Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life (2009) (TV)

Writer:

David Attenborough (written by)

Release Date:

1 February 2009 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot Keywords:

Double Helix DNA | DNA | Natural History Museum London | Fossil | Stewardship

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

David Attenborough

...

Himself - Presenter (also archive footage)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David Attenborough		written by

Produced by
Sharmila Choudhury	....	assistant producer
Brian Leith	....	executive producer
Catherine McCarthy	....	executive producer: BBC/The Open University
Sacha Mirzoeff	....	producer

Original Music by
Dan Jones

Cinematography by
Petra Graf		(photography)
Ian Salvage		(photography)

Film Editing by
Pip Haywood		(as Pip Heywood)

Production Management
Di Williams	....	production manager

Art Department
Mick Connaire	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Richard Lambert	....	dubbing mixer
Graham Ross	....	sound
David Yapp	....	dubbing editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Ossian Bacon	....	camera assistant

Animation Department
Tony Gilbert	....	animation producer
Luke Wilmot	....	animation director

Editorial Department
Tony Osborne	....	colorist
Christian Short	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Christopher Austin	....	guest conductor
Christopher Austin	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Clare Bean	....	production coordinator
Lawrence Breen	....	researcher
Steve Jones	....	scientific consultant (as Prof. Steve Jones)
Sara Moralioglu	....	researcher
David Robinson	....	academic consultant: The Open University (as Dr. David Robinson)

Thanks
Sally Ashwell	....	thanks
Jennifer Clack	....	thanks (as Prof. Jennifer Clack)
Susan Cooke	....	thanks (as Dr. Susan Cooke)
Randal Keynes	....	thanks (as Randall Keynes)
Michael Land	....	thanks (as Prof. Michael Land)
David Norman	....	thanks (as Dr. David Norman)
Janet Sumner	....	thanks (as Dr. Janet Sumner)
John van Wyhe	....	thanks (as Dr John van Wyhe)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (as BBC Productions Bristol)
• Open University, The

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2009) (UK) (TV)

Other Companies

• BBC National Orchestra of Wales  music
• British Geological Survey  thanks
• Burgers Zoo  thanks
• Cambridge University Library  thanks
• Courtauld Institute of Art, The  thanks
• English Heritage  thanks
• MRC Lab of Molecular Biology  thanks
• Natural History Museum  thanks
• Shadow Industries  cgi animation
• The Wellcome Trust  'Tree of Life' animation courtesy of (as Wellcome Trust)

Also Known As:

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:G

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Universum: Charles Darwin - Die Entdeckung der Natur" (2009)

Best documentary ever made about Darwin and Evolution

It is not surprised Attenborough produced a perfect planned documentary in the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin birthday in 2009. As a Biologist, i can easily say that every word was diligently selected in the speech.

Attenborugh ascribed all of the controversial subjects related to Evolution and Darwin's ideas at those years.

The visual expression is very strong as well as the narration.

I don't recommend this documentary for people who has counter ideas of Evolution Theory. For the rest, i strongly recommend to watch it again and again.