Primeval Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

Primeval: Season 3 (2009)

  • Season 3 Episode 10: EPISODE: 10

    Danny, Connor and Abby journey back through time as they race to stop Helen from wiping out the whole of humanity, coming under attack from raptors and pterosaurs along the way. The former policeman follows Cutter's wife to the Rift Valley, where he finds a family of dead hominids and faces the prospect of arriving too late, as well as of being trapped in the past forever. Jason Flemyng stars

  • Season 3 Episode 9: EPISODE: 9

    Abby and Sarah race to save a civilian who is trapped in a tent when an anomaly opens at a campsite and releases a herd of embolotherium - seven tonne rhinoceros-type beasts from the Eocene. Danny arrives with a mysterious woman from the future who seems to have the power to stop the stampede, but the team discovers she has a dark secret. Jason Flemyng, Hannah Spearritt and Laila Rouass star

  • Season 3 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

    Jack sets out to uncover the truth about his sister's job, but soon finds himself under attack from a Megopteran, a huge carnivorous insect-like futuristic creature. Seeking refuge in a race car at a test track, he inadvertently drives it straight through an anomaly and into the future - leaving Abby and the team with little choice but to launch a perilous mission to save him. Hannah Spearritt stars

  • Season 3 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

    A wounded dinosaur, a Dracorex, appears when an anomaly opens in the middle of a car breaker's yard. Just as the team is trying to force it back, a medieval knight gallops through the portal, chasing what he believes to be a dragon. While Becker, Abby, Danny and Connor split up to pursue the dangerous beast and the fierce warrior, Sarah seizes the opportunity to step back in time. Hannah Spearritt and Laila Rouass star

  • Season 3 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

    A high-speed chase through the streets of London ensues when Christine Johnson and the military invade the ARC in search of a mysterious artefact. Forced to take refuge in an old hut in the woods, Abby, Sarah and the team's sense of safety is short-lived when an anomaly opens nearby and they find themselves besieged by giant terror birds. Elsewhere, Jack faces trouble of a different kind when he hosts a game of poker. Hannah Spearritt, Laila Rouass and Robert Lowe star

  • Season 3 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

    The team battles a deadly flesh-eating fungus that takes over any human it comes into contact with, turning the victims into a hideous shell of their former self. However, they face a race against time to destroy the creature before it spreads its lethal spores throughout the whole country, absorbing everyone it encounters and gaining in strength and momentum all the time. Starring Jason Flemyng and Hannah Spearritt

  • Season 3 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

    A Giganotosaurus appears when the biggest anomaly the team has encountered opens in an aircraft hangar. The giant creature smashes aside journalists keen to get a scoop, before playing cat and mouse with a 747 parked on the runway. A race to rescue the trapped crew from the rampaging predator ensues, with help coming from an unlikely source. Guest starring Nigel Marven, with Jason Flemyng

  • Season 3 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

    Disaster looms when diictodons, cute but dangerous burrowing creatures from the Permian era, threaten to chew through the power supply of a busy London hospital. Elsewhere, the ARC is attacked by an army of cleaner replicas from the future led by Helen, and Cutter faces his ultimate battle when confronted by his own clone. With Douglas Henshall and Hannah Spearritt

  • Season 3 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

    Jenny, Connor and Abby are sent to uncover the mystery surrounding a haunted house in which two teenagers died years earlier, and find themselves battling a terrifying camouflage creature from the future that can disguise itself until it is almost invisible - as well as a meddling detective. Hannah Spearritt and Jason Flemyng star

  • Season 3 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

    The team returns to battle more creatures from different dimensions, beginning with a crocodile-like monster from ancient Egypt that has broken through an anomaly at the British Museum. A race against time ensues as Cutter, Abby and new head of security Captain Becker chase the other-worldly animal through London, while Connor and museum archaeologist Sarah guard the anomaly. Former Footballers' Wives star Laila Rouass joins the cast

Primeval: Season 2 (2008)

  • Season 2 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

    With most of the team trapped in the bunker with the menagerie of future predators, Leek releases a Silurian sand scorpion at a busy beach and threatens to let loose more horrors. Stephen is the only one who can battle the scorpion, and as he does so Cutter and the others plot their escape - only to realise that if they do, they will unleash the creatures around them. Last in the series

  • Season 2 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

    Having discovered the ARC team have a traitor in their midst, Cutter is determined to unmask them, only for his plans to be interrupted when a giant mammoth appears on a busy motorway in broad daylight. The team rush to the site, and eventually manage to trap the beast in the back of a lorry - but suspiciously Stephen is nowhere to be seen. Douglas Henshall stars, with a guest appearance by Ramon Tikaram

  • Season 2 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

    When an 11-year-old girl wanders through an anomaly into a desert, ARC traitor Oliver Leek is first on the scene with a heavily armed team of mercenaries at his disposal - but they soon fall victim to deadly scorpions lying below the sand. Soon after, Cutter and Stephen also make their way through and manage to locate the girl, only to become stranded when the portal closes behind them. Douglas Henshall stars

  • Season 2 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

    An anomaly opens underwater, dragging a teenager into a flooded drain leading to a canal. As the team launch a frantic search, Jenny narrowly escapes with her life when her boat is attacked by a shark with a secret weapon in its jaws, pointing to it being another creature from the future. However, the youngster isn't so lucky, and while the rest of the team believe he was killed by the shark, Cutter isn't so sure, believing there's a different creature out there. Sci-fi drama, starring Douglas Henshall, Lucy Brown and Hannah Spearritt

  • Season 2 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

    The team's new anomaly detector fails on it's first outing as news reaches them of a vicious attack on a young paintballer at a nearby adventure park. Refusing to accept that the machine has failed, Cutter starts to think of a conventional explanation while Connor disgraces himself by accidentally shooting the park's mascot. When the real culprit is revealed, Cutter is forced to consider the possibility of human involvement as well as an anomaly. Douglas Henshall and Hannah Spearritt star

  • Season 2 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

    A sulphurous mist spreads through a newly built skyscraper in the city with mysterious creatures lurking beneath that attack the employees. The situation tests the nerve of new operations manager Jenny Lewis as events inside unfold and the team races to rescue trapped executives before it is too late. Connor sets out to develop an anomaly detector for the team to use, while Abby takes an instant dislike to his latest love interest. Douglas Henshall and Hannah Spearritt star

  • Season 2 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

    Cutter grapples with Claudia Brown's disappearance whilst struggling to adjust to working with her replacement - Oliver Leek. Meanwhile, the team try to re-capture a Utahraptor that's on the loose in the local shopping centre. First episode of the second series of the fantasy drama starring Douglas Henshall and Hannah Spearritt

Primeval: Season 1 (2007)

  • Season 1 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

    Helen returns and claims a predator from the future is behind a spate of disappearances, prompting her estranged husband to join her on a desperate race through time to prevent further attacks. Claudia is sceptical about the scheme - and it seems her concerns are well-founded when a showdown between creatures from the past and the future ensues. The first episode of series 2 can be seen at 7.00pm

  • Season 1 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

    The discovery of a murdererd golfer and an anomaly in the sky leads to a whole new set of problems for the team. As Abby and Connor investigate the latest sightings they come across a disturbing scene in the woods and Claudia finds herself at the mercy of a savage pack of prehistoric reptiles

  • Season 1 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

    Helen refuses to answer Lester's questions about the anomalies and manages to escape custody, leaving behind a flock of dodos - which are playing host to deadly parasites. One of the creatures bites Tom, giving him a compelling urge to attack - and prompting Cutter and the team to launch a desperate bid to prevent a pandemic. Fantasy drama, starring Juliet Aubrey and Ben Miller

  • Season 1 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

    Cutter tries to find the mobile anomaly through which an ancient sea monster has travelled to the 21st century, attacking two lifeguards and a young boy at a swimming pool. Meanwhile, Claudia's suspicions are confirmed when the body of a diver is found - with a message from Helen attached. Fantasy drama, starring Douglas Henshall and Lucy Brown

  • Season 1 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

    Cutter investigates an invasion of giant spiders on the Underground and soon finds himself confronted by a far more ferocious creature - the 15ft arthropleura, a prehistoric relative of the millipede. Stephen tries to save his old friend but is attacked in the process and has a vision of Helen, who delivers a message intended for her husband. Meanwhile, Abby is unimpressed by Connor's romantic overtures. Fantasy drama, starring Douglas Henshall and James Murray

  • Season 1 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

    New fantasy drama series, starring Douglas Henshall and former S Club singer Hannah Spearritt. Evolutionary zoologist Nick Cutter investigates a sighting of a mysterious animal and soon finds himself confronted by a gigantic creature believed to be extinct. As he enlists the help of his team to discover how it managed to travel to the 21st century, a deadly predator goes on the rampage

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