Darwin's Struggle: BBC documentary | BBC.co.uk

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Intro to Darwin Season

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

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

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Dear Darwin

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

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Leading Edge

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

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Charles Darwin and

the Tree of Life

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

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Darwin's Struggle

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

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The Origins of The Origin

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

The Beagle Diary

9-13 February, 1.45pm Radio 7

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

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Darwin's Children

9-13 February, 11pm Radio 3

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

Darwin: Happy Birthday

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12 February 2009

The BBC is marking Darwin's birthday with several radio programmes and there's still time to catch 'The Tree of Life'.

Like Confessing a Murder

14 Feb, 8pm BBC World Service

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

Darwin's Conundrum

15 February, ...

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