A selection of Nigel’s films and books are available to buy through this website, each one can be signed by Nigel and he'll even add a message of your choosing - at no extra cost!

Nigel is regularly away from the UK on long filming trips. Please note therefore that any orders requiring an autograph or message will be despatched as soon as Nigel is able to sign them, but this will often be a few weeks or even months after the order is placed. All orders not requiring a personal message will be despatched within a week as usual.

PDinosaurs

Full-colour hardback book by Nigel Marven

Dinosaurs is a fantastic new book written by Nigel and published in the Kingfisher Knowledge series. It takes a close look at some of the most awesome dinosaurs yet discovered and finds out how palaeontologists delve through layers of fossil evidence to uncover dinosaur specimens and solve clues about how they lived.

Packed with fascinating text, stunning photographs and digital artwork, links to websites for further reading and ideas for places to visit, this book is a great, up-to-date introduction to the world of dinosaurs.

Kingfisher publications 2007; ISBN: 9780753414743

28 cm x 23.5 cm, 63 pages, hardback

Prehistoric Park

Fremantle DVD 2-disc set, 313 mins running time, rating PG

ONLY AVAILABLE TO UK RESIDENTS

Just as with his books, if requested Nigel will sign this DVD with a personal message on the front cover for no extra charge! The 2-disc set includes:

Prehistoric Park

All six one-hour episodes as shown on ITV1. Follow Nigel Marven, the natural history expert, as he travels through time to rescue species from extinction and establish them in the ultimate wildlife reserve. In this sanctuary, the creatures are cared for by Nigel and his dedicated team of real-life vet Suzanne and head park-keeper, Bob. As they battle to secure their future, we learn an enormous amount about all the majestic creatures.

Brought to life through cutting-edge computer effects and animatronic models and with a voice-over from Sir David Jason, Prehistoric Park is a mixture of adventure, spectacle and drama- an addictive and unforgettable viewing event for the whole family.

Building the Impossible

A special 25 minute “behind-the-scenes” programme exclusive to the DVD. Find out how all your favourite dinosaurs were re-created on screen and watch interviews with key members of the production team.

Other Extras

Prehistoric Park DVD 2-disc set: Total running time 313 mins approx, DVD region 2 (UK/Europe & Japan), 5.1 stereo sound, widescreen 16:9 anamorphic, English subtitles, rating: PG.

Nigel Marven's Nature Specials

Animal Planet DVD, 3 discs, total running time 150 mins approx.

ONLY AVAILABLE TO UK RESIDENTS

Nigel will sign your DVD cover with a personal message for no extra charge!

This new triple DVD box set includes some of Nigel's most exciting and adventurous films. In Piranhas, Nigel travels the waterways of South America to find out the truth behind the legends of these deadly fish, uncovering all aspects of their fascinating natural history. The action-packed Anacondas follows Nigel's search through the Amazon for a giant snake over thirty feet long - on the way he wrestles with green anacondas and sees another swallowing an entire stork, but will he find the monster he craves? Beautiful but lethal, Bull Sharks possibly pose the biggest threat to humans of all sharks. In this film, available on DVD for the first time in years, Nigel looks at the bull shark's natural history and meets scientists carrying out amazing studies on its life cycle, as well as speaking to survivors of close encounters with this dangerous fish.

Nigel Marven Nature Specials DVD 3-disc set: combined running time 150 mins approx, DVD region 2 (UK/Europe & Japan).

The Big Dinosaur Box Set

BBC DVD 4-disc set, 291 mins total running time, rating PG

ONLY AVAILABLE TO UK RESIDENTS

Just as with his books, Nigel will sign your DVD box set with a personal message for no extra charge! The set includes the following BBC films:

Walking with Dinosaurs

Imagine you could witness a prehistoric sunset- imagine you are watching insectivorous pterosaurs chase moths in the moist evening air and bull triceratops lock horns over a young female. This is no longer a dream. Walking with Dinosaurs makes that distant world as real and natural as images from today's Serengeti. Tracing the 160 million-year history of dinosaurs, from their first appearance to their abrupt demise, this series marks a watershed in television imagery.

“A television classic” The Times.

Stereo, 16:9, regions 2+4 PAL UK, running time 176 mins approx. Rating: PG.

The Ballad of Big Al

A few years ago, an amazing fossil was unearthed in Wyoming, USA. Not only were the bones they found those of a dinosaur that lived 145 million years ago, the skeleton of this creature was very nearly complete. Now the scientists' find has been resurrected, to recreate Big Al's life for the television screen. In the first programme we follow him from his birth to his death- a 15 year story of a lone battle against formidable prey and ferocious predators. The second programme is a scientific detective story to trace the evidence of Big Al.

Land of Giants & The Giant Claw

Two action-packed journeys with the adventuring zoologist, Nigel Marven, who travels back through time to discover some of the weirdest land animals ever to have lived.

In Land of Giants , Nigel travels back 100 million years to witness the biggest land predator bringing down the biggest land prey. But he must first get past some of the most lethal killers that ever walked the Earth.

Nigel has a precarious mission in The Giant Claw , travelling back 75 million years to Mongolia, his task is to track down the owner of the largest claws ever discovered. Will he live to establish the true nature of his quarry?

Combined feature running time 291 mins approx. Walking with Dinosaurs: DVD 9+5. The Ballad of Big Al: DVD 5. Land of Giants/The Giant Claw: DVD 9.

All images: copyright BBC. Walking with Dinosaurs TM copyright BBC 1998.

Sea Monsters book

Full-colour hardback book by Nigel Marven & Jasper James

Sea Monsters brings the prehistoric world to life. From the barren and inhospitable Ordovician world, when the first big predators, the massive tentacled orthocones, emerged, to the Pliocene, when Megalodon, the largest flesh-eating shark ever, ruled the sea, this is a journey through history to discover the seven deadliest seas of all time.

Nigel explores the prehistoric world through a series of 'encounters', where he dives deep into the past and swims with the extraordinary marine life. Through Nigel's eyes we gain an insight into the underwater environment and the strange and fascinating creatures that dwelt there - creatures often bigger and fiercer than dinosaurs.

Illustrated boxes describe the latest scientific evidence that led to the reconstruction of these creatures, with details of the modern sites, from Kansas to the Swiss Alps, where water once covered the land. Character boxes provide information on behaviour and habitats and Nigel gives essential tips and advice about the risks of prehistoric diving. The text is illustrated throughout with groundbreaking computer graphics and images of Nigel exploring the deadly prehistoric seas, to offer a unique record of a lost world never revealed before.

BBC Books, 2003; ISBN: 0563488980

28.5 cm x 25.5 cm, 167 pages, hardback