Prehistoric Park

Prehistoric Park is a docu-fiction television miniseries that premiered on ITV on July 22, 2006 and Animal Planet on October 29, 2006. The program was produced by Impossible Pictures, who also created Walking with Dinosaurs, narrated by David Jason and hosted by Nigel Marven. The US version was narrated by Jim Forbes.

Story
The story is told in the style of a documentary and focuses on Nigel Marven leading missions to find and collect extinct animals from the distant past by use of a time machine. The animals are then placed in the confines of Prehistoric Park, a private wildlife park that is situated in a dry, mountainous region of an unspecified part of the world. Marven's core motivation in the series is to defy extinction and to give select extinct species a second chance at life.

Characters

 * Nigel Marven as himself, the main presenter of the show.
 * Rod Arthur as Bob, the long-suffering head keeper at the park. In charge of feeding, cleaning and controlling the animals in the park.
 * Suzanne McNabb as herself, the head veterinarian. Responsible for treating animals when they're sick or injured.
 * Morgan Williams as Ben, one of Nigel's crew. Four Mei long attacked him for meat in his backpack. Introduced in episode 3.
 * Saba Douglas-Hamilton as herself, a big cat specialist, whom Nigel invites back to catch Smilodon in episode 4.