An adult and baby Pachyrhinosaurus can be seen nuzzling each other in first-look images from the new BBC series of Walking With Dinosaurs.
The award-winning programme, originally narrated by Oscar-winning film-maker and actor Sir Kenneth Branagh, is returning more than a quarter of a century after first being broadcast.
Each of the six episodes will tell the prehistoric story of an individual dinosaur whose remains are being unearthed by palaeontologists, and will use “cutting-edge science” to show, through the latest visual effects (VFX), how the reptiles lived, hunted, fought and died.
A VFX image shows an adult and baby Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai, nuzzling each other’s “nasal boss” – a mass at the front of their heads.
Another image shows a trio of Albertosauruses in the forested area of what is now Alberta, Canada.
Palaeontologists believe the reptile, a relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex which, the image shows, has short arms and fur-like feathers, hunted their prey in packs before devouring them with dozens of large, sharp teeth.
The original natural history-style documentary, which included computer simulations of dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Stegosaurus, won multiple awards including Emmys, Baftas and a Peabody and was a ratings hit, with more than 13 million viewers watching the first episode.
– Walking With Dinosaurs will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer later in 2025.
