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An adult and juvenile Pachyrhinosaurus can be seen nuzzling each other in first look images from the new BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs.
The award-winning programme, originally narrated by Oscar-winning director and actor Sir Kenneth Branagh, returns more than a quarter of a century after it was first broadcast.
Each of the six episodes will tell the prehistoric story of an individual dinosaur whose remains were discovered by paleontologists, and will use “cutting-edge science” to show, through state-of-the-art visual effects (VFX), how the reptile lived, hunted, fought and died.
Among the dinosaurs featured is the plant-eating Pachyrhinosaurus, which is related to the Triceratops.
The visual effects image shows an adult and a baby dinosaur, Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai, caressing each other’s “nasal head” — a mass on the front of their heads.
Another photo shows three Albertasaur dinosaurs in a forest area in what is now Alberta, Canada.
Paleontologists believe that this reptile, a relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex, which has short arms and fur-like feathers, hunted its prey in groups before devouring them with dozens of large, sharp teeth.
Other stories told include that of the herbivore Losotitan, who lived in Portugal and was searching for a mate; Spinosaurus, the largest carnivorous dinosaur yet discovered, which was found in Morocco; and the North American Triceratops, which the show will show trying to fight off the dinosaur.
The original natural history-style documentary, which featured computer simulations of dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Stegosaurus, won numerous awards including Emmys, Baftas and Peabody and was a huge success, with the first episode watched by more than 13 million viewers.
Walking With Dinosaurs will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer later in 2025.