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The Genius of Charles Darwin: Presented by Richard Dawkins

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Episode 1:

On Channel 4 (UK), a three part series, starting Monday August 4th – sneak previews available at the below link:

http://richarddawkins.net/article,2925,On-TV-The-Genius-of-Charles-Darwin-Presented-by-Richard-Dawkins,Richard-Dawkins-Channel-4

Preview discussion of the series (below re posted from here) below:

Charlie Brooker’s screen burn
Science is like a good friend: sometimes it tells you things you don’t want to hear
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/aug/02/television.televisionDawkins explains biggest idea ever on The Genius of Charles Darwin
Richard Dawkins’s new series tackles a burning issue for us all – but it doesn’t involve Lisa Scott-Lee of Steps
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4423896.ece

The Genius of Charles Darwin
Richard Dawkins tells Andrew Pettie how Charles Darwin went from a man bound for the clergy to the writer of one of the world’s most controversial books – On the Origin of Species
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/08/02/nosplit/bvtvsunfeat02.xml

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Written by John Sargeant

August 3, 2008 at 9:46 pm

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  1. [...] 10th, 2008 Libby Purves reviewed for “The Times” Dawkins’ first episode on “The Genius of Darwin”. That, and Dawkins’ reply follows. The issue it raises though is whether science ultimately [...]


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