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The Voyage of Charles Darwin

on BBC One London

The last in a seven-part historical series based on the life of the famous naturalist.
' In the distant future, light will be thrown on the origin of Man, and his history.'
When The Origin of Species was first published, it was denounced as the work of the devil from pulpits up and down the land, and banned from university college libraries. The great debate reached its climax at the famous Oxford meeting of the British Association in 1860. Also appearing
JOHN BAKER , DAVID HENRY
CLIFFORD PARRISH , SHEILA BECKETT ROGER AVON, ADRIAN BRACKEN
JACQUELINE MAUDE , PAMELA DUNCAN Script by ROBERT REID
Music by WILFRED JOSEPHS
Directcrs MARTYN FRIEND and NED KELLY Producer CHRISTOPHER RALLING
Book (same title), £6.75, from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
John Baker
Unknown:
David Henry
Unknown:
Clifford Parrish
Unknown:
Sheila Beckett
Unknown:
Adrian Bracken
Unknown:
Jacqueline Maude
Unknown:
Pamela Duncan
Script By:
Robert Reid
Music By:
Wilfred Josephs
Unknown:
Martyn Friend
Charles Darwin:
Malcolm Stoddard
Captain FitzRoy:
Andrew Burt
Emma Darwin:
Cherith Mellor
Samuel Wilberforce:
Robert Stephens
Joseph Hooker:
Paul Chapman
Thomas Huxley:
Joseph Blatchley
Charles Lyell:
Frank Duncan
Professor Henslow:
Keith Smith
Dr Owen:
Hugh Dickson
Dr Draper:
Ramsay Williams
Major Chipchase:
Jon Croft
Annie Darwin:
Della McDermott

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