The Voyage of Charles Darwin — Season 1, Episode 3: How Wide Was the Distance Between Savage and Civilised Man

Episode synopsis

The Beagle lands on Tierra del Fuego the southernmost tip of South America. The attempt to place a missionary among the indigenous people there fails.

About The Voyage of Charles Darwin

This seven-part BBC drama series traced the life of naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-82), from his university days through his five-year exploratory voyage on the HMS Beagle to the controversy surrounding the 1859 publication of his landmark "On the Origin of Species".

More episodes from Season 1

• E1I Was Considered A Very Ordinary Boy
• E2My Mind Was a Chaos of Delight
• E4Can Any Mountains, Any Continent, Withstand Such Waste?
• E5I Felt Myself Brought Within Reach of That Great Fact – That Mystery of Mysteries
• E6Suppose That All Animals and All Plants Are Represented by the Branches of a Tree – The Tree of Life
• E7In the Distant Future, Light Will Be Thrown Upon the Origin of Man, and His History