# List of Primeval episodes

This is a list of episodes for the British television drama series Primeval. It premiered on ITV on 10 February 2007 and ran for five series and 36 episodes in total. It was cancelled in June 2009 after the third series, with the network stating it was struggling to fund any more original programming. On 29 September 2009, the station announced it had formed a deal with the digital channels Watch, BBC America, and German broadcaster Pro7, to recommission the programme for the fourth and fifth series. Series 5 of six episodes began on 24 May 2011 on digital channel Watch and was repeated on ITV from 16 June 2012.

## Series overview

The first series revolves around "the team" forming, following several creature attacks in the Forest of Dean, as well as Nick Cutter's search for Helen Cutter, his missing wife, who had suddenly reappeared after eight years. Throughout the series, Nick becomes romantically involved with James Lester's PA, Claudia Brown. In the first series' finale Cutter travels through a time anomaly, and upon his return he discovers that Claudia Brown no longer exists, and the timeline has changed. In Series 2, Cutter adjusts to the new timeline while hunting for a traitor in the group. It marks the last appearance of the character Stephen Hart, who dies at the end of the series. In the third series, Cutter is killed, while Jason Flemyng joins the cast as Police Officer Danny Quinn. Ben Mansfield also joins as Captain Becker, the team's armed support, replacing Stephen Hart. The climax has Connor, Abby, and Quinn pursuing Helen through anomalies to prevent her exterminating the human ancestors. They succeed, Helen is killed, but they remain trapped in past eras.
A year later, both in real and series time, Series 4 began (introduced by a webisode prologue) with Lester now reporting to an industrialist, Philip Burton, who has secret plans to use anomalies, and with a new team leader, Matt Anderson. Abby, and Connor return and have to win back their places on the team.
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Originally released | Average UK viewers (millions) |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Network | Average UK viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 February 2007 (2007-02-10) | 17 March 2007 (2007-03-17) | ITV | 6.39 |
| 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 January 2008 (2008-01-12) | 23 February 2008 (2008-02-23) | ITV | 6.29 |
| 3 | 10 | 10 | 28 March 2009 (2009-03-28) | 6 June 2009 (2009-06-06) | ITV | 4.99 |
| 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) | 5 February 2011 (2011-02-05) | ITV | 4.03 |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 May 2011 (2011-05-24) | 28 June 2011 (2011-06-28) | Watch | 0.67 |

## Episodes
### Series 1 (2007)

| No. overall | No. in series | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | Episode 1 "Leapin' Lizards" | Cilla Ware | Adrian Hodges | 10 February 2007 (2007-02-10) | 7.09 |
| 2 | 2 | Episode 2 "Underground Infestation" | Cilla Ware | Adrian Hodges | 17 February 2007 (2007-02-17) | 6.29 |
| 3 | 3 | Episode 3 "Helen Makes Contact" | Cilla Ware | Adrian Hodges | 24 February 2007 (2007-02-24) | 6.17 |
| 4 | 4 | Episode 4 "Dodo Madness" | Jamie Payne | Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle | 3 March 2007 (2007-03-03) | 5.81 |
| 5 | 5 | Episode 5 "Pter-able News" | Jamie Payne | Chris Lang | 10 March 2007 (2007-03-10) | 6.46 |
| 6 | 6 | Episode 6 "Future Foe" | Jamie Payne | Adrian Hodges | 17 March 2007 (2007-03-17) | 6.52 |

### Series 2 (2008)

| No. overall | No. in series | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 7 | 1 | Episode 1 "Jurassic Mall" | Jamie Payne | Adrian Hodges | 12 January 2008 (2008-01-12) | 6.32 |
| 8 | 2 | Episode 2 "Mealworms, Indeed" | Andrew Gunn | Adrian Hodges | 19 January 2008 (2008-01-19) | 6.05 |
| 9 | 3 | Episode 3 "Catfight" | Jamie Payne | Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle | 26 January 2008 (2008-01-26) | 6.27 |
| 10 | 4 | Episode 4 "Underwater Menace" | Jamie Payne | Cameron McAllister | 2 February 2008 (2008-02-02) | 6.39 |
| 11 | 5 | Episode 5 "Silurian Sands" | Andrew Gunn | Ben Court and Caroline Ip | 9 February 2008 (2008-02-09) | 6.33 |
| 12 | 6 | Episode 6 "Traitor Revealed" | Nick Murphy | Paul Cornell | 16 February 2008 (2008-02-16) | 6.44 |
| 13 | 7 | Episode 7 "Concrete Menagerie" | Nick Murphy | Adrian Hodges | 23 February 2008 (2008-02-23) | 6.20 |

### Series 3 (2009)

| No. overall | No. in series | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 14 | 1 | Episode 1 "Crocodile Fears" | Tony Mitchell | Steve Bailie | 28 March 2009 (2009-03-28) | 5.89 |
| 15 | 2 | Episode 2 "Haunted House" | Cilla Ware | James Moran | 4 April 2009 (2009-04-04) | 4.94 |
| 16 | 3 | Episode 3 "Medical Mayhem" | Tony Mitchell | Mike Cullen | 11 April 2009 (2009-04-11) | 3.28 |
| 17 | 4 | Episode 4 "A Gigantic Problem" | Mark Everest | Paul Mousley | 18 April 2009 (2009-04-18) | 4.97 |
| 18 | 5 | Episode 5 "Future Epidemic" | Mark Everest | Catherine Linstrum and Paul Mousley | 25 April 2009 (2009-04-25) | 5.20 |
| 19 | 6 | Episode 6 "For the Birds" | Cilla Ware | Paul Farrell | 2 May 2009 (2009-05-02) | 5.27 |
| 20 | 7 | Episode 7 "Dragon Tales" | Richard Curson Smith | Andrew Rattenbury | 9 May 2009 (2009-05-09) | 5.34 |
| 21 | 8 | Episode 8 "Oh, Brother" | Richard Curson Smith | Cameron McAllister | 16 May 2009 (2009-05-16) | 5.13 |
| 22 | 9 | Episode 9 "Herd Logic" | Matthew Thompson | Paul Farrell | 23 May 2009 (2009-05-23) | 4.97 |
| 23 | 10 | Episode 10 "The Chase Continues" | Matthew Thompson | Steve Bailie | 6 June 2009 (2009-06-06) | 4.95 |

### Series 4 (2011)

| No. overall | No. in series | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 24 | 1 | Episode 1 "Back from the Cretaceous" | Mark Everest | Paul Mousley | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) | 4.45 |
| 25 | 2 | Episode 2 "Be Inconspicuous" | Mark Everest | Steve Bailie | 2 January 2011 (2011-01-02) | 3.29 |
| 26 | 3 | Episode 3 "Lockdown" | Cilla Ware | Debbie Oates | 8 January 2011 (2011-01-08) | 4.17 |
| 27 | 4 | Episode 4 "Breakfast Club" | Cilla Ware | Paul Gerstenberger | 15 January 2011 (2011-01-15) | 4.15 |
| 28 | 5 | Episode 5 "The Worm" | Robert Quinn | Adrian Hodges & John Fay | 22 January 2011 (2011-01-22) | 4.21 |
| 29 | 6 | Episode 6 "The Brave Bridge" | Robert Quinn | Matthew Parkhill | 29 January 2011 (2011-01-29) | 3.83 |
| 30 | 7 | Episode 7 "Surprising Visit" | Mark Everest | Paul Mousley | 5 February 2011 (2011-02-05) | 4.09 |

### Series 5 (2011)

| No. overall | No. in series | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 31 | 1 | Episode 1 "Matt's Secret" | Mark Everest | Chris Lang | 24 May 2011 (2011-05-24) | 0.857 (Watch) 2.55 (ITV) |
| 32 | 2 | Episode 2 "The Submarine" | Robert Quinn | Steve Bailie | 31 May 2011 (2011-05-31) | 0.761 (Watch) 1.77 (ITV) |
| 33 | 3 | Episode 3 "In The Good Old Days" | Robert Quinn | Paul Mousley & Gabbie Asher | 7 June 2011 (2011-06-07) | 0.755 (Watch) 1.85 (ITV) |
| 34 | 4 | Episode 4 "The Prototype" | Robert Quinn | Helen Raynor | 14 June 2011 (2011-06-14) | 0.650 (Watch) 1.59 (ITV) |
| 35 | 5 | Episode 5 "The End of the Future: Part 1" | Cilla Ware | Michael A. Walker | 21 June 2011 (2011-06-21) | 0.477 (Watch) 1.79 (ITV) |
| 36 | 6 | Episode 6 "The End of the Future: Part 2" | Cilla Ware | Steve Bailie & Adrian Hodges | 28 June 2011 (2011-06-28) | 0.496 (Watch) 1.38 (ITV) |

## Webisodes (2010)

ITV released a series of 5 webisodes on 23 December 2010, 2–4 minutes long, written by Sarah Dollard, that provided background to the upcoming series 4.
| Webisode No. | Episode | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| W1 | Episode 1 | Tim Bradley | Sarah Dollard | 23 December 2010 (2010-12-23) |
| Interview with James Lester and Captain Becker about the disappearance of team members (at the end of series 3). Introduction of Jess Parker as team coordinator with Matt Anderson and Phillip. Sarah Page's death is revealed. |||||
| W2 | Episode 2 | Tim Bradley | Sarah Dollard | 23 December 2010 (2010-12-23) |
| Becker arrives at the new ARC HQ. New team leader Matt Anderson is shown to have a secret agenda, reporting to "Gideon". |||||
| W3 | Episode 3 | Tim Bradley | Sarah Dollard | 23 December 2010 (2010-12-23) |
| Matt Anderson begins work at the ARC and meets the team. |||||
| W4 | Episode 4 | Tim Bradley | Sarah Dollard | 23 December 2010 (2010-12-23) |
| Matt addresses and impresses the newly formed ARC team. |||||
| W5 | Episode 5 | Tim Bradley | Sarah Dollard | 23 December 2010 (2010-12-23) |
| The team successfully deals with creature attacks. Matt reports to an impatient Gideon. |||||