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Hunting the Beagle

Hunting the Beagle: Episode 1

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hunting the Beagle, Episode 1

A search for the ship on which Charles Darwin made his discoveries.

4 Extra Debut. Dr Robert Prescott searches for the remains of the ship on which Charles Darwin made his evolution discoveries. From 2008.

Marine historian Dr Robert Prescott searches for the remains of HMS Beagle, the ship on which Charles Darwin made the discoveries that led to the formulation of his theory of evolution. 

Producer: Jeremy Grange

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008.

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Dr Robert Prescott searches for the final resting place of Charles Darwin's ship.

Dr Robert Prescott searches for the final resting place of the ship aboard which Charles Darwin began to formulate the ideas which would eventually become his theory of evolution.

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