| Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life | |
|---|---|
 Programme title card from UK broadcast | |
| Genre | Nature documentary |
| Presented by | David Attenborough |
| Composer | Dan Jones |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Brian Leith |
| Producer | Sacha Mirzoeff |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | BBC Natural History Unit Open University |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 1 February 2009 |
| Related | |
| BBC Darwin Season | |
| Infobox instructions (only shown in preview) | |
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life is a 2009 television documentary about Charles Darwin and his revolutionary theory of evolution through natural selection, produced by the BBC to mark the bicentenary of Darwin's birth. It is part of the BBC Darwin Season. The presenter, David Attenborough, outlines the development of the theory by Darwin through his observations of animals and plants in nature and in the domesticated state, visiting sites important in Darwin's own life, including Down House, Cambridge University and the Natural History Museum, and using archive footage from Attenborough's many nature documentaries for the BBC. He reviews the development of the theory since its beginnings, and its revolutionary impact on the way in which humans view themselves – not as having dominion over the animals as The Bible says, but as part of the natural world and subject to the same controlling forces that govern all life on Earth.