What is Planet Dinosaur?
{{Infobox television | genre = [[Television documentary|Documentary]] | creator = Nigel Paterson<br>Phil Dobree | writer = Nigel Paterson<br>Tom Brass | director = Nigel Paterson | creative_director = Phil Dobree | narrated = [[John Hurt]] | composer = Ilan Eshkeri | country = [[United Kingdom]] | language = [[English language|English]] | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 6 <!-- the number that have been broadcast --> | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Andrew Cohen | producer = Nigel Paterson | editor = Andy Walter | runtime = 30 minutes | company = Jellyfish Pictures | channel = [[BBC One]] | first_aired = {{start date|2011|09|14|df=y}} }} '''''Planet Dinosaur''''' is a six-part [[documentary]] [[television]] [[series]] produced by the [[BBC]], narrated by [[John Hurt]], first aired in the [[United Kingdom]] in 2011, produced by [[VFX]] [[studio]] Jellyfish Pictures. It is the first major [[dinosaur]]-related series for [[BBC One]] since ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]''. There are more than 50 different prehistoric [[species]] featured, and they and their [[environment]]s were created entirely as [[Computer-generated imagery|computer-generated images]], for only a third of the production cost that was needed a decade earlier for ''Walking with Dinosaurs''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014m55k|title=Planet Dinosaur|publisher=BBC One|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jellyfishpictures.co.uk/job/planet-dinosaur|title=Planet Dinosaur|publisher=Jellyfish Pictures|accessdate=2011-09-12|archive-date=2012-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302022959/http://www.jellyfishpictures.co.uk/job/planet-dinosaur|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/planet_dinosaur|title=Planet Dinosaur|publisher=CGSociety|accessdate=2011-09-19|archive-date=2011-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923184807/http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/planet_dinosaur|url-stat