Discusses travellers such as Sir Joseph Banks, Heinrich Barth, Henry Walter Bates, George Bentham, Margaret Brooke, Hugh Clapperton, Captain James Cook, Charles Darwin, General Sir Rufane Donkin, Francis Galton, Sir Joseph Hooker, Sir ...

In 1858, Alfred Russel Wallace, aged thirty-five, weak with malaria, isolated in the Spice Islands, wrote to Charles Darwin: he had, he said excitedly, worked out a theory of natural selection.

" "Peter Raby provides a resourceful and entertaining analysis of Wilde's celebrated play in The Importance of Being Earnest: A Reader's Companion.

This series features actors who were significant in their development of new ways of performing Shakespeare.

This series features actors who were significant in their development of new ways of performing Shakespeare.

The remarkable life and career of Harriet Smithson Berlioz, a talented actress who became a symbol of the Romantic spirit.

This series features actors who were significant in their development of new ways of performing Shakespeare.