The Voyage of Charles Darwin (Complete Series)

The Voyage of Charles Darwin (Complete Series) (DVD) (*)

$34.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Mono )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
402 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Biographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1978 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Martyn Friend

Written By:
Robert Reid

Actors:
Malcolm Stoddard ..... Charles Darwin (7 episodes, 1978)
Andrew Burt ..... Captain FitzRoy (7 episodes, 1978)
David Ashton ..... Lieutenant Wickham (6 episodes, 1978)
Peter Settelen ..... Lieutenant Sullivan / ... (6 episodes, 1978)
Andrew Dunford ..... Covington (5 episodes, 1978)
Tony Calvin ..... Augustus Earle (4 episodes, 1978)
Cherith Mellor ..... Emma Wedgwood / ... (4 episodes, 1978)
Edgardo Castro ..... Jeremy Button / ... (3 episodes, 1978)
George Cole ..... Josiah Wedgewood / ... (3 episodes, 1978)
Iain Cuthbertson ..... Dr. Robert Darwin (3 episodes, 1978)
Inez Gali ..... Fuegia Basket (3 episodes, 1978)
Sergio Iglesias ..... York Minster (3 episodes, 1978)
Jenny Quayle ..... Catherine Darwin (3 episodes, 1978)
Paul Ridley ..... Lieutenant Bynoe (3 episodes, 1978)
Keith Smith ..... Professor Henslow (3 episodes, 1978)

Synopsis:

The Voyage Of Charles Darwin is the BAFTA winning BBC series examining the life and work of the great naturalist, first broadcast in 1978 to wide critical acclaim. Written by Robert Reid, this seven-part biopic of the father of evolutionary theory stars Malcolm Stoddard as Darwin and Andrew Burt as Captain Fitzroy with a supporting cast featuring George Cole and Iain Cuthbertson. Narrated by the character of Darwin himself (Darwin's real journals provide the source material), he looks back over his life from his university days onwards. Chosen for an expedition aboard HMS Beagle, young Darwin rejects a career as a doctor or minister, and during the five year global voyage that is to follow he devotes his life to science. But upon his return his radical theories are attacked by the scientific establishment. Darwin spends the next twenty three years formulating his theory of natural selection, culminating in the controversial publication of his landmark work 'On The Origin Of Species' in 1859. Shot on location in the UK, the Galapagos Islands and South America, this celebrated series won two BAFTAs: Best Factual Series and Best Cinematography.

Season 1
I Was Considered a Very Ordinary Boy S1, Ep1 31 Oct. 1978
My Mind Was a Chaos of Delight S1, Ep2 7 Nov. 1978
How Wide Was the Distance Between Savage and Civilised Man S1, Ep3 14 Nov. 1978
Can Any Mountains, Any Continent, Withstand Such Waste? S1, Ep4 21 Nov. 1978
I Felt Myself Brought Within Reach of That Great Fact - That Mystery of Mysteries S1, Ep5 28 Nov. 1978
Suppose That All Animals and All Plants Are Represented by the Branches of a Tree - The Tree of Life S1, Ep6 5 Dec. 1978
In the Distant Future, Light Will Be Thrown Upon the Origin of Man, and His History S1, Ep7 12 Dec. 1978

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 December, 2024.