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Publish and Be Damned

Series : Darwin's Brave New World |
Opening credits over pan of wintry country estate of Charles Darwin. Re-enactment of Darwin in his study talking to his wife Emma about the letter he has received from his rival Alfred Russell Wallace. Low aerial track over sailing boat at sea, VS Darwin seen in previous episodes and previews to later scenes.
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Re-enactment with track of child's feet running, Charles Darwin shouting at his daughter. Darwin writing at desk and discussing his rival Alfred Russell Wallace with his wife Emma.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about Charles Darwin's ambitions.
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Re-enactment of Alfred Russell Wallace walking through tropical forest, CU dipping pen nib in ink bottle and writing.
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MS interview with Professor James Moore talking about Alfred Russell Wallace's natural interests.
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Re-enactment of Alfred Russell Wallace smiling as he walks through tropical forest.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about Alfred Russell Wallace's approach as a naturalist.
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Re-enactment of Alfred Russell Wallace stacking written papers and placing them in envelope. VS Charles Darwin and his family in sitting room. VS Darwin writing letter in study.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about Charles Darwin's correspondence to Charles Lyell.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin placing writing letter in envelope.
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MS interview with Professor James Moore talking about Charles Darwin's letter to Charles Lyell.
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Re-enactment CU of spoon stirring cup of tea. CUs Charles Lyell drinking tea and reading letter from Charles Darwin. Joseph Hooker hurriedly sitting at desk to write letter. GS Lyell, Hooker and Thomas Huxley having urgent discussion regarding Alfred Russell Wallace's essay and Darwin's predicament.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about Joseph Hooker, Charles Lyell, Thomas Huxley's loyalties regarding Alfred Russell Wallace's essay and Darwin's predicament.
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Re-enactment of Alfred Russell Wallace coming across butterfly on palm frond which he nets.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about Joseph Hooker, Charles Lyell, Thomas Huxley's loyalties regarding Alfred Russell Wallace's essay and Darwin's predicament.
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Re-enactment with CU cigar being smoked. Joseph Hooker, Charles Lyell, and Thomas Huxley smoking and discussing Charles Darwin and planning a publishing strategy for him. Alfred Russell Wallace in forest. CUs Darwin at desk writing. Exterior of imposing university buildings. Lyell and Hooker entering office of Mr Bennett of the Linnaean Society and presenting him with Wallace and Darwin's papers. Recreation of scientifically historic 1858 meeting of the Linnaean Society members where the papers were presented. VS funeral of Darwin's young son on same day. VS members of Linnaean Society falling asleep during meeting. WS Darwin's house, Darwin receiving Hooker in study.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about the correspondence between Joseph Hooker, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace.
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Re-enactment of Alfred Russell Wallace reclining in forest while writing letter. CUs pen into ink bottle.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about the correspondence between Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin walking through forest path.
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MS interview with Professor Janet Browne talking about Charles Darwin's decision to publish.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin sitting by window writing.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about Charles Darwin starting to write 'Origin of Species'.
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Re-enactment CU of Charles Darwin's face as he sits by window writing. Low aerial track over sailing ship at sea. VS Darwin aboard ship and discovering wildlife seen in previous episodes.
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MS interview with Professor Jared Diamond talking about how species were regarded before Charles Darwin's theory.
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Re-enactment CU pinning of insects. CUs pinned beetles, spiders and grasshoppers.
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MS interview with Professor Richard Dawkins talking about how species were regarded before Charles Darwin's theory.
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Montage of various animal, fish and insect images morphing into each other within framed specimen box. Re-enactment with CU pigeon in cage, Charles Darwin observing birds. Changing images of birds in framed specimen box. Darwin writing at desk.
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MS interview with Dr David Suzuki talking about artificial and natural selection.
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Montage of pigeon illustrations demonstrating how breeders have modified their appearance over the years. Montage of various species morphing into each other framed in timber of specimen box. MS Darwin at his writing desk.
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Quick shots of lions tearing at meat, deer locking horns, bulls locking horns, green praying mantis eating black beetle.
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Quick shots of CU two Rhinoceros beetles fighting on branch, deer locking antlers, and hippopotamuses fighting with mouths wide open.
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Quick shots of CU two beetles fighting and shark swimming towards camera.
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Re-enactment high angle shot of Charles Darwin sitting at his writing desk.
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Quick shots of MS two brown bears facing off near river, WS polar bears fighting on snow field, CU toad laying clusters of blue eggs underwater.
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Quick shots of lions eating deer (spotlit at night), CU wolf snarling, black & white lizard grabbing newly hatched creature in its mouth.
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Quick shots of large bloat of hippopotamuses in water, slow-motion of Oryxes running away from camera, deer running, GS giraffes.
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Quick shots of WS migrating buffaloes crossing river and climbing uphill, CU deer laying on grass panting, GS dead buffalo, fish thrashing in shallow water.
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Re-enactments of Charles Darwin crying over his daughter's death, snapping sticks in anger and sitting at writing desk.
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MS interview with Professor Richard Dawkins talking about Charles Darwin's views on evolutionary change.
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Quick shots of lions fighting, elephant seals mating, komodo dragons mating, green chameleon catching insect with tongue.
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Quick shots CU bird's foot and talons, marsupial quoll (native cat) eating prey, WS hopping monkey, camouflaged fish grabbing smaller fish.
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Re-enactments with finch specimens being laid out in boxes. CU John Gould with Charles Darwin.
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CU clump of butterflies.
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Quick shots vultures feeding on grass, hummingbird, CU Rainbow Lorikeet, CU eye of chameleon, CU slow-motion insect flapping.
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Quick shots of mossy green stick insect camouflaged against mossy tree, CU leaf insect, monkey jumping between trees, macaques jumping between trees, underwater view with slow-motion bird diving for fish.
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Framed specimen box showing evolving skeletons.
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Slow-motion cheetah running, looking towards camera. Track of cheetah chasing and bringing down gazelle. GS cheetah in grass.
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MS interview with Professor Richard Dawkins talking about Charles Darwin's views on evolutionary change.
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Re-enactments with Charles Darwin writing at desk. Changing images of birds, plants, fish, animals in variety of framed specimen boxes. Darwin lying on lounge holding hand up to light where if becomes longer and webbed.
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MS interview with Professor Richard Dawkins talking about commonalities between species.
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Changing images of skeletons in framed specimen boxes. Zoom in central image of whale.
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MS interview with Professor Richard Dawkins talking about commonalities between species.
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Footage of pod of dolphins swimming, pair of buffalo bulls fighting, antelopes fighting, African wild dogs fighting, baboon yawning, all within framed specimen box.
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MS interview with Professor Jerry Coyne talking about redundant features of animals over evolutionary time.
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CU red kangaroo, MS lioness, CU giraffe.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin studying bones and notes with naturalist Richard Owen. Changing image of armadillo framed specimen box.
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MS armadillo swimming through water.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin walking through lush forest with large trees, Squatting down to running water in stream, studying specimens on site. Brief shots hermit crabs across sand. Brief shot of Darwin on horseback. Pan mountain landscape, Darwin walking near river. CU to native mouse or rat on branch.
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High angle view of platypus swimming through water, pair of kangaroos bounding through grass.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin at writing desk and flash back to montage of scenes from previous episodes.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin signing proofs of his book 'On the Origin of the Species' and talking to his wife Emma.
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MS interview with Professor Michael Ruse talking about Charles Darwin's tactics when writing his book 'On the Origin of the Species'.
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Exterior of building. Re-enactment of Sir Charles Lyell speaking in support of Charles Darwin. VS of gardens and home of Darwin. Darwin and wife Emma in sitting room. MS Lyell and Darwin in conversation and walking in garden.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about Sir Charles Lyell's problems with supporting Charles Darwin's theories on the origins of humans.
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Person reflected in water. Re-enactment of Charles Darwin sitting in garden of health spa, in robes, having water poured over his feet. Joseph Hooker working in greenhouse. Darwin writing letter.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about Charles Darwin's nervous anticipation to the release of his book 'On the Origin of the Species'.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin sitting in garden of health spa, in robes, writing letters. GS Thomas Huxley. Alfred Russell Wallace looking at insect through magnifying glass. CU Darwin signing letter. VS Darwin undergoing water therapy. Montage of lighting effects over Darwin in bath.
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MS interview with Professor Michael Ruse talking about the initial reaction to Charles Darwin's book 'On the Origin of the Species'.
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MS gorilla, gorilla walking.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about reaction to Charles Darwin's book 'On the Origin of the Species'.
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CU gorilla's face, gorilla chewing, GS gorilla.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about reaction to Charles Darwin's book 'On the Origin of the Species'.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin receiving water treatment in health spa.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about questions arising from Charles Darwin's book 'On the Origin of the Species'.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin receiving water treatment in health spa.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about debates arising from Charles Darwin's book 'On the Origin of the Species'.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin reading critical reviews and receiving water treatment in health spa.
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MS interview with Professor Michael Ruse talking about evolution and religion.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin receiving massage in health spa.
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MS interview with Professor Michael Ruse talking about evolution and religion.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin writing at desk. MS Joseph Hooker writing to Darwin. Hooker standing in door of greenhouse reading book. Thomas Huxley speaking with Darwin. VS Darwin at his desk and manicured lawns and stone buildings. GS people walking on pavement in slow-motion.
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MS interview with Professor Michael Ruse talking about the times in which 'On the Origin of the Species' was published.
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Archival B&W photograph of construction of engineering workshops. Reinforcement rods line the foundations of a row of engineering shops under construction at a Thames dockyard, 1865.
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Archival B&W photograph of UK shipyard, 1865. Zoom out to line of men in suits and top hats in foreground.
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Colour lithograph "Massacre at Cawnpore" of the Indian mutiny, 1857.
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Archival B&W photograph of Boatbuilding workshop showing shipbuilding engineering workers, 1867.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about the times in which Charles Darwin's book 'On the Origin of the Species' was written.
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Colour lithograph "New York Crystal Palace", International Industry Exhibition, New York 1853. Colour lithograph. Inv. Lipp MB 14. Photo: Knud Petersen.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin sitting in his study with his wife Emma.
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CUs of newspaper reviews from the 1850s with particular lines of criticism of Darwin highlighted.
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MS interview with Professor Richard Dawkins talking about how humans had regarded themselves as a species.
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VS exterior of ornate cathedral and various religious statues.
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MS interview with Professor Richard Dawkins talking about how humans had regarded themselves as a species.
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Tilt from ground up elaborate exterior of ornate cathedral and circular stained glass window.
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MS interview with Professor Richard Dawkins talking about how humans had regarded themselves as a species and the negative reactions to Charles Darwin's book 'On the Origin of the Species'.
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Pan across Charles Darwin's garden to his house. Re-enactment of Darwin reading a letter of condemnation aloud to his wife Emma. Emma reading letter. VS stone university buildings and stone statues with voiceover of favourable review being read. MS reviewer Samuel Lucas drinking and slurring speech as he speaks with Darwin supporter Thomas Huxley. WS Huxley and Lucas drinking and chairs in front of open fire discussing Huxley's plan to write a review. Huxley and Darwin attending Royal Institution lectures in London armed with caged pigeons. MS Darwin watching Huxley speak as members walk out.
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MS interview with Professor Michael Ruse talking about Thomas Huxley's personal agenda regarding the work of Charles Darwin.
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Re-enactment of Thomas Huxley delivering lecture with caged pigeon. CU Charles Darwin seated and watching.
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MS interview with Professor Michael Ruse talking about Thomas Huxley's personal agenda regarding the work of Charles Darwin.
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Re-enactment of Thomas Huxley delivering lecture. CU Charles Darwin seated and watching.
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MS interview with Professor Michael Ruse talking about Thomas Huxley's personal agenda regarding the work of Charles Darwin.
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Re-enactment of Thomas Huxley delivering lecture. CU Charles Darwin seated and watching. WS Darwin walking through trees on his estate. VS Darwin, Huxley and Joseph Hooker in Darwin's house reading review aloud with amusement. Darwin reading another from Richard Owen and all three expressing dismay. Flashback re-enactment to Owen and Darwin walking down stairs of grand building discussing Darwin's work.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about Charles Darwin's reaction to being personally attacked.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin speaking to Thomas Huxley.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about Charles Darwin's reaction to being personally attacked.
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Re-enactment of Thomas Huxley, Charles Darwin and Joseph Hooker together in in Darwin's house.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about Charles Darwin's new attitude to having Thomas Huxley as his defender.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin writing at his desk. Low angle pan across academic buildings and iron fences in fog. Thomas Huxley and Joseph Hooker walking outdoors in top hats and capes in slow-motion. CU apple core being dropped on ground. Huxley and Hooker entering Oxford University buildings for scientific meeting and taking seats inside. Tilt down tall leadlight meetings to re-enactment of Bishop Samuel Wilberforce at lectern.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about attitudes of the clergy to evolution.
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Re-enactment of speakers on stage, Thomas Huxley and Joseph Hooker watching from audience and audience clapping.
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MS interview with Professor Michael Ruse talking about what the debate on evolution represented socially.
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Re-enactment of speakers on stage, CU to audience.
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MS interview with Professor Michael Ruse talking about what the debate on evolution represented socially.
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Re-enactment of speakers on stage, Thomas Huxley and Joseph Hooker watching, MS Bishop Wilberforce. Richard Owen and Huxley glaring at each other in audience.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about the clergy's determination to silence the Darwinists.
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Re-enactment of Richard Owen and Thomas Huxley glaring at each other in audience of meeting of scientists. VS Bishop Wilberforce giving speech at rostrum ridiculing evolution.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about the clergy's determination to silence the Darwinists.
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Re-enactment of Wilberforce speaking from rostrum directing question at Thomas Huxley. Huxley standing to deliver reply. Joseph Hooker standing in his seat to join in the argument.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about the success of the Darwinists in their arguments with Wilberforce.
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Re-enactment of triumphant faces of Thomas Huxley and Joseph Hooker after their arguments with Bishop Wilberforce at meeting.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about the success of the Darwinists in their arguments with Wilberforce.
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Re-enactment of triumphant faces of Thomas Huxley and Joseph Hooker, audience applauding. VS Charles Darwin writing letter seated on stairs outside building. WS people walking in university grounds, Huxley and Hooker being warmly greeted.
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MS interview with Professor James Moore talking about migration of people over to acceptance of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
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Re-enactment Huxley and Hooker being warmly greeted in university grounds.
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MS interview with Professor Michael Ruse talking about the part that timing played in the success of the acceptance of evolutionary theory.
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Montage of various animal, fish and insect images morphing into each other within framed specimen box. Re-enactment with CU pigeon in cage, Charles Darwin observing birds.
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MS interview with Professors Janet Browne and Michael Ruse talking about the doubts that prevailed about natural selection.
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Footage of pair of zebras fighting, pair of antelopes (probably Eland) locking horns, pair of elephants being threatening to each other, and dark hummingbird feeding from flower.
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Footage of insects swarming around netted flower, CU baby orang-utan, CU time-lapse yellow brush flower opening, and slow-motion WS of Oryx or Gemsbok antelopes running away from camera.
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Footage of monkey leaping through air in slow-motion, family of chimpanzees grooming, chimpanzees hanging from trees, two chimpanzees sitting on branch.
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MS interview with Professors Jerry Coyne and Jared Diamond talking about natural selection theory.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin in thought. VS Alfred Russell Wallace on tropical coast holding collection box. WS horses and carriage through shady country road, MS Wallace riding in carriage. VS Wallace and Darwin walking down avenue of trees. Wallace taking tea with Lyell, Hooker, Huxley and Huxley's wife Henrietta. MS Wallace writing at desk. MS Hooker writing at desk, Huxley speaking from lectern at Croonian Lecture. Darwin sitting at his desk at window.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about Darwin's determination to publish a book about the descent of man.
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Re-enactment with Charles Darwin at desk with specimens in jars next to him.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about reaction to Darwin's writing on the descent of man.
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Re-enactment of Charles Darwin writing at desk. Flashback to scenes with boat at sea, Huxley and Hooker on boats and Wallace on southern island.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about the bond between Darwin, Hooker, Huxley and Wallace.
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Repeats of re-enactments of Charles Darwin Thomas Huxley and Joseph Hooker in scenes seen earlier in episode.
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MS interview with Professor Iain McCalman talking about the bond between Darwin, Hooker, Huxley and Wallace.
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Repeats of re-enactments of Charles Darwin Thomas Huxley and Joseph Hooker in scenes seen earlier in episode. Scenes of Huxley in Kew Gardens, Huxley at blackboard lecturing on primate brains, and Alfred Russell Wallace looking at tarot cards with medium. GS Darwin on his Down House property studying earth worms on ground. Voice-over describing the future fates of each.
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MS interview with Professor Janet Browne talking about the impact of Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species'.
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Re-enactments of CU Charles Darwin studying a butterfly on a tree, walking amongst trees.
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MS interview with Dr David Suzuki talking about the impact of Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species'.
Access No. 150198 | 7 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Re-enactments of Charles Darwin.
Access No. 150199 | 5 secs | | England, UK | © NFSA | Colour |
MS interview with Professor Michael Ruse talking about the impact Charles Darwin had on the world.
Access No. 150200 | 2 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Re-enactments of Charles Darwin from scenes in earlier episodes.
Access No. 150201 | 20 secs | | England, UK | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
MS interview with Professor Richard Dawkins talking about how Charles Darwin's legacy.
Access No. 150202 | 5 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Re-enactments of Charles Darwin with circular pans of him in forest and from scenes in earlier episodes.
Access No. 150203 | 1 min 36 secs | | England, UK | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |