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Witness
life, death and drama from millions of years ago, and see
the incredible history of human evolution unfold. This unique
series tells the story of how a powerful cocktail of distinctive
traits combined to produce an animal that came to dominate
the world. That animal is, of course, us: Homo sapiens, and
this is the chance to journey with our ancestors...
After
the spectacular Walking With Dinosaurs, the BBC's Walking
With Beasts (or Walking With Prehistoric Beasts
if you're American) was a huge disappointment. So, the prospect
of another Walking With series left me somewhat uncertain
as to what to expect.
Walking
With Caveman, however, is a spectacular return to form.
Robert Winston replaces Kenneth
Branagh as the series presenter. But this time around instead
of a simple voice over Winston journeys back in time sharing
the same space as the creatures - an excellent way of adding
an element of humour. Unlike
previous instalments, Winston constantly points out that the
events shown are only based on the scientific information
we currently hold - which is sketchy at best.
This
series is only four episodes in length (compared with six
episodes in the previous Walking With series) and so
you'd expect to find a lot more additional material. While
there are some impressive extras, there is not that much than
on previous discs - but then this is a single disc release.
So
what extras do you get? There are the usual fact files and
photo gallery. But there is also the inclusion of the original
score - which I was impressed by. Alan
Parker's music to this series is also worthy of note. While
the general background tracks may not be as rousing as Ben
Bartlett's earlier orchestrations for the previous Walking
With soundtracks, his main theme, and in particular Lucy's
Death track are very memorable.
Also
included are several interviews with crew members of the series
as well as a couple of short interviews with cast members
- which are brilliant. In the make-up chair one actress explains
her method acting - which I found very funny (she's wearing
a prosthetic mask for goodness sake. Surely not that much
acting talent is required). There is also a fantastically
funny 'Lunch with the boiseo' which sees two cast members
trying to eat their lunch while in full make-up.
A
great collection of a wonderful series.
Darren
Rea
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