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Dr Robert Prescott searches for the remains of the ship in which Charles Darwin made his evolution discoveries. From 2008.

Marine historian Dr Robert Prescott searches for the remains of HMS Beagle.

This was the ship on which Charles Darwin made the discoveries which helped him to formulate the ideas which would eventually become his theory of evolution

Producer: Jeremy Grange

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008.

15 minutes

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Mon 26 Aug 202409:30
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