephen Hart. The climax has Connor, Abby, and Quinn pursuing Helen through anomalies to prevent her exterminating the human ancestors. They succeed, Helen is killed, but they remain trapped in past eras.

A year later, both in real and series time, Series 4 began (introduced by a webisode prologue) with Lester now reporting to an industrialist, Philip Burton, who has secret plans to use anomalies, and with a new team leader, Matt Anderson. Abby, and Connor return and have to win back their places on the team.

SeriesEpisodesOriginally releasedAverage UK viewers
(millions)
First releasedLast releasedNetwork
1 610 February 2007 (2007-02-10)17 March 2007 (2007-03-17) ITV 6.39
2 712 January 2008 (2008-01-12)23 February 2008 (2008-02-23)6.29
3 1028 March 2009 (2009-03-28)6 June 2009 (2009-06-06)4.99
4 71 January 2011 (2011-01-01)5 February 2011 (2011-02-05)4.03
5 624 May 2011 (2011-05-24)28 June 2011 (2011-06-28) Watch 0.67

Episodes

Series 1 (2007)

No.
overall
No. in
series
EpisodeDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateUK viewers
(millions) [4]
11Episode 1
"Leapin' Lizards"
Cilla Ware Adrian Hodges 10 February 2007 (2007-02-10)7.09
22Episode 2
"Underground Infestation"
Cilla WareAdrian Hodges17 February 2007 (2007-02-17)6.29
33Episode 3
"Helen Makes Contact"
Cilla WareAdrian Hodges24 February 2007 (2007-02-24)6.17
44Episode 4
"Dodo Madness"
Jamie Payne Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle 3 March 2007 (2007-03-03)5.81
55Episode 5
"Pter-able News"
Jamie Payne Chris Lang 10 March 2007 (2007-03-10)6.46
66Episode 6
"Future Foe"
Jamie PayneAdrian Hodges17 March 2007 (2007-03-17)6.52

Series 2 (2008)

No.
overall
No. in
series
EpisodeDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateUK viewers
(millions) [4]
71Episode 1
"Jurassic Mall"
Jamie Payne Adrian Hodges 12 January 2008 (2008-01-12)6.32
82Episode 2
"Mealworms, Indeed"
Andrew Gunn Adrian Hodges19 January 2008 (2008-01-19)6.05
93Episode 3
"Catfight"
Jamie Payne Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle 26 January 2008 (2008-01-26)6.27
104Episode 4
"Underwater Menace"
Jamie PayneCameron McAllister2 February 2008 (2008-02-02)6.39
115Episode 5
"Silurian Sands"
Andrew GunnBen Court and Caroline Ip9 February 2008 (2008-02-09)6.33
126Episode 6
"Traitor Revealed"
Nick Murphy Paul Cornell 16 February 2008 (2008-02-16)6.44
137Episode 7
"Concrete Menagerie"
Nick MurphyAdrian Hodges23 February 2008 (2008-02-23)6.20

Series 3 (2009)

No.
overall
No. in
series
EpisodeDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateUK viewers
(millions) [4]
141Episode 1
"Crocodile Fears"
Tony Mitchell Steve Bailie28 March 2009 (2009-03-28)5.89
152Episode 2
"Haunted House"
Cilla Ware James Moran 4 April 2009 (2009-04-04)4.94
163Episode 3
"Medical Mayhem"
Tony MitchellMike Cullen11 April 2009 (2009-04-11)3.28
174Episode 4
"A Gigantic Problem"
Mark EverestPaul Mousley18 April 2009 (2009-04-18)4.97
185Episode 5
"Future Epidemic"
Mark Everest Catherine Linstrum and Paul Mousley25 April 2009 (2009-04-25)5.20
196Episode 6
"For the Birds"
Cilla WarePaul Farrell2 May 2009 (2009-05-02)5.27
207Episode 7
"Dragon Tales"
Richard Curson Smith Andrew Rattenbury9 May 2009 (2009-05-09)5.34
218Episode 8
"Oh, Brother"
Richard Curson SmithCameron McAllister16 May 2009 (2009-05-16)5.13
229Episode 9
"Herd Logic"
Matthew ThompsonPaul Farrell23 May 2009 (2009-05-23)4.97
2310Episode 10
"The Chase Continues"
Matthew ThompsonSteve Bailie6 June 2009 (2009-06-06)4.95

Series 4 (2011)

No.
overall
No. in
series
EpisodeDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateUK viewers
(millions) [4]
241Episode 1
"Back from the Cretaceous"
Mark EverestPaul Mousley1 January 2011 (2011-01-01)4.45
252Episode 2
"Be Inconspicuous"
Mark EverestSteve Bailie2 January 2011 (2011-01-02)3.29
263Episode 3
"Lockdown"
Cilla WareDebbie Oates8 January 2011 (2011-01-08)4.17
274Episode 4
"Breakfast Club"
Cilla WarePaul Gerstenberger15 January 2011 (2011-01-15)4.15
285Episode 5
"The Worm"
Robert Quinn Adrian Hodges & John Fay 22 January 2011 (2011-01-22)4.21
296Episode 6
"The Brave Bridge"
Robert QuinnMatthew Parkhill29 January 2011 (2011-01-29)3.83
307Episode 7
"Surprising Visit"
Mark EverestPaul Mousley5 February 2011 (2011-02-05)4.09

Series 5 (2011)

No.
overall
No. in
series
EpisodeDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateUK viewers
(millions) [5]
311Episode 1
"Matt's Secret"
Mark Everest Chris Lang 24 May 2011 (2011-05-24)0.857 (Watch)  2.55 (ITV)
322Episode 2
"The Submarine"
Robert QuinnSteve Bailie31 May 2011 (2011-05-31)0.761 (Watch)  1.77 (ITV)
333Episode 3
"In The Good Old Days"
Robert QuinnPaul Mousley & Gabbie Asher7 June 2011 (2011-06-07)0.755 (Watch)  1.85 (ITV)
344Episode 4
"The Prototype"
Robert Quinn Helen Raynor 14 June 2011 (2011-06-14)0.650 (Watch)  1.59 (ITV)
355Episode 5
"The End of the Future: Part 1"
Cilla Ware Michael A. Walker 21 June 2011 (2011-06-21)0.477 (Watch)  1.79 (ITV)
366Episode 6
"The End of the Future: Part 2"
Cilla WareSteve Bailie & Adrian Hodges 28 June 2011 (2011-06-28)0.496 (Watch)  1.38 (ITV)

Webisodes (2010)

ITV released a series of 5 webisodes [6] on 23 December 2010, 2–4 minutes long, written by Sarah Dollard, that provided background to the upcoming series 4.

Webisode
No.
EpisodeDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
W1Episode 1Tim Bradley Sarah Dollard 23 December 2010 (2010-12-23)
Interview with James Lester and Captain Becker about the disappearance of team members (at the end of series 3). Introduction of Jess Parker as team coordinator with Matt Anderson and Phillip. Sarah Page's death is revealed. [7]
W2Episode 2Tim BradleySarah Dollard23 December 2010 (2010-12-23)
Becker arrives at the new ARC HQ. New team leader Matt Anderson [7] is shown to have a secret agenda, reporting to "Gideon". [7]
W3Episode 3Tim BradleySarah Dollard23 December 2010 (2010-12-23)
Matt Anderson begins work at the ARC and meets the team.
W4Episode 4Tim BradleySarah Dollard23 December 2010 (2010-12-23)
Matt addresses and impresses the newly formed ARC team.
W5Episode 5Tim BradleySarah Dollard23 December 2010 (2010-12-23)
The team successfully deals with creature attacks. Matt reports to an impatient Gideon.

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General references that apply to most episodes