The Voyage of Charles Darwin(1978)
Drama
First Air Date: 1978-10-31
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 5.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7
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".
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Season 1
Episodes: 7E01
I Was Considered A Very Ordinary Boy
Air Date: 1978-10-31
Darwin is uncertain of his career. While at college, he becomes increasingly interested in the natural world. Under t...
E02
My Mind Was a Chaos of Delight
Air Date: 1978-11-07
After taking part in an initiation rite on his first crossing of the Equator, Darwin reaches South America. There he ...
E03
How Wide Was the Distance Between Savage and Civilised Man
Air Date: 1978-11-14
The Beagle lands on Tierra del Fuego the southernmost tip of South America. The attempt to place a missionary among t...
E04
Can Any Mountains, Any Continent, Withstand Such Waste?
Air Date: 1978-11-21
With the length of the expedition increased, Darwin makes an excursion across Patagonia to Buenos Aires. Later, arriv...
E05
I Felt Myself Brought Within Reach of That Great Fact – That Mystery of Mysteries
Air Date: 1978-11-28
After finding fossilized sea shells high in the Andes, Darwin returns to the Beagle to find FitzRoy suffering from de...
E06
Suppose That All Animals and All Plants Are Represented by the Branches of a Tree – The Tree of Life
Air Date: 1978-12-05
Darwin studies the finches in the Galápagos that would influence his theories for years to come. The Beagle returns t...
E07
In the Distant Future, Light Will Be Thrown Upon the Origin of Man, and His History
Air Date: 1978-12-12
Darwin becomes worried about loss of reputation and public censure of his ideas and delays publishing his work.
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