"Primeval" Not Extinct After All

[J.M. Vargas]

Revived from cancellation for two more seasons (13 episodes total) with the same cast, starting in early 2011: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8280734.stm

Series three attracted average audiences of about five million in its Saturday tea-time ITV slot.

But when ITV was forced to make drastic cuts of £40m in the channel's production budget, it looked like spelling the end of the special-effects laden series.

As part of the new deal, also part-funded by BBC Worldwide and Germany's Pro7, 13 new episodes will be split over the two series, with series four going out in early 2011.

Tim Haines, Creative Director of Impossible Picture, said: "I am thrilled that ITV has agreed to this new deal which will allow Impossible Pictures to produce another 13 episodes of Primeval.

[Ptolemy]

outstanding

[Paul Kile]

Now I just hope they can get back to the solid shows of the first and second seasons, and not emulate the rudderless offerings from the third season!

Maybe they could find a way to get Cutter back (trapped in another time, perhaps), and that would open the door to bring back the best subplot of them all - his wife Helen. And let's see more of Rex in the good CGI he was originally, not the fake clay puppet look of the last episodes.

[molly1216]

true cutter is a loss...but i a HUGE Jason Fleming fan so i am pleased...come on...it's got dinosaurs eating people now and then...where's the bad?