''Andy's Dinosaur Adventures'' is a British television series produced by the

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broadcast in 2014 on CBeebies starring

Andy Day Andrew Paul Day is an English actor and television presenter. He is best known for his work on the BBC's CBeebies channel. He is also a patron of Anti-Bullying Week. He was first on Friendly TV in 2005 and moved to CBeebies in 2007, becoming t ...

. ''Andy's Dinosaur Adventures'' is the second series of ''Andy's Adventures'' and was a joint-commission from

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and

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. It was preceded by ''Andy's Wild Adventures'' and followed by ''Andy's Prehistoric Adventures.'' A number of other series with Andy were later produced, including ''Andy's Safari Adventures'', ''Andy's Aquatic Adventures''.

Premise

''Andy's Dinosaur Adventures'' is a

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history series for children. It stars

as the main character (Andy) who works at the National Museum with his co-worker Hatty (Kate Copeland). They work hard to get the museum ready for visitors who are always shown to be children. In each episode, they are shown preparing the newest exhibition before the museum opens and each time a mishap occurs that threatens to delay the opening of the exhibition or to leave the exhibition without a proper display. At this precise moment, the Museum's

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, which has the ability to go back in time, starts to chime. Andy knows this secret and runs to the clock to go back to the time of the dinosaurs to retrieve whatever is needed for the exhibition. When it's time to return to the present time, Day says: "Time to head back!" The clock used in the series can be seen in the

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between the Central Café and Hintze hall. The building used for external shots is Victoria Rooms, Bristol UK. Internal sequences are filmed at the

. The series premiered on 17 February 2014 and is available on Xfinity and CBeebies networks.

Episodes

References

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