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Production biographies

Impossible Pictures

Impossible Pictures is an Independent TV production company based in the UK and founded in 2002 by Tim Haines and Jasper James, the creators of Walking With Dinosaurs and Walking With Beasts.

Using ground-breaking computer graphics, each series consisted of six 30-minute programmes which were huge international successes.

The productions won a number of major television awards, including three Baftas and six primetime Emmys, as well as RTS, TRIC, Broadcast and Peabody Awards.

Walking With Dinosaurs is regarded as the most successful factual programme of all time, with an estimated audience of 375 million viewers.

In 2003, Impossible Pictures produced three CGI-laden documentaries called Giant Claw, Land Of Giants and Sea Monsters, featuring presenter Nigel Marven getting up close and personal with dinosaurs and extinct sea creatures.

These programmes also won a Bafta and an Emmy, with other nominations in the pipeline.

Impossible Pictures are active in entertainment and drama, particularly where there is an opportunity to use their special-effects expertise.

Following The Tamworth Two, more dramas are currently in development with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ as well as a major three-part documentary called Ocean Odyssey, which takes a look at life beneath the surface of the ocean.

Filming is also underway on a ´óÏó´«Ã½ ONE documentary - The Story of One - fronted by Terry Jones.

Tim Haines, Executive Producer

Tim Haines was series producer for the ground-breaking Walking With Dinosaurs.

A qualified zoologist, he joined ´óÏó´«Ã½ Science in 1988 and worked on Tomorrow's World, QED and Antenna before founding his own company, Impossible Pictures.

Recent projects include The Giant Claw, Land Of Giants and Sea Monsters which, alongside the Walking With… productions, won many awards.

He was executive producer on major ´óÏó´«Ã½ dramas The Lost World and The Tamworth Two and is currently working on Ocean Odyssey.

Christopher Riley, Series Producer

Chris Riley gained a doctorate in geology and remote sensing from Imperial College in 1995.

Since then, he has worked as a science journalist in broadcasting, print and online.

From ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio he moved to TV, co-presenting the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s 30th anniversary celebrations of Apollo 11.

He has produced and directed over 50 films for Tomorrow's World, specialising in astronomy and space, and still writes for bbc.co.uk's Sci/Tech pages and presents some of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Science's astronomy programmes and events.

He is co-author of the book of this series with Tim Haines.

Adam Kemp, Executive Producer for the ´óÏó´«Ã½

Adam Kemp is ´óÏó´«Ã½ Commissioner for Specialist Factual, Arts and Current Affairs for Independents and Nations.

He has initiated many landmark films including Dunkirk, Hawking and Pompeii, and executive produced over 70 factual series from the award-winning Walking With Dinosaur Specials and Elephants - Spy In The Herd to Two Fat Ladies and Children Of Crime.

Joe Ahearne, Writer and Director

Renowned television writer and director, Joe Ahearne is used to working on special-effects programmes.

Highlights of his career so far include Strange (2001/02), Ultra Violet (1998) and This Life (1987).

He is currently working on projects for the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and Channel 4.

Jamie Campbell, Art Director

Jamie Campbell's background in film and television work spans over two decades with work on feature films including Lost In Space, Braveheart, Muppet Treasure Island and the Walking With Dinosaurs and Beasts series.

He has vast experience of stop frame animation, motion control, live action shoots, animatronics, special effects and physical effects.

Nick Dance, Director of Photography

Nick Dance has shot a wide variety of film and television productions, both drama and documentary, for the ´óÏó´«Ã½, ITV and Channel 4.

He has shot a diverse range of subjects, including gorillas in the Congo, flying with the Red Arrows and diving with the British and US Navy submarine units.

His drama credits include Bad Girls, Children Of The New Forest, Pompeii - The Last Day and Bodies.

Don Davis, Soundtrack Composer

With his inventive and highly influential scores for the Matrix trilogy, Emmy award-winning Don Davis is a key figure in film music history.

He has composed for a variety of genres but science fiction, horror and fantasy stories dominate his filmography.

His career started in television, where he orchestrated for shows including Incredible Hulk and V.

In 1997, Davis scored his first major feature - the thriller Bound.

He has also written a number of original concert pieces and is currently composing a new opera.

Framestore CFC

This company is the largest effects facility in Europe, with a track record that includes two Oscars and 11 Emmys awarded for visual effects work.

It has worked with Impossible Pictures on all of the Walking With… programmes, creating an astonishing array of digital creatures, animations and effects.

This series marks a bold leap forward with CG spacecraft, planets and interplanetary phenomena presenting the Framestore CFC team with a whole new array of challenges and opportunities.