Crawley Creatures worked on the Channel Four series Neanderthal. Neanderthal is the story of the rise and fall of one of the most successful human species that ever lived. A species that survived for over a quarter of a million years, living through and adapting to the most violent extremes of climate. A species that thrived - until modern man came along.

Each actor had their head smothered in dental alginate and then plaster, producing a perfect replica of their face. A team of make-up artists then moulded foam latex onto these head casts to create the distinctive Neanderthal features.

Six individual prosthetic pieces were used on each actor and each set could only be used once. For the cast of 8 Neanderthals, we had to produce nearly 1000 pieces for the five week shoot.