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Intro to Darwin Season

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Find out why 2009 is a special year, watch the animated TV trail and take a look at the Season's programmes.

In Our Time

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Melvyn Bragg asks why Darwin's writing remains such an influence on our understanding of nature.

Dear Darwin

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Five eminent contemporary thinkers write personal letters to the great man.

Hunting the Beagle

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Maritime historian Robert Prescott tracks down HMS Beagle's last resting place.

Leading Edge

Geoff Watts on 'Darwin's Sacred Cause' - a controversial new book which claims that Darwin was driven by his anti-slavery beliefs.

What Darwin Didn't Know

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Biologist Armand Leroi explores the evolution of evolution theory in the 150 years since Darwin.

Charles Darwin and
the Tree of Life

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David Attenborough, a passionate Darwinian, shares his personal views on Darwin's theory.

Darwin's Struggle

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The story of Darwin's twenty-year personal struggle that mirrored the natural world he observed.

The Origins of The Origin

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Examining the connections between French and English evolutionary thought - and how giraffes evolved long necks.

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The Beagle Diary

Jo Stone-Fewings reads Charles Darwin's own account of his epic five-year voyage on board HMS Beagle at the age of 22.

Darwin's Children

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Five essays explore Darwin's influence on art, literature, economics, religion and even online social networks.

Darwin, My Ancestor

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Writer Ruth Padel's personal journey looking at the genius of her great-great-grandfather.

Voyages of Descent

The tale of Captain Robert Fitzroy, who's decision to invite Darwin to sail with him ultimately ended in a mix of tragedy and fame.

Night Waves

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Looking at the legacies of three titans of 20th century thought - Darwin, Marx and Freud.

Like Confessing a Murder

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This moving drama, based on Charles and Emma Darwin's own words, recreates their private fears about Charles' ideas.

Darwin's Conundrum

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The Reverend Angela Tilby explores Darwin's complex relationship with religion.

Darwin's Garden

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Across three programmes, Jimmy Doherty recreates Darwin's ingenious experiments to show that evolution is all around.

Darwin's Dangerous Idea

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Andrew Marr's three-part series looks at how Darwin's idea escaped the world of science and took on a life of its own.

Did Darwin Kill God?

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Conor Cunningham argues that it's possible to be a Christian and accept the theory of evolution.

Darwinian Sistine Chapel

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14 April, 11am Radio 4
The difficulties of conceiving and erecting 'Tree' - The Natural History Museum's recently unveiled art installation.

Darwin Season 2009

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Find out why 2009 is a special year for science, and how it is being marked by the Â鶹Éç.