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Where are the cast of Primeval now?

PRIMEVAL first graced our screens back in 2007.

The fantasy series followed a team tracking prehistoric creatures being let loose in the UK, but where are the cast now?

The show began in 2007
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The show began in 2007Credit: Handout

What Primeval stars look like now

Andrew-Lee Potts

Andrew-Lee played Connor Temple
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Andrew-Lee played Connor TempleCredit: PA

Andrew-Lee is best known for his role as the quirky Connor Temple on ITV's British science fiction programme Primeval.

He also starred as the Hatter on the SyFy mini-series Alice and was a series regular on the long-running programme Ideal.

Since 2006, Potts has written and directed short films through his production house, Keychain Productions.

In 2008, he directed a documentary about the filming of Primeval called Through the Anomaly.

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More recently he has starred in The Innocents and The Crown.

Hannah Spearritt

Hannah has gone on to star in other series
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Hannah has gone on to star in other seriesCredit: Getty

Hannah is an original member of the pop group S Club 7 and is also known for playing the role of Abby Maitland in Primeval.

In 2006 she made an appearance in Agatha Christie's Marple.

Then in March 2012, Spearritt took over the role of Pauline in One Man, Two Guvnors at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

She took part in an S Club 7 reunion tour, titled Bring It All Back 2015, which toured the UK in May 2015.

In December 2015, it was confirmed that Hannah would star as Mercedes Christie in the BBC medical drama Casualty.

In 2017, she joined the cast of EastEnders as Kandice Taylor, the sister of Karen Taylor (Lorraine Stanley), leaving the show when she got pregnant.

Ben Miller

Ben starred in Bridgerton in 2020
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Ben starred in Bridgerton in 2020Credit: Getty

Ben Miller is best known for playing the lead role of DI Richard Poole in the first two series of the BBC crime drama Death in Paradise, and for portraying James Lester in Primeval.

From 2011 until the series three premiere in 2014, Miller starred in Death in Paradise as Detective Inspector Richard Poole.

On 9 April 2013 it was announced that Ben would be departing the series.

The actor also took part in Netflix show Bridgerton in 2020 where he played Lord Featherington in series one.

Juliet Aubrey

Juliet has been in multiple films
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Juliet has been in multiple filmsCredit: Getty

Juliet played Helen Cutter in Primeval.

Her recent feature films include Fallen, Stuck, Mine and Infiltrator.

Aubrey played Lily Hill in the 2017 web television series Snatch.

Douglas Henshall

Douglas has been in multiple shows since
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Douglas has been in multiple shows sinceCredit: Rex

Douglas Henshall played the role of Professor Nick Cutter in Primeval.

Since then he has appeared in multiple programmes.

In 2013, Henshall starred as Detective Inspector Jimmy Pérez in the BBC drama Shetland.

Douglas won the Bafta Scotland best television actor award in 2016 for his work in the series and the show won the best television drama.

In 2015 he starred as Taran MacQuarrie in the TV series Outlander and in 2016, he took part in the Scottish three-part television drama series In Plain Sight.

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Other stars who were in Primeval include:

  • Ben Mansfield as Captain Beeker
  • Lucy Brown as Claudia Brown/Jenny Lewis
  • Ciaran McMenamin as Matt Anderson
  • Ruth Kearney as Jess Parker
  • James Murray as Stephen Hart
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