• 2013
Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero

Summary Brit comedian and nature lover Bill Bailey introduces us to naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace, contemporary of Charles Darwin and independent discoverer of the mechanics of natural selection and biological evolution. View more details

  • 2013

Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : David Attenborough Bill Bailey Eric Thein

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8.5

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 20, 2013

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Glassbox Productions Science

Summary Brit comedian and nature lover Bill Bailey introduces us to naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace, contemporary of Charles Darwin and independent discoverer of the mechanics of natural selection and biological evolution. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 20, 2013

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Glassbox Productions Science

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 20, 2013
Wallace in Borneo
In the first of this two part series, Bill retraces Wallace's explorations from the jungles of Borneo to the exotic islands of Indonesia, encountering orangutans, flying frogs and extraordinary bugs, on a mission to understand how Wallace came up with the theory of evolution, and to win him the recognition he deserves.
Episode 2 • Apr 27, 2013
Wallace in the Spice Islands
In the second of this two-part series, Bill encounters boggle-eyed tarsiers, monkeys with mohicans and spectacular birds of paradise on his mission to understand how Wallace cracked evolution. Ultimately Bill achieves his goal of getting Wallace the recognition he rightly deserves.
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