Hunting the Beagle
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
Hunting the Beagle - Episode 1
Dr Robert Prescott searches for the final resting place of the Charles Darwin's ship. 1/5: He begins his journey at Woolwich Dockyard in London, where the Beagle's voyage began.
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Hunting the Beagle - Episode 2
Dr Robert Prescott searches for the final resting place of the Charles Darwin's ship. 2/5: He visits Cambridge to examine Darwin's correspondence from the voyage.
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Hunting the Beagle - Episode 3
Dr Robert Prescott searches for the final resting place of the Charles Darwin's ship. 3/5: The search leads to the bleak and flat landscape of the Essex mudflats.
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Hunting the Beagle - Episode 4
Dr Robert Prescott searches for the final resting place of the Charles Darwin's ship. 4/5: Prescott and his team drill down deep into the Essex mud to take samples.
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Hunting the Beagle - Episode 5
Dr Robert Prescott searches for the final resting place of the Charles Darwin's ship. 5/5: Prescott and his team return to their base in St Andrews to analyse the samples.
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