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  1. 5. Analysis

    5/5Dr Robert Prescott sends for analysis of the ship they found buried in the Essex marshes.

  2. Episode 5

    5/5Prescott and his team return to their base in St Andrews to analyse the samples.

  3. 4. Discovery

    4/5Examining the correlation between the Beagle Mars lander and HMS Beagle.

  4. Episode 4

    4/5Prescott and his team drill down deep into the Essex mud to take samples.

  5. 3. Later Life

    3/5The story of HMS Beagle's later life as an anti-smuggling coastguard vessel.

  6. Episode 3

    3/5The search leads to the bleak and flat landscape of the Essex mudflats.

  7. 2. Darwin's Letters

    2/5Dr Robert Prescott examines Charles Darwin’s correspondence from HMS Beagle.

  8. Episode 2

    2/5He visits Cambridge to examine Darwin's correspondence from the voyage.

  9. 1. Search Begins

    1/5A search for the ship on which Charles Darwin made his discoveries.

  10. Episode 1

    1/5He begins his journey at Woolwich Dockyard in London, where the Beagle's voyage began.