The Genius of Charles Darwin

The Genius of Charles Darwin

2008
★★★★☆ 7.5/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 3 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
Documentary
The Genius of Charles Darwin is a three-part television documentary, written and presented by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. It was first shown in August 2008 on Channel 4. It won Best TV Documentary Series 2008 at the British Broadcast Awards in January 2009.

Seasons

Season 1
2008 • 3 Episodes
Who was Charles Darwin, and how did he conceive his revolutionary idea? How does evolution work? Most important, why does it matter? Darwin's treatise, On the Origin of Species, represented the culmination of years of research and thought. And, the evidence confirming natural selection has continued to mount.

Cast

Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
Presenter

Crew

Director
Russell Barnes, Dan Hillman
Producer
Dan Hillman

Network

Channel 4

Production

Channel 4 Television

Keywords

evolutionnatural selection