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In Our Time

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

Dear Darwin

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

Hunting the Beagle

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

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

Charles Darwin and
the Tree of Life

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

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.

Martin Johnson Heade, Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds, 1871, oil on panel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gift of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Darwin's Children

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

Darwin, My Ancestor

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

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

Darwin letter 漏 Cambridge University Library

Like Confessing a Murder

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

Darwin's Conundrum

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

Darwin's Garden

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

Darwin's Dangerous Idea

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?

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

Darwinian Sistine Chapel

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

Darwin Season 2009