# Anybody watching Primeval? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146 "2009-06-27T04:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/21 "2009-07-13T20:06:50Z")
I started watching this on DVD and I like it, although many times I do a “WTF” when people will nonchalantly wander around a forest unarmed where they know a saber-toothed cat likes to stop for a gnosh or stroll through a mall having slushees when there’s raptors on the loose. I’m wondering why it was canceled, it seems like a fun show. Was the budget too big or did it just not get the ratings? ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/22 "2009-07-14T05:58:24Z")
> [@Meurglys](#): > > Initially it was a pretty amateur team; it was started by a professor and a postgrad student (iirc) together with a nerdy student who blagged his way on to the team, one was an assistant zookeeper, later on there was at least one PR flak, and an ex-policeman who also blagged his way on to the team… > > So, not really a hand-picked, fully trained team, more a serendipitous meeting of suitable talents! Umm, “blagged”? ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/23 "2009-07-14T07:12:28Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Umm, “blagged”? Sense 1 from [here.](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blag) He bullshitted his way in. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/24 "2009-07-14T09:50:35Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Umm, “blagged”? Inveigled. Cozened. Bullshitted. You know, blagged. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/25 "2009-07-14T14:57:08Z")
Blagged - what they said! > [@Wile\_E](#): > > I’m wondering why it was canceled, it seems like a fun show. Was the budget too big or did it just not get the ratings? The effects were expensive and ITV are cutting back on pre-watershed (i.e. shown before 9 p.m. and suitable for family viewing) drama because of falling advertising due to the recession. Fairly sure that’s the reason given, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/26 "2009-07-16T18:28:17Z")
Wow, that’s a shame. I’m really enjoying it and speeding through the disks so I will be done with the whole series in a week or two and knowing there is no more makes me a little sad. I’m a straight female but there is something fascinating about Helen Cutter’s bosoms. Whenever she is on screen the eye is drawn to her cleavage. They look like perfectly round spheres just balanced on her chest, I keep expecting them to just fall out of her shirt and roll around on the floor. I thought they might not be real but in a scene where she’s wearing a robe that shows a bit of skin her cleavage is gone and they seem a bit droopier. So that is some great bra she has, I’d like to know what kind and where she got it. But if I were an explorer running through various time periods being chased by big things that want me for lunch, I wouldn’t bother with a Miracle Bra or stuffing a push up bra with chicken cutlets, give me a good sports bra anytime. Then again I guess that’s how she is able to manipulate men. Really stupid men. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/27 "2009-07-17T06:14:15Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Wow, that’s a shame. I’m really enjoying it and speeding through the disks so I will be done with the whole series in a week or two and knowing there is no more makes me a little sad. > > I’m a straight female but there is something fascinating about Helen Cutter’s bosoms. Whenever she is on screen the eye is drawn to her cleavage. They look like perfectly round spheres just balanced on her chest, I keep expecting them to just fall out of her shirt and roll around on the floor. I thought they might not be real but in a scene where she’s wearing a robe that shows a bit of skin her cleavage is gone and they seem a bit droopier. So that is some great bra she has, I’d like to know what kind and where she got it. But if I were an explorer running through various time periods being chased by big things that want me for lunch, I wouldn’t bother with a Miracle Bra or stuffing a push up bra with chicken cutlets, give me a good sports bra anytime. Then again I guess that’s how she is able to manipulate men. Really stupid men. Ummmm, perhaps I need to view again with your comments? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/28 "2009-07-25T06:26:27Z")
Apparently, SyFy does not share my like of this show. It has been bumped off of prime time for reruns of Warehouse 13, but new eps are being shown 2 hours later. I hope that they at least continue to show new eps up to the bitter end. ---
**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/29 "2009-09-29T11:52:59Z")
For those wot enjoyed this show: > [@](#): > > Primeval has been recommissioned for two series under a new co-production deal between ITV and UKTV. > > The arrangement, which also involves BBC America and German broadcaster Pro7, is for a seven-episode fourth series and a six-episode fifth. > > ITV1 will premiere series four in early 2011, while Watch will have the first run of series five later that year. ITV1 will then broadcast series five. > > Stars Andrew Lee Potts, Hannah Spearitt, Ben Miller and Jason Flemyng will all return for the new batch of episodes. > > “I am thrilled that ITV has agreed to this new deal, which will allow us to produce another 13 episodes of Primeval,” said Tim Haines, creative director of Impossible Pictures. “The confidence demonstrated in the programme’s continued success here and abroad will help us bring more big screen action and a whole host of new creatures roaring back into people’s living rooms.” > > The announcement comes three months after ITV axed the series. [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a17...wo-series.html](http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a17...wo-series.html) So a few companies getting together to fund a little more of it. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/30 "2009-09-29T13:28:26Z")
That’s great news. I still have the last couple eps recorded, waiting to watch. So, I don’t know how it currently ends. This latest season is really over the top silly at times, though. Danny Quinn cracks me up how quickly he went from average cop to James Bond-level super agent overnight. Fun stuff though. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/31 "2009-09-29T13:50:58Z")
Yea! Thanks for posting the news. Currently they’re showing S3 nightly here, so I’m watching them all again (unless I’m doing, like, useful stuff!). Danny Quinn makes his first appearance tonight and it’s pissing down outside, so I expect that’s my early evening planned! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/32 "2009-09-29T14:23:53Z")
I’m glad about this. Without spoiling anything, the last episode of the third series left things unresolved. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/33 "2009-09-29T14:46:28Z")
Cool. I hated being left with a cliffhanger. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/34 "2009-09-29T15:13:10Z")
I liked the show. Especially the way they tried not to use dinosaurs every episode. Raptors? eh. Giant insects? Cool! Also, Hannah Spearitt, Lucy Brown, and especially Laila Rouass? NOM NOM NOM. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/35 "2010-03-15T00:41:11Z")
So…I gave up on this show at the beginning of season two, and I only started watching this show again in December after Andrew-Lee Potts (who I now have a huge crush on) was in syfy’s Alice and now I’ve seen all but the last two season three episodes. Upon a second viewing I **really** like this show, even if that poor baby raptor did get et. I’m very glad that they’re bringing the show back for two more seasons, though I wish there’d be more than 13 new episodes between them. Anyway, I was given a couple of B&N giftcards and bought [all four novels](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Primeval_books_and_novelisations#Novels_for_14.2B), which I haven’t read yet. Has anyone? Some of the **X-Files** novels were decent and some awful, so I’m not sure what to expect. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/36 "2010-03-16T20:06:38Z")
On 29 September 2009, it was announced that a deal had been struck between ITV, Watch, Impossible Pictures, German broadcaster Pro7 and BBC Worldwide to produce two new series of the show for transmission in 2011.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146/37 "2010-03-16T20:17:50Z")
Now if we could just get the Brits to lengthen their seasons/series. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-primeval/501146.md?page=1)