# Brit dopers: Primeval series 4 premiere date?

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**Created:** [November 6, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dopers-primeval-series-4-premiere-date/559653 "2010-11-06T01:41:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dopers-primeval-series-4-premiere-date/559653/1 "2010-11-06T01:41:58Z")

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Has anyone seen any ads yet that say when series 4 starts airing? I’ve seen “December 2010 or January 2011” on a bunch of sites, but no actual premiere date. I was curious if it’s being advertised yet over there.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dopers-primeval-series-4-premiere-date/559653/2 "2010-11-06T01:46:59Z")

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The UK is notorious for not revealing exact air dates until as little as two weeks prior. I don’t think you’ll hear anything concrete until mid December.

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**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dopers-primeval-series-4-premiere-date/559653/3 "2010-11-06T08:19:47Z")

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Major series often start in the first couple of weeks of the new year. I would be surprised if they launched it in December, unless they are going to make a Christmas splash and show a couple of episodes over the holiday week.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dopers-primeval-series-4-premiere-date/559653/4 "2010-12-03T05:15:51Z")

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Thanks. If you hear anything, could you give this thread a bump?

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brit-dopers-primeval-series-4-premiere-date/559653/5 "2010-12-03T05:41:59Z")

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[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primeval) now says:

[QUOTE=Wikipedia]  
The first of the two new series will start airing on New Year’s Day on ITV1 in the UK and on BBC America in the US. Series 5 is currently being filmed and will air later in 2011 on Watch then will be shown on ITV1 in 2012.  
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