The real-life experience with the most extraordinary creatures that ever lived. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh , although the content of this series contains many facts, there will be some gaps to fill whether it's down to the skin detail of the creatures, their size or what sound each one makes. However, it does make for entertaining viewing, albeit one episode at a time and not all at one go. The quality of the picture on view, with an enormous amount of CGI effects, is certainly not in dispute. You will come across the occasional surround-sound moment, but these are unintentional.
Narration is clear and the dinosaurs' roars are very loud indeed.
These are meant to be optional, but on my Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player they're mandatory, which is rather a pain as I'd like to switch them off to see what they're obscuring. Brilliantly colourful and animated with dinos hopping about on the main menu. Note that from August 2000, the BBC are running a new series, Living with Dinosaurs , presented by David Attenborough .