The X Creatures

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{{Infobox television

| image = The X Creatures.jpg

| caption = Title card

| genre = Documentary

| runtime = 22 minutes

| starring = Chris Packham

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| network = BBC One

| first_aired = {{start date|1998|8|26|df=yes}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1998|9|30|df=yes}}

| num_series = 1

| num_episodes = 6

}}

The X Creatures is a British documentary television series that was produced by the BBC which was broadcast from 26 August to 30 September 1998 on BBC One.{{cite news |editor-last=Mulholland |editor-first=John |date=17 February 1997 |title=Natural History Unit: 'The X-Creatures' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/260740779/ |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London, England |issue=46,789 |department=Media |page=15 |via=Newspapers.com}} It was presented by Chris Packham, and examined the possibility of the existence of mystery animals.{{cite book|last=Brockington|first=Dan|title=Celebrity and the Environment: Fame, Wealth and Power in Conservation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tv1iDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT60|year=2013|publisher=Zed Books Ltd.|isbn=978-1-84813-624-3|page=60}}

The name of the show was a reference to the popular fictional television show The X-Files. Each episode (there were six in all, each lasting 30 minutes) involved Chris Packham travelling to a certain place on Earth where the creature supposedly exists, and examining eyewitness accounts, as opposed to searching for the creature. No VHS or DVD releases were ever made.