In the distant future, light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history."

Seven-part documentary drama series about the life of Charles Darwin and his round-the-world voyage on HMS Beagle in 1831-36: "Part 7: In the distant future, light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history..." The famous debate at the Oxford meeting of the British Association in 1865 brings to a head the controversies surrounding evolution and the "Descent of Man".