"Walking with Cavemen" (2003) TV series

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

27 March 2003 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary | Short | History

Tagline:

Eye-to-eye with your ancestors.

Plot:

The great follow-up to 'Walking with Dinosaurs' and 'Walking with Beasts', presented by Professor Robert Winston, explains the story of human evolution.

Plot Keywords:

Evolution | Caveman | Educational Program | Reenactment | Natural History

Cast

Robert Winston	...	Himself - Presenter (4 episodes, 2003)
Alec Baldwin	...	Narrator (USA version) (4 episodes, 2003)
Christian Bradley	...	Various hominids (4 episodes, 2003)
Alex Palmer	...	Various hominids (4 episodes, 2003)
Oliver Parham	...	Various hominids (4 episodes, 2003)
David Rubin	...	Various hominids (4 episodes, 2003)
Florence Sparham	...	Various hominids (4 episodes, 2003)
Marva Alexander	...	Various hominids (3 episodes, 2003)
Rachel Essex	...	Various hominids (3 episodes, 2003)
Faroque Khan	...	Various hominids (3 episodes, 2003)
Suzanne Cave	...	Various hominids (2 episodes, 2003)
Ruth Dawes	...	Various hominids (2 episodes, 2003)
Anthony Taylor	...	Various hominids (2 episodes, 2003)
Badria Timimi	...	Various hominids (2 episodes, 2003)

Runtime:

UK:30 min (4 episodes) | USA:100 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:PG

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Walking with Monsters" (2005)

Not quite walking with the beasties.

Like a lot of people I was impressed with the previous "walking with" achievements. This one mostly uses real people and has a whole different feel to it. The acting is superb and you'll forget you're watching people in makeup and hairy suits. That said, there seems to be a constant problem with productions that portray early human ancestors. I guess there's a tendency to think ancient means crude and sloppy, and that's the way these beings are shown. Think brutish as in "Quest for Fire". Somehow I think smashing an egg in your hand and getting only a bit of it, stumbling around and wasting energy or wearing furs in the cold that look like they''ll fall off in a slight breeze isn't the way these guys survived to become you and me. Probably it's meant to show how different thay were from us, but I hope future attempts might use a little more imagination. Worth a look though.