The ground-breaking BBC series Walking with Dinosaurs is set to return after a 25-year wait.

The award-winning series earned two BAFTAs and three Emmy awards in 1999 and was known as one of the BBC’s most expensive documentaries to ever be produced costing more than £6 million.

Walking with Dinosaurs was narrated by actor and director Sir Kenneth Branagh and the series gained more than 15 million viewers in the first episode alone and quickly became the most-viewed science program of the 20th century.

Created using computer-generated imagery and animatronics, the documentary saw the creation of Walking With Cavemen, Walking With Sea Monsters and Walking With Monsters.

Walking with Dinosaurs to return with new series on BBC

The new six-part series is currently in production at the BBC and is expected to air in 2025, seeing each episode discussing individual dinosaurs that are being excavated.

Using cutting-edge visuals, the new show will see experts work out how the creatures lived, hunted, survived and died.

The BBC show will include a T.Rex discovered in North America, a Spinosaurus in Morocco and a Lusotitan in Portugal.

Discussing the new series, BBC Head of Commissioning, Specialist Factual, Jack Bootle said: “A whole new generation of viewers is about to fall in love with Walking With Dinosaurs.

"The original series was one of the most exciting factual shows of all time, and this reinvention builds on that amazing legacy.

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“Each episode is underpinned by the very latest science but is also filled with drama - making this a series for both dino lovers and people who just want to be told a great story.”

Head of BBC Studios Science Unit Andrew Cohen added: “There is no bigger science series than Walking with Dinosaurs and we are incredibly excited to be bringing this much-loved brand to a whole new generation of audiences around the world.

“It's the ultimate dinosaur show, where you'll be hiding behind the sofa one moment and having your mind blown the next. The prehistoric world meets premium documentary production, like never before."