The Voyage of Charles Darwin

Oct 31, 1978 (en) Drama [0] Min
  • First Air Date
    Oct 31, 1978
  • Production
    BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    The Voyage of Charles Darwin
  • Release
    Oct 31, 1978
  • en
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Overview

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".

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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  1. Malcolm Stoddard

    Charles Darwin

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Season 1 ( 1978-10-31)

The Voyage of Charles Darwin was a 1978 BBC television serial depicting the life of Charles Darwin, focusing largely on his voyage on HMS Beagle. The series encompasses his university days to the 1859 publication of his book On the Origin of Species and his death and is loosely based on Darwin's own letters, diaries, and journals, especially The Voyage of the Beagle and The Autobiography of Charles Darwin.[1] It starred Malcolm Stoddard as Darwin and Andrew Burt as Captain Robert FitzRoy.

I Was Considered A Very Ordinary Boy

Episode: 1

My Mind Was a Chaos of Delight

Episode: 2

How Wide Was the Distance Between Savage and Civilised Man

Episode: 3

Can Any Mountains, Any Continent, Withstand Such Waste?

Episode: 4

I Felt Myself Brought Within Reach of That Great Fact – That Mystery of Mysteries

Episode: 5

Suppose That All Animals and All Plants Are Represented by the Branches of a Tree – The Tree of Life

Episode: 6

In the Distant Future, Light Will Be Thrown Upon the Origin of Man, and His History

Episode: 7
Oct 31, 1978 (en)
Drama
[0] Min
  • First Air Date Oct 31, 1978
  • Production
    BBC
  • Rotten tomato 50%
Original Title The Voyage of Charles Darwin
en

Overview

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".

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer