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"Ben Miller has claimed that he always knew Primeval would return to television. The actor, who plays James Lester in the sci-fi drama, told SFX that the show&amp;#039;s continued popularity meant that a revival was inevitable. &amp;quot;I have to say I never really believed it was the end of it,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s got such a following around the world that someone was going to decide to step in and do something with it.&amp;quot; He suggested that the show&amp;#039;s original cancellation was primarily caused by financial issues. &amp;quot;The problems were so much not to do with the show and just to do with the banking crisis,&amp;quot; he explained. Miller also revealed details about the upcoming fourth series, explaining that new character Philip Burton (Alexander Siddig) would be &amp;quot;a thorn in Lester&amp;#039;s side&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s horrible for Lester because before there was a fairly obvious hierarchy,&amp;quot; he admitted. &amp;quot;He reported to a minister and everybody else reported to him, but now he has this slightly shadowy billionaire character to report to.&amp;quot;  He continued: &amp;quot;Philip&amp;#039;s agenda is very much to do with the anomalies and scientifically exploiting them. He&amp;#039;s not really about protecting the public or worrying about what to do with all these creatures.&amp;quot; Primeval returns to ITV1 on January 1. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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