Bob McDonald's blog: Birds and their ancestors the dinosaurs have been walking on two limbs for more than 100 million years, so its not surprising they do it well enough to inspire imitation.

Encore Wednesdays, June 25 - July 30, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS / PBS app. Step into the world of six iconic dinosaurs and experience them walking the Earth once more.

66 million years after their departure from Earth, the world of Dinosaurs was revived on our screens in 1999, with the BBC's iconic docuseries Walking With Dinosaurs.

And dinosaurs’ outsize appeal extends to television. In 1999, the BBC unleashed what it calls “one of [its] most beloved factual shows”, Walking with Dinosaurs.