Jurassic perk: Primeval to film here

MOVE over Henry VIII and his bevy of busty beauties – enter dinosaurs, dragons and futuristic monsters.

As the filming of top TV show The Tudors draws to a close at Ardmore studios, Co Wicklow, this week, an ITV science-fiction programme Primeval has confirmed it will begin filming here next year.

The series, which will shoot on location in Dublin and Wicklow, has a budget of €15 million and is expected to create more than 70 jobs.