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Walking with Dinosaurs makes a return on this week's Radio Times covers

After 25 years the dinosaurs are back – bigger, better, deadlier and more terrifying than ever.

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• Shem Law

Published: Tuesday, 20 May 2025 at 12:01 am

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It was over a quarter of a century ago that the first series of Walking with Dinosaurs aired on the BBC.

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In 1999 the computer-generated imagery used to bring the creatures to life was unknown outside of Hollywood movies and was a wonder to behold on the small screen.

Skip forward in time and the special effects used in the new series are equally jaw-dropping.

Starting with a real fossil find, each episode tells the life-and-death story of the creature to whom that bone once belonged.

In this week's Radio Times magazine you can read about how this new chapter was created and how the BBC crew had to withstand the harsh conditions of what was once the most dangerous place on the planet...

This new Walking with Dinosaurs will surely inspire a new generation of palaeontologists, just as the original did.

Also in this issue, make sure you read Brad Kella's remarkable story. Before winning The Piano he was homeless, having to move daily from hostel to hotel with his girlfriend and baby in Liverpool.

Now he's about to release an album of his original music that has a haunting, cinematic feel. For a young man who dreamt of writing film scores, that's quite an achievement.

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Covers: BBC Studios/Lola Post Production/Getty Images/Artwork - BBC Studios

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• Springwatch celebrates its 20th anniversary - so what new tricks and treats do Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan have to tempt us to watch this year?
• Prepare to shed a tear - it's the final of The Piano, the most uplifting talent show.
• Australian author Liane Moriarty has the knack of writing novels that make great TV dramas. So what's her secret?

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Shem Law

Shem Law is the brand editor of Radio Times, and the 20th person to hold that esteemed position in over 100 years. He wasn't allowed a television growing up, but over the years he has rather overcompensated for that fact.

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