This seven-part BBC drama series traced the life of naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-82), from his university days through his five-year exploratory voyage on the HMS Beagle to the controversy surrounding the 1859 publication of his landmark `On the Origin of Species.' The programme is a Classic Maritime Adventure-come-Lavish Period Drama-come-Natural History Epic-come-Scientific Voyage of Discovery-come-Exotic South American Travelogue-come-Giant Tortoise Cookery Extravaganza. This series reall…
This seven-part BBC drama series traced the life of naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-82), from his university days through his five-year exploratory voyage on the HMS Beagle to the controversy surrounding the 1859 publication of his landmark `On the Origin of Species.' The programme is a Classic Maritime Adventure-come-Lavish Period Drama-come-Natural History Epic-come-Scientific Voyage of Discovery-come-Exotic South American Travelogue-come-Giant Tortoise Cookery Extravaganza. This series reall…
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Season 1
31 Oct 1978 – 12 Dec 1978 · 7 episodes
1I Was Considered a Very Ordinary Boy31 Oct 1978
2My Mind Was a Chaos of Delight7 Nov 1978
3How Wide Was the Distance Between Savage and Civilised Man?14 Nov 1978
4Can Any Mountains, Any Continent, Withstand Such Waste?21 Nov 1978
5I Felt Myself Brought Within Reach of that Great Fact, That Mystery of Mysteries28 Nov 1978
6Suppose That All Animals and All Plants Are Represented by the Branch of a Tree, the Tree of Life5 Dec 1978
7In the Distance Future, Light Will Be Thrown on the Origin of Man, and His History12 Dec 1978