work in Land of Giants and in the subsequent miniseries Sea Monsters, also part of the Walking with... series and produced by Impossible Pictures, Nigel Marven was nominated for a Royal Television Society Programme award in 2004 for best presenter (factual). Successor series Following Marven's work on The Giant Claw and Land of Giants, he was approached by Jasper James, producer of both episodes and director of Land of Giants, about the prospect of producing a standalone series where Marven travelled to different prehistoric seas and swam with ancient sea creatures. Marven was enthusiastic and agreed to partake in the project. The series, titled Sea Monsters, was announced by the BBC on 29 July 2003 and first aired in November the same year. In addition to Sea Monsters, both Marven and James returned to prehistory with the series Prehistoric Park, also created by Impossible Pictures. Prehistoric Park is unconnected to the Walking with... series and was produced by ITV, ProSieben, Animal Planet and M6. Marven starred in the series and James served as executive producer. Prehistoric Park took a year to film and first aired in July–August 2006. It is today considered a cult classic. Notes References External links BBC television documentaries Discovery Channel original programming Documentary television series about dinosaurs 2000s British documentary television series 2002 British television series debuts 2003 British television series endings Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program winners Television series by BBC Studios Walking with... pl:Wędrówki z dinozaurami#Powrót dinozaurów