Watch had an advertising campaign to promote for Series 5 of Primeval.
Episode 5.1 Screening[]
Watch held a private screening of Episode 5.1 in London, on May 8th 2011. Several prominent members of the Primeval fandom were invited, including retired Primeval Wiki bureaucrat, ZEM, who was unfortunately unable to attend.
Facebook Page[]
Watch created a Facebook page to promote Series 5. This page can be viewed here: Watch's Official Primeval Series 5 page
The ARC[]
The ARC was a special tab on Watch's official Primeval Series 5 Facebook page. It featured a 30 day countdown to the premiere of Primeval Series 5. This countdown began on April 25th 2011 and ended on May 24th 2011 - the day of the Series 5 premiere.
| Countdown/Date | Description | Content |
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| Day 30 25 April 2011 |
A message from Captain Becker was released. |  Primeval Wiki - Series 5 Countdown - Day 30 Video Hilary Becker introduces "The ARC" |
| Day 29 26 April 2011 |
An image of Connor Temple was released. | 
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| Day 28 27 April 2011 |
A message from Captain Becker was released. |  Primeval Wiki - Series 5 Countdown - Day 28 Video Hilary Becker introduces the competition |
| Day 27 28 April 2011 |
A PDF file explaining how the CGI is created in the show was released. | 
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| Day 26 29 April 2011 |
An interview with Ciarán McMenamin was released. | |
| Day 25 30 April 2011 |
A behind the scenes image of Ciarán McMenamin, Hannah Spearritt and Ben Mansfield filming Episode 5.1 was released. | 
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| Day 24 1 May 2011 |
An interview with Ruth Kearney was released. | |
| Day 23 2 May 2011 |
A video clip of James Lester in Episode 5.1 was released. | |
| Day 22 3 May 2011 |
An image of Matt Anderson was released. | 
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| Day 21 4 May 2011 |
An image of Matt Anderson and Connor Temple in Episode 5.4 was released. | 
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| Day 20 5 May 2011 |
An interview with Ben Mansfield was released. | |
| Day 19 6 May 2011 |
An image of the interior of the second Anomaly Research Centre was released. | 
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| Day 18 7 May 2011 |
A video clip introducing the Giant Burrowing Insect was released. | |
| Day 17 8 May 2011 |
A behind the scenes image of Hannah Spearritt filming Episode 5.1 was released. | 
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| Day 16 9 May 2011 |
A specially-shot promo trailer featuring a security guard, a Raptor and Hilary Becker was released. |  Primeval Wiki - Series 5 Countdown - Day 16 Video File:WatchSeries5Promo-Day16.png |
| Day 15 10 May 2011 |
An image of Jess Parker was released. | 
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| Day 14 11 May 2011 |
An image of Abby Maitland, Matt Anderson and Hilary Becker was released. The image is very similar to the image originally obtained by ZEM from Impossible Pictures, but differs slightly in that the characters are looking in different directions than in the original image. | 
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| Day 13 12 May 2011 |
An interview with Andrew-Lee Potts was released. | |
| Day 12 13 May 2011 |
an interview with Andrew-Lee Potts was released. | |
| Day 11 14 May 2011 |
Another clip from Episode 5.2 was released. | |
| Day 10 15 May 2011 |
A behind the scenes image of Stephen Hogan and Ruth Bradley filming Episode 5.3 was released. | 
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| Day 9 16 May 2011 |
A clip from Episode 5.3 was released. | |
| Day 8 17 May 2011 |
A behind the scenes image of Andrew-Lee Potts filming Episode 5.6 was released. | 
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| Day 7 18 May 2011 |
An unfinished CGI model of a Future Predator was released. | 
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| Day 6 19 May 2011 |
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| Day 5 20 May 2011 |
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| Day 4 21 May 2011 |
An unfinished CGI model of a Giant Burrowing Insect was released. | 
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| Day 3 22 May 2011 |
Day 3's content was originally a link to a new YouTube game. But, due to glitches in the game, it was replaced with a promo clip for the beginning of the new series. | |
| Day 2 23 May 2011 |
An unfinished model of a Raptor/Swimming Theropod was released. | 
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| Day 1 24 May 2011 |
The Watch YouTube Game was released. | 
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