"Evolution" (2002) TV series 2002-

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

5 May 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Liam Neeson

...

Narrator / ... (7 episodes, 2002)

Series Directed by
Noel Buckner		(1 episode, 2002)
Kate Churchill		(1 episode, 2002)
David Espar		(1 episode, 2002)
Richard Hutton		(1 episode, 2002)
Susan K. Lewis		(1 episode, 2002)
Joel Olicker		(1 episode, 2002)
Alastair Reid		(1 episode, 2002)
Chris Schmidt		(1 episode, 2002)
Rob Whittlesey		(1 episode, 2002)
Gail Willumsen		(1 episode, 2002)

Series Writing credits
Allan Cubitt		(2 episodes, 2002)
Adrian Desmond		(2 episodes, 2002)

Series Produced by
Kerrie Grimmett Iasi	....	series associate producer (7 episodes, 2002)
Richard Hutton	....	executive producer / producer (7 episodes, 2002)
Stephanie Mills	....	post-production producer (7 episodes, 2002)
Lisa Mirowitz	....	series producer (7 episodes, 2002)
Eric Robison	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 2002)
Pamela Rosenstein	....	coordinating producer (7 episodes, 2002)

Series Original Music by
Sheldon Mirowitz		(6 episodes, 2002)
Matt Mariano		(2 episodes, 2002)

Series Cinematography by
John Daly		(1 episode, 2002)
Robert Elfstrom		(1 episode, 2002)
Brian Dowley		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
James Rutenbeck		(2 episodes, 2002)

Series Casting by
Beth Charkham		(1 episode, 2002)

Series Production Design by
Martyn Hebert		(2 episodes, 2002)

Series Art Direction by
Jan Chaney		(1 episode, 2002)
Deborah Morley		(1 episode, 2002)

Series Costume Design by
Maggie Chappelhow		(1 episode, 2002)
Tina Hackett-Jones		(1 episode, 2002)

Series Makeup Department
Sarah Astley	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2002)
Claire Bibb	....	makeup trainee (1 episode, 2002)
Claire Bubb	....	makeup trainee (1 episode, 2002)
Carol Cooper	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2002)
Pamela Haddock	....	hair stylist / makeup artist (1 episode, 2002)
Sally Harrison	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2002)
Paula Price	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2002)
Jean Steward	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2002)
Amanda Warburton	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2002)
Colin Wyatt	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2002)

Series Production Management
Denise Drago	....	unit manager / production manager (7 episodes, 2002)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sean Guest	....	first assistant director (1 episode, 2002)
James Andrew Haven	....	second assistant director (1 episode, 2002)

Series Art Department
Brian Woodson	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2002)

Series Sound Department
Michael Baskerville	....	sound mixer (7 episodes, 2002)
James Sulek	....	sound mixer (7 episodes, 2002)
Jamie Sulek	....	sound re-recording mixer (7 episodes, 2002)
Richard Bock	....	sound editor (4 episodes, 2002)
Don Hoffman	....	narration recordist (4 episodes, 2002)
John Cameron	....	sound / sound recordist (3 episodes, 2002)
Richard Box	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 2002)
Ray Day	....	sound (2 episodes, 2002)
Ken King	....	assistant sound / sound (2 episodes, 2002)
George Shafnaker	....	sound (2 episodes, 2002)

Series Special Effects by
Casper Lailey	....	special effects technician (1 episode, 2002)
Ken Lailey	....	special effects (1 episode, 2002)

Series Visual Effects by
Kenneth Bailey	....	animator (7 episodes, 2002)
Berle Cherney	....	photo animator (7 episodes, 2002)
Beau Janzen	....	lead animator (7 episodes, 2002)
Vandy Savage	....	animation producer (7 episodes, 2002)
Frank Vitz	....	animator / visual effects supervisor (7 episodes, 2002)
Chris Leathers	....	animator (4 episodes, 2002)
Brandon Perlow	....	model maker (4 episodes, 2002)
Perry Harovas	....	animator (3 episodes, 2002)
Fabio Tovar	....	animator / character animator (3 episodes, 2002)
Robert Cole	....	animator (2 episodes, 2002)

Series Stunts
Glenn Marks	....	stunt coordinator (1 episode, 2002)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Phil Brookes	....	best boy / best boy electric (7 episodes, 2002)
Cecilia Kelly	....	focus puller (6 episodes, 2002)
Paul Marbury	....	assistant camera (4 episodes, 2002)
Brian Dowley	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 2002)
Terry Hopkins	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 2002)
David South	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 2002)
Robert Elfstrom	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 2002)
Mike Fox	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 2002)
Patrick Kelly	....	assistant camera / camera operator (2 episodes, 2002)
Mark Knobil	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 2002)
John Mans	....	assistant camera / camera operator (2 episodes, 2002)
Ferne Pearlstein	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 2002)
Robert Poole	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 2002)
Petr Stepanek	....	assistant camera (2 episodes, 2002)
Jill Tufts	....	assistant camera (2 episodes, 2002)
Jeff Victor	....	assistant camera (2 episodes, 2002)
Dick Williams	....	assistant camera (2 episodes, 2002)

Series Editorial Department
Elaine Ford	....	colorist (7 episodes, 2002)
Will Hearn	....	on-line editor (7 episodes, 2002)

Series Music Department
Kurt Diederwolf	....	orchestrator (2 episodes, 2002)
Matt Mariano	....	orchestrator (2 episodes, 2002)
H. Scott Salinas	....	orchestrator (2 episodes, 2002)

Series Transportation Department
Alan Boyles	....	unit driver (1 episode, 2002)
Roger Crick	....	unit driver (1 episode, 2002)
Georg Grohmann	....	unit driver (1 episode, 2002)
Mark Vyner	....	unit driver (1 episode, 2002)
Graham C.A. Wilson	....	unit driver (1 episode, 2002)
Eric Young	....	unit driver (1 episode, 2002)

Series Other crew
Jody Allen	....	executive in charge (7 episodes, 2002)
Paul G. Allen	....	executive in charge (7 episodes, 2002)
Paula Apsell	....	executive in charge (7 episodes, 2002)
Jessica Aronson	....	research assistant (7 episodes, 2002)
Bonnie Benjamin-Phariss	....	director: documentary production / documentary producer (7 episodes, 2002)
Karen Carroll Bennett	....	business manager (7 episodes, 2002)
Elaine Coolbrith	....	business affairs / legal affairs / ... (7 episodes, 2002)
Jason J. Hunke	....	marketing director / publicity director / ... (7 episodes, 2002)
Tina Nguyen	....	series researcher / production assistant (7 episodes, 2002)
Susan Rosen Shishko	....	business affairs / legal affairs / ... (7 episodes, 2002)
Pilar Binyon	....	production coordinator (6 episodes, 2002)
Charles Aquadro	....	advisor (5 episodes, 2002)
Sarah Blaffer-Hardy	....	advisor (5 episodes, 2002)
William H. Calvin	....	advisor (5 episodes, 2002)
Sharon Emerson	....	advisor (5 episodes, 2002)
Jane Goodall	....	advisor (5 episodes, 2002)
Stephen Jay Gould	....	advisor (5 episodes, 2002)
Davis Don Johanson	....	advisor (5 episodes, 2002)
Mary-Claire King	....	advisor (5 episodes, 2002)
Ken Miller	....	advisor (5 episodes, 2002)
Steven Pinker	....	advisor (5 episodes, 2002)
Eugenie C. Scott	....	advisor (5 episodes, 2002)
David Wake	....	advisor (5 episodes, 2002)
Max Salomon	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2002)

Series Thanks
Duane Liftin	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2002)

Production Companies

• Clear Blue Sky Productions
• NOVA/WGBH Boston

Distributors

• Polyband (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2001) (USA) (TV)
• WGBH (????) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Clear Blue Sky Productions

Quotes:

Erasmus Darwin:[after hearing Charles's remarks about how delicious some of the South American game is] So, now we know why they became extinct - eaten by Charlie Darwin!

Interesting throughout, dispels a lot of misconceptions

This PBS mini-series is first rate. Filmed in locations all over the world, it explains in an engaging way the theory of evolution, which is the cornerstone of understanding biology. The episode about Charles Darwin is the best. It's cool to see a TV show with some of my Victorian-era heroes like Adam Sedgwick and Richard Owen attending a lecture given by the young Darwin who has just brought back amazing mammal fossils from South America to England. Darwin, his family, and Captain Fitzroy are shown as real people, although Fitzroy comes off as almost fanatically religious. I have read that he was not like that in real life, but was a devout man.

The energetic orator Huxley debates Bishop Wilberforce in the famous evolution debate and enjoys his verbal sparring in a great scene.

The last episode in the series, "What About God?" interviews scientists like Dr. Philip Johnson who accept evolution and have actually had their faith in God strengthened when they think of the marvelous way the world and universe have been unfolding and changing over the millions of years.

The final episode also takes you into the homes of some college students at Wheaton College, an American fundamentalist Christian college, and the struggles of its science professors to be able to speak freely about evolution (a science). It really opens your eyes about the oppression that still exists in the good old USA. The show takes you into the wild, wacky and depressing world of Australian fundamentalist mind control a la Ken Ham and his Creationist ministries. This show isn't propaganda for evolution. My own personal experience with mind controllers teaching against evolution in the fundamentalist churches has shown me that the problem is very real and the PBS series' final episode hasn't exaggerated a thing.