Primeval (Series Four)

Info
Series 4 of Primeval is confirmed to start either December 2010 or early January 2011. There will be seven episodes in the series. Jason Flemying, Andrew-Lee Potts and Hannah Spearitt are returning for Series 4 along with other recurring characters and also three brand new characters. Laila Rouassa will not be returning as Sarah Page.

Development
Filming on Series 4 began in March 2010 and is scheduled to finish in November 2010 before airing early next year - possibly at Christmas.

News
Two new photos of Andrew-Lee Potts as Connor Temple have been released from obvious filming of Series 4.

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Cast and Characters
Danny Quinn played Jason Flemying, first appeared in Primeval in episode two of Series 3. He is returning for Series 4 of the tv drama. 14 years before the series Danny's younger brother was killed under mysterious circumstances. This appears to be his primary motivation for joining the police and he follows any lead with almost obsessive single mindedness. He does not appear to have found his job particularly satisfying since he comments that kicking down a door to gain entry was the only part of the job he liked. Here is what happened with Danny in Series 3: Danny first appears spying on the team while searching for an anomaly inside the same house where his his younger brother was killed (unknown to him, by a Camouflage Beast) 14 years before. Danny believed the murderer of the boys was Ryan, the only survivor. Initially suspicious of the team and their intentions, he detains Connor in prison and clashes with Jenny Lewis believeing they know more than they are letting on. He also argues with his superiors for shutting down his investigation. He accidentlly arrives at the house in time to save the team from new attacks by the Camouflage beast, successfully driving it back through the anomaly with a precision shot when none of the team could hit it. He then forgives Ryan and finds some closure now knowing what was responsible for his brothers death. Shortly after he quits the police force deciding to follow the A.R.C teams activities(Episode 3.2) He is mentioned during (Episode 3.3) when the Diictodon are in the hospital. Danny did not appear in this episode. He reappears a short while later having covertly followed the team, freeing Jenny and Connor, and proving instrumental in fending off a Giganotosaurs and driving back through an anomaly in a helicopter and returning to the present split seconds before Conner seals it and being chased by an entire pack of G-Rex. Throughout the incident he showed no regard for Jenny's commands and quietly slips away before Becker could arrest him. Jenny and Becker are in danger so Danny turns up and he plans to use a helicopter and lures the Giganotosaurs back to its own time and Becker says to Jenny to get Connor to lock the anomaly whether if Danny was alive or not in case if more Giganotosaures came out of the anomaly but came out just in time. Nonetheless the team were impressed with his skills and grateful for his help. Episode 3.4 Danny later breaks into the A.R.C itself bringing his security into question and demanding the team accept him into its ranks believeing he can be of use to them. He is quickly drafted in when a parasitic fungus invades from the future and helps the team destroy it even if his original plan of killing it with flamethrowers inadvertly makes the situation. Shortly after Lester makes him the replacment team leader instead of Captain Wilder after Jenny quits in recognition of his services (and partially to spite Christine Johnson) Episode 3.5 He and the team are later forced to abandon the A.R.C after Christine Johnson assumes control. Following Lesters directions they take shelter at an abandoned military istallation and stumbling across a group of Terror Birds froma nearby anomoly, despite repeated and nearly fatal attacks Danny eventually lures them back with a prerecorded distress call. He later watches Christine being escorted out of the A.R.C with considerable satisfaction Episode 3.6 He was scarred when a baby Future Predator attacked him. (Episode 3.8) Danny breaks in to Johnson's HQ to find out what's going on and rescues Eve and helps the team save the Rhinos (Episode 3.9) Danny invites Abby and Connor to help him stop Helen. Danny goes to the Pliocene by himself when Abby wants to stay and look after Connor after he fell off a tree. After Helen and the Raptor's death, he says "good boy". He is finally trapped in the Pliocene. His fate is unrevealed. (Episode 3.10). He will only be appearing in 3 episode of the new series.

Connor Temple played by Andrew-Lee Potts, first appeared in Primeval from the very beginning in Series 1. Connor Temple is one of Nick Cutter’s paleontology students at the Central Metropolitan University. He is geeky by nature – he spent his student days compiling a database of prehistoric creatures and writes software programmes to relax. His favourite food is pizza. After watching Scooby Doo as a kid he decided he wanted to join a crime busting gang. Years later his dream came true – sort of. Here is what happened to Connor in Series 1: He approached his professor at the beginning of series one with an article about a mysterious sighting of a creature in the Forest of Dean. Despite initial cynicism, he tagged along with the investigation and has been part of Cutter’s team ever since. He loves conspiracy theories and harbours an ambition to be abducted by aliens. In Connor’s world UFOs are real; it’s just that governments have hidden the evidence. His unrequited affection for Abby is hampered by her obvious interest in Stephen. Here is what happened to Connor in Series 2: He believes Cutter about Claudia Brown when he returns through the Anomaly and is the only one who does. He isn't allowed by the rest of the team to use a gun and on occasions when he does use one it nearly always goes wrong. (He shot Abby in the leg (Episode 2.1). Connor meets Caroline in a DVD store, he invites her to Abby's flat, Abby gets quite jealous of Caroline, later Connor is nearly eaten by a giant worm, getting covered in worm slime, he accidentally wipes Caroline's number off his hand but Caroline comes back to Abby's flat looking for her mobile, Connor ask Caroline on a date and she says yes (Episode 2.2). Connor shoots at a man in a lion suit accidentaly thinking it was the creature at the amusment park. (Episode 2.3) Connor still has feelings for Abby in season 2 but has a girlfriend, Caroline Steel. He revealed his feelings to Abby when he went through the anomaly to save her from the Mer Creatures but later acted like he didn't say anything. (Episode 2.4) Connor dumped Caroline by Text to show Abby his feelings for her. When Caroline gets Connor's text she doesn't take it too well and kidnaps Rex. (Episode 2.5) Connor has supreme computer abilities and managed to hack into the records of Oliver Leek, he also accidently admitted to Abby he had been looking at her personal file. This happened as she asked him what her middle name was, and idiotically he said, straight away, Sarah. He was right of-course but made a complete clown of himself by doing so. He was scared when a bomb was found in the ARC and he and Cutter had to deactivate it. It was a close shave, as he was under the white van counting the timer down out loud for Cutter, while Cutter was trying to remove the battery out of the front bonet. (Episode 2.6). Here is what happened to Connor in Series 3: Connor appears to have matured significantly since series two although he does still retain his humour. He takes over as head of the team after Cutter dies in his arms. He also receives his own 'Rex', in the form of his two Diictodon, Sid and Nancy. After the expedition into the Future, Abby reveals her feelings for him, they kiss. (Episode 3.8). Danny, Abby and Connor go back to the Future to stop Helen, when in a Cretaceous forest they are attacked by three Deinonychus Danny throws a stun grenade down to knock out the deinonychus Connor falls out of the tree and gets injured Abby stays with him as Danny goes after Helen, Connor and Abby climbed to the safety of a tree. Connor and Abby's future is left unknown as they are trapped in the Cretacious era. However, unbeknownst to them Helen's anomaly device is there too. (Episode 3.10). He will appear in the whole of Series 4.

Abby Maitland, played by Hannah Spearitt, has been in Primeval since the very beginning in Series 1 of the tv drama. Abby Sarah Maitland is a brilliant zoologist and reptile expert. She dropped out of university after one term when she was offered her dream job in the lizard house. This love affair with lizards dates back to a trip to the Galapagos Islands as a child. To this day she prefers the company of animals to humans – apart from spiders that is (she suffers from arachnophobia). She enjoys many sports, a few of her hobbies being gymnastics, Ashtanga yoga, karate, kick boxing, swimming and diving. Hannah Spearritt revealed that Abby was abused as a child, though this has not been mentioned in the series itself. Although she no longer works at the zoo, as of series 3 she still uses this as her cover story since she can't tell people what she really does. In Series 1: Her first encounter with Nick Cutter and his team was when she was asked to identify a lizard found by a boy in the Forest of Dean. She soon realized that the lizard – nicknamed Rex - was an entirely new species which, it turned out, had arrived in the modern world through the anomaly. She rescued Rex and now keeps him safe at her flat – a secret she’s only shared with Connor. She likes her men moody and a bit dangerous – which is bad news for Connor who has clearly set his heart on her. Originally Abby didn't share his feelings, her affections lay more in Stephen’s direction. This was made obvious when Abby asked Connor if Stephen had ever talked about her (Episode 1.2). To which he replied that he could possibly be gay. On hearing the news that he could be gay, she stormed off in anger. Although when Stephen revealed that he had had an affair with Helen, she lost all faith in him. Men are not high on Abby’s agenda though. Her mind is firmly focused on monster management. And then in the second series, things started getting hard for Abby as she began to develop feelings for Connor. Connor then shows his feelings for her when she tells him to let her go as there's no point in them both dying. Connor responds by saying 'I can't let you go! I love you!' When later confronted, Caroline interrupts. (Episode 2.4) After Cutter returned through the anomaly that resulted in the disappearance of Claudia Brown, Abby was unchanged. She is good with weapons and exercises regularly. She still keeps Rex in her flat and she hates Connor's new girlfriend, Caroline Steel. She was a captive along with Lucien when the Mer creatures attacked. And then continued in Series 3 she Abby hugs Connor after the ARC exploded and Nick death in Connor's arms, but Connor ends up crying himself.After an incursion into the Future she finally reveals her feelings for Connor, and they kiss. (Episode 3.8). Danny, Connor and Abby were attacked by three Deinonychus in a Cretaceous forest, they survive the attack but Connor got injured. Abby stayed with Connor, while Danny went to look for Helen, Abby and Connor climbed the safety of a tree. While up they are up the tree Connor asks Abby if he can move back into her flat and she says he can. These are the last words they say in series 3. (Episode 3.10). She will appearing in the whole of Series 4.

Captain Becker, played by Ben Mansfield, first appeared in Series 3. Becker is a new military captain who comes onto the team to watch their backs so that none of them get killed or eaten. Becker comes from a military family and background, and is moved from special operations to the Primeval team. Mansfield has stated that he has 'amiable friction' with Connor and he sees himself as the person who 'looks after' the team. Connor nicknames him "action man" (Episode 3.1). He has been seen to carry a combat shotgun for a lot of his appearances, though the chances he has to use it are not often as the beasts often need to be returned alive. He will appear in the whole of Series 4.

Sir James Lester, played by Ben Miller, first appeared at the very beginning of Primeval, in Series 1. Sir James Peregrine Lester is a Home Office official, ultimately responsible for the team of scientists charged with investigating the appearance of time anomalies. In the original timeline he was a rather distant administrator, who employed Claudia Brown as his liaison with the anomaly response team. However, in the altered timeline following Claudia's disappearance, he is the head of the new Anomaly Research Centre. He's been given the task of uncovering the secrets of the anomalies and preventing mass panic. He’s the ideal man for the job. As far as he’s concerned the government knows best and the public has no right to know anything. He is arrogant, sarcastic and ruthless and makes no bones about his dislike of Nick Cutter (or anyone for that matter). He tends to regard the anomaly response team as "amateurs" but tolerates their lack of professionalism since, by his own admission, they are nevertheless very good at what they do. Despite being married with three children, he never discusses his family – in fact he rarely admits he even has one. He only sees them at weekends, and has an apartment in London which he uses during the working week. Somewhat against his better judgement he allows Connor Temple to use his spare room in Series 3 while Jack Maitland is staying at Abby's flat. Lester owns over 50 suits; all dark colours, all made to measure. He teams these with colourful ties. Someone told him once that that it was trendy – an image that he’s keen to promote. (Series 1) After the incident through the Permian anomaly (Episode 1.6), Lester runs the ARC where his team have moved to too. Lester attacks the Future Predator. When a Future Predator was smuggled into the ARC, Lester took up arms, alone, to combat the lethal creature, tearing into it's body with several rounds of an M249. Failing to kill the predator through firepower, he went on to free the columbian mammoth from it's holding pen, which promply killed the creature via impaling. Angered by Oliver Leek's remarks and comments, Lester travelled personally to the building where Leek was supposedly hiding out. However, Leek once again had the upper hand, trumping Lester once more by leaving the remote used to control the future predator in a completely abandoned building. Attached was a note of mockery, which simply read: "Bad Luck". (Episode 2.6) In series three, Lester is faced with a dilemma when Christine Johnson appears as his new boss at the ARC. He becomes more on Cutter's side than the law side. (Episode 3.1) When the ARC burns down, Lester puts Jenny Lewis in charge of operations, replacing Cutter. (Episode 3.3) After Jenny Lewis quits her job as head of operations, Lester employs Danny Quinn as the new head of operations, (Episode 3.5) and in the episode following Lester knows about the artefact and stays with Captain Becker in the ARC when Christine Johnson takes over. (Episode 3.6) He will appear in the whole of series 4.

Lucy Brown who played Claudia Brown in Series 1 and Jenny Lewis in Series 2 and 3 has been confirmed to return in the series at some point.

In Series 4, three brand-new characters are going to be introduced to the world of Primeval.

Philip Burton, played by Alexander Siddig, is a new character making his first appearance in Series 4. He is a charismatic scientist who helps James Lester in his role in the Anomaly Research Centre, when the government loses faith in Lester. He becomes the partial owner of the ARC.

Matt Anderson, played by Ciarán McMenamin, is a new character making his first appearance in Series 4. He is the new field leader, and is more than just an ex-soldier; he’s a zoologist, with an uncanny ability to understand animals. A private man, Matt carefully guards the secrets of his past - and the real reason he has joined the ARC team. It is rumoured that Matt may be Danny's younger brother.

Jess, played by Ruth Kearney, is a new character making her first appearance in Series 4. She is unconventional, highly efficient and organised and is in charge of running operations at the ARC Control Centre. Her work ethic is second to none, though she is human enough to nurse an unrequited crush on Captain Becker.

Series Four (2011)
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Series 5
Series 5 has been confirmed and will air late 2011, early 2012 although no casting has been confirmed for the fifth series of the tv drama.