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To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and 150 years since the publication of the still controversial 鈥淥rigin of the Species鈥�, this specially commissioned drama is based entirely on Charles and Emma Darwin鈥檚 own words and correspondence. Behind the controversial public persona, Darwin was an affectionate family man, fully engaged 鈥� sometimes heartbreakingly so 鈥� in the lives of his wife, Emma and their children. Emma was not without her own concerns about the spiritual implications of some of her husband鈥檚 ideas, fearing they would undermine his Christian faith. How could he reconcile these apparent contradictions 鈥� which, years before the publication of the book, when outlining the theory to a friend, Darwin had said felt 鈥渓ike confessing a murder鈥�. The letters recreate the domestic context from which one of the world鈥檚 most influential ideas arose.

Staring Alex Jennings as Charles Darwin and Oona Beeson as Emma.

Directed and produced by Penny Boreham and Ruth Evans. A Ruth Evans Production.

Duratin: 58 minutes.
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