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A Museum in a Modern World

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Behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum. Jimmy Doherty gets to grips with Darwin's finches, and a radical project aiming to hold back extinction.

Jimmy Doherty goes behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum to join the people who are uncovering secrets, solving mysteries and making discoveries among the 70 million items in the historic collections.

In the first of this new series, Jimmy gets to grips with Darwin's finches, Dippy the Diplodocus and a radical project aiming to hold back extinction.

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Tue 7 Sep 201001:00
BBC HD

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Credits

PresenterJimmy Doherty
PresenterJimmy Doherty
PresenterMark Carwardine
PresenterMark Carwardine
PresenterLiz Bonnin
PresenterLiz Bonnin
PresenterChris van Tulleken
PresenterChris van Tulleken
PresenterKate Bellingham
PresenterKate Bellingham
ProducerIan A Hunt
ProducerIan A Hunt
ProducerSophie Elwin Harris
ProducerSophie Elwin Harris
DirectorIan A Hunt
DirectorIan A Hunt
DirectorSophie Elwin Harris
DirectorSophie Elwin Harris
ProducerTim Green
ProducerTim Green

Broadcasts

  • Thu 18 Mar 201020:00
    BBC HD & BBC Two
  • Tue 15 Jun 201002:10
    BBC One
  • Tue 27 Jul 201023:00
    BBC HD
  • Mon 6 Sep 201020:00
    BBC HD
  • Tue 7 Sep 201001:00
    BBC HD