Professor Alice Roberts journeys 40,000 years back in time on the trail of the great beasts of the ice age. This was the last time that giants like mammoths, woolly rhinos and sabre-toothed cats ruled our planet. Drawing on the latest scientific detective work and a dash of graphic wizardry, Alice brings the ice age giants back to life.

Professor Alice Roberts embarks on an ice age odyssey, revealing what the world was like when prehistoric beasts such as sabre-tooth tigers, mammoths and woolly rhinos walked on earth, the last time such animals would exist, and bringing these creatures back to life through CGI.—Tom Daly