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The Voyage of Charles Darwin: 1: I Was Considered a Very Ordinary Boy

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

A six-part documentary drama series, showing over the next week, based on the naturalist's five-year voyage of adventure and scientific discovery to South America and the Galapagos.

Darwin sets sail in HMS Beagle.

Contributors

Writer:
Robert Reid
Director:
Martyn Friend
Producer:
Christopher Railing
Charles Darwin:
Malcolm Stoddard
Captain FitzRoy:
Andrew Burt
Dr Darwin:
Iain Cuthbertson
Josiah Wedgwood:
George Cole
Professor Henslow:
Keith Smith
Lieutenant Sulivan:
Peter Settelen
Source: Radio Times

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