The Voyage of Charles Darwin
| The Voyage of Charles Darwin | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Robert Reid |
| Directed by | Martyn Friend |
| Starring |
Malcolm Stoddard Andrew Burt |
| Theme music composer | Wilfred Josephs |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC, Time-Life Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC2 |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | 31 October – 12 December 1978 |
The Voyage of Charles Darwin was a 1978 BBC television serial depicting the life of Charles Darwin, focusing largely on his voyage on the HMS Beagle. The series encompasses his university days to the 1859 publication of his book On the Origin of Species and his death and is loosely based on Darwin's own letters, diaries, and journals, especially The Voyage of the Beagle and The Autobiography of Charles Darwin. It starred Malcolm Stoddard as Darwin and Andrew Burt as Captain Robert FitzRoy.
The Marques was refitted to depict HMS Beagle.
The series was repeated in December 1995. It was broadcast in the US on PBS starting 27 January 1980 and was hosted by Neil Armstrong. It was produced by Christopher Ralling.
The Christian Science Monitor called the series "a profoundly stimulating mix of entertainment and information".
The series won the 1979 BAFTA Award for Best Factual Series and for Best Cinematography. It was nominated for one other BAFTA. It also won Best Documentary Series from the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards in 1979.
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