{"id":24172,"date":"2025-11-19T09:58:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/prehistoric-planet-ice-ages-mike-gunton\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:42:44","slug":"prehistoric-planet-ice-ages-mike-gunton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/prehistoric-planet-ice-ages-mike-gunton\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age\u2019s Mike Gunton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After delving into the Late Cretaceous period in seasons one and two, Apple TV\u2019s <em>Prehistoric Planet<\/em>\u00a0is making its return on November 26, this time making a time jump to the Pleistocene epoch\u2014also known as the Ice Age.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6385273278112\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\n                    loop autoplay\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Across five parts narrated by Tom Hiddleston,\u00a0<em>Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age<\/em>\u00a0uses the latest scientific research and cutting-edge visual effects to bring the megafauna of that era to life. 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